Rowland Leigh

Lyricist and screenwriter

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[18]
Date of birth: 1903, May 16, 1902, 1902^[10]^[11]
Date of death: October 8, 1963, 1963^[12]
Place of birth: London
Place of death: New York City
Country of citizenship: United States^[16]
Occupation: screenwriter, librettist, lyricist, songwriter, director, poet^[17]
Father: Rowland Leigh^[13]
Mother: Mabel Gordon^[14]
Spouse: Catherine de la Fosse^[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[21]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights^[24]
Family name: Leigh^[19]
Given name: Rowland^[20]
Has works in the collection: Harvard Film Archive^[23]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: Harvard Film Archive Project^[22]

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ISNI: 0000000115969074
VIAF cluster ID: 12513061
Library of Congress Authorities ID: no90017076
GND ID: 1061407713
AllMovie person ID: p162310
AlloCiné person ID: 84007
American Film Institute person ID: 135554
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14114907z
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID: 7917
DAHR artist ID: 109036
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 1061407713
Elonet person ID: 841749

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Europeana entity: agent/base/132032
FAST ID: 1496766
Film.ru person ID: roulend-li
Filmportal ID: 20dcee6b721242d99478a0d8d12df2d1
Freebase ID: /m/0hznqyx
HAND ID: B4D1-E383-2F48-599C-2FC7
IMDb ID: nm0500284
IdRef ID: 176892389
Internet Broadway Database person ID: 8499
Ivi person ID: roulend-li
J9U entity ID: 987007460080005171
Kinobox person ID: 291988
Kinopoisk person ID: 212302
LdiF person ID: 30089
MusicBrainz artist ID: 95bae427-65a9-49f9-9656-f177fa4665dd
NL CR AUT ID: xx0165158
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX4359974
PORT person ID: 144478
Prabook ID: 1896026
Roglo person ID: p=rowland;n=leigh;oc=2
SNAC ARK ID: w6kh3mv2
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 96837
Swedish Film Database person ID: 361282
TMDB person ID: 31967
The Peerage person ID: p32857.htm#i328563
WikiTree person ID: Leigh-3328
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJppwTwCgVmWBFfFmhRR8C
Yale LUX ID: person/0dd28708-f044-4373-80d2-1856809f5af2

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Summary

Rowland Leigh was born on 1903^[1] in London^[2]. He died on October 8, 1963^[3], in New York City^[4]. He worked as a screenwriter^[5], librettist^[6], lyricist^[7], songwriter^[8], and director^[9].

FAQs

Where was Rowland Leigh born?

Rowland Leigh was born in London^[2].

Where did Rowland Leigh die?

Rowland Leigh passed away in New York City^[4].

Who were Rowland Leigh's parents?

Rowland Leigh's father was Rowland Leigh^[13]. Rowland Leigh's mother was Mabel Gordon^[14].

Who was Rowland Leigh married to?

Rowland Leigh's spouses include Catherine de la Fosse^[15].

What did Rowland Leigh do for work?

Rowland Leigh worked as a screenwriter^[5], librettist^[6], lyricist^[7], songwriter^[8], and director^[9].

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[2] ↑ Rowland Leigh — place of birth (P19): London. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Rowland Leigh — place of death (P20): New York City. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Rowland Leigh — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Rowland Leigh — father (P22): Rowland Leigh. The Peerage. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Rowland Leigh — mother (P25): Mabel Gordon. The Peerage. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Rowland Leigh — spouse (P26): Catherine de la Fosse. Retrieved 2020-08-07. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Rowland Leigh — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Rowland Leigh — occupation (P106): screenwriter. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2020-06-10. id.lib.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Rowland Leigh — occupation (P106): librettist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Rowland Leigh — occupation (P106): lyricist. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Rowland Leigh — occupation (P106): songwriter. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Rowland Leigh — occupation (P106): director. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2020-06-10. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Rowland Leigh — occupation (P106): poet. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Rowland Leigh — date of birth (P569): 1903. datos.bne.es. Retrieved 2020-05-29. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Rowland Leigh — date of birth (P569): May 16, 1902. IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-19. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Rowland Leigh — date of birth (P569): 1902. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2020-05-31. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Rowland Leigh — date of death (P570): October 8, 1963. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Rowland Leigh — date of death (P570): 1963. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2020-05-31. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Rowland Leigh — family name (P734): Leigh. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Rowland Leigh — given name (P735): Rowland. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Rowland Leigh — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-03-07. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Rowland Leigh — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): Harvard Film Archive Project. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Rowland Leigh — has works in the collection (P6379): Harvard Film Archive. HOLLIS. Retrieved 2023-07-20. id.lib.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Rowland Leigh — copyright status as a creator (P7763): works protected by copyrights. Retrieved 2023-07-22. wikidata.org.

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13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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Internet Broadway Database person ID → 8499

Cinémathèque québécoise person ID → 7917

IMDb ID → nm0500284

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