Lyricist
Dorothy Fields
The Way You Look Tonight, and four hundred songs.
Dorothy Fields was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote more than 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Her best-known pieces include "The Way You Look Tonight" (1936), "A Fine Romance" (1936), "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (1930), "Don't Blame Me" (1948), "Pick Yourself Up" (1936), "I'm in the Mood for Love" (1935), "You Couldn't Be Cuter" (1938) and "Big Spender" (1966). Throughout her career, she collaborated with various influential figures in the American musical theater, including Jerome Kern, Cy Coleman, Irving Berlin, Arthur Schwartz, and Jimmy McHugh. Along with Ann Ronell, Dana Suesse, Bernice Petkere, and Kay Swift, she was one of the first successful Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood female songwriters.
- Born
- 1905-07-15, Allenhurst, USAA Saturday
- Died
- 1974-03-28, New York City, USAA Thursday, aged 68
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1905-07-15, Allenhurst, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 22°29′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 10°44′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 13°33′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 7°07′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 13°13′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 29°02′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 2°05′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 1°24′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 8°27′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 21°56′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1974-03-28, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 7°35′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 6°32′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 10°21′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 21°21′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 16°38′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 4°36′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Gemini | 28°32′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Libra | 26°31′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 9°32′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Libra | 5°24′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Dorothy Fields was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
