Larry Holofcener
| Lawrence Holofcener | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 23, 1926 Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Nationality | American and British |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Website | http://www.holofcener.com |
Lawrence Holofcener (born February 23, 1926, Baltimore, Maryland, United States) is an American poet, lyricist, playwright, artist, novelist, actor, director and sculptor. He has dual British and American nationality. As a singer and songwriter he is better known as Larry Holofcener.
Holofcener attended University of Maryland and the University of Wisconsin–Madison where he met and performed with Jerry Bock. They went on to write songs for Big as Life and Your Show of Shows, starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca and Carl Reiner. They wrote the Broadway stage scores for Mr. Wonderful and Catch a Star. He joined ASCAP in 1956, his other popular-song compositions include "Without You I'm Nothing", "Raining, It's Raining", "Too Close for Comfort" and "The Story of Alice" which was recorded by the Chad Mitchell Trio. His play Before You Go began on Broadway and has been produced in regional theaters in the United Kingdom, Paris, Sweden, and Mexico City. His musical play I Don't Live There Anymore, written with composer Gerard Kenny, received its American premiere at the 1993 Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC.
His acting career began in a nightclub revue in New York at the Upstairs at the Downstairs. His first theater job was in Stop the World – I Want to Get Off on Broadway. Next, in 1964, he played Cornelius in Hello, Dolly!, first with Carol Channing, then Ginger Rogers. His film work includes Mr. Reckler in the 1981 TV Movie Thin Ice starring Kate Jackson, as well as Walking and Talking written and directed by his daughter, screenwriter-director Nicole Holofcener.
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