Marilyn Bergman

Marilyn Bergman (born in Brooklyn, New York on November 10, 1928, died January 8, 2022) wrote lyrics for motion picture songs with her husband Alan Bergman, starting with In the Heat of the Night (1967) sung by Ray Charles with music by Quincy Jones in the film of the same name directed by Norman Jewison, starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. She won Golden Globes for “The Windmills of Your Mind” in The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) by Norman Jewison, and “The Way We Were” in the 1973 movie of the same name directed by Sydney Pollack starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. She was nominated 12 more times for songs like “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” in The Happy Ending (1969), “Marmalade, Molasses and Honey” in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean ( 1972) by John Huston starring Paul Newman, “Breezy’s Song” in Breezy (1973) by Clint Eastwood, “The Last Time I Felt Like This” in Same Time, Next Year (1978) starring Ellen Burstyn, “The Way He Makes Me Feel” in Yentl (1983) directed by and starring Barbra Streisand, “The Girl Who Used To Be Me” in Shirley Valentine (1989), “Moonlight” in Sabrina (1995) by Sydney Pollack starring Harrison Ford.

Golden Globe Awards

1996 Nominee

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- Sabrina (1995)
- "Moonlight"
1990 Nominee

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- Shirley Valentine
- The Girl Who Used To Be Me
1984 Nominee

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- Yentl
- The Way He Makes Me Feel
1983 Nominee

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- Yes, Giorgio
- If We Were In Love
1979 Nominee

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- Same Time, Next Year
- The Last Time I Felt Like This
1977 Nominee

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- From Noon Till Three
- Hello and Goodbye
1974 Winner

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- Way We Were, The
- Marvin Hamlisch
1974 Nominee

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- Breezy
- Breezy's Song
1973 Nominee

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The
- Maurice Jarre
1973 Nominee

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- Molly and Lawless John
- Take Me Home
1972 Nominee

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- African Elephant, The
- Rain Falls Anywhere It Wants To
1971 Nominee

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- Pieces of Dreams
- Pieces of Dreams
1970 Nominee

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- Happy Ending, The
- What Are You Doing the Rest Of Your Life?
1969 Winner

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- Thomas Crown Affair, The
- The Windmills of Your Mind