Timeline Oscar Levant

American pianist, composer and wit, known from Information Please and An American in Paris.

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1906 Oscar Levant born in Pittsburgh Oscar Levant is born in Pittsburgh.
1938 Oscar Levant on Information Please His wit makes him a radio celebrity.
1945 Oscar Levant in Rhapsody in Blue He plays himself in the Gershwin biography.
1946 Oscar Levant in Humoresque He appears with Joan Crawford.
1951 Oscar Levant in An American in Paris He plays pianist Adam Cook.
1953 Oscar Levant in The Band Wagon He appears with Fred Astaire.
1958 The Oscar Levant Show He hosts his own TV talk show.
1965 Oscar Levant publishes Memoirs of an Amnesiac His memoir is published.
1972 Oscar Levant dies in Beverly Hills Oscar Levant dies aged 65.