Real name: Samuel Manuel Lerner

Born: January 28, 1903, Săveni, Romania
Died: December 13, 1989, Los Angeles, California, USA

A Romanian-born songwriter for American and British musical theatre and film.

After graduating from Wayne State University, Lerner moved to New York City, where he began writing songs for vaudeville performers such as Sophie Tucker. Lerner also contributed lyrics to the Ziegfeld Follies.

With the coming of sound film, Lerner began writing songs for motion pictures, including several for use in the Paramount Pictures cartoons produced by Fleischer Studios.