- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAnn Rosenblatt
- ANN RONELL was one of the few early song writers who wrote both the words and the music, beginning in 1930 with BABY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. That led to many "kiddie" -style tunes, such as MICKEY MOUSE AND MINNIE'S IN TOWN and IN A SILLY SYMPHONY. A graduate of prestigious Radcliffe College, she taught music, coached singers, and played rehearsal piano for Broadway shows. She later scored music for films, composed ballet music, and created librettos for operas. WILLOW WEEP FOR ME became a jazz piano standard.- IMDb Mini Biography By: mintunmusic@earthlink.net
- SpouseLester Cowan(October 7, 1935 - October 21, 1990) (his death)
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 525-526. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Died on her 88th birthday, a little over than three years after her husband Lester Cowan's death.
- Had no children.
- Husband Lester Cowan died exactly two weeks after their 55th wedding anniversary.
- Graduated from Omaha Central High School of Omaha Nebraska in 1923.
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