- Won 2 Oscars
- 13 wins & 28 nominations total
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- 2023
- 2023
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- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018
- The Railways of Crotoonia: Tillie to the Rescue8.5Short
- composer: additional music (as Howard Ashmen)
- 2017
- 2017
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Writer
Personal details
- Alternative name
- Howard Ashmen
- Height
- 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Born
- Died
- March 14, 1991
- St. Vincent's Hospital, Harrison, New York, USA(AIDS-related complications)
- Parents
- Relatives
- Sarah Gillespie(Sibling)
- Other worksAlan Menken and his musical, "The Little Shop of Horrors", was performed at the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse in Chicago, Illinois. Cast and crew also included Hollis Resnik, Gene Weygandt, Dale Morgan, David Pomato (sound designer), Nick Venden (musical director). Directed by William Pullinsi.
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- TriviaHis headstone reads "O that he would have but one more song to sing"
- QuotesYou've got all these classics. You know, Pinocchio (1940), Sleeping Beauty (1959), Cinderella (1950) and to make something that fits comfortably on the shelf with all those? What a difficult thing to do but it's such a great thing to try to do.
- TrademarksHis witty lyrics
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