The Oxford Companion to American Literature | Abbott, George
Abbott, George( 1887–1995), born in western New York, graduated from the University of Rochester, and after a time as an actor had a long and very successful career as a director and a dramatist, always as a co-author. Among the plays and musicals on which he collaborated are The Fall Guy (1925), Broadway (1926), Coquette (1927), Three Men on a Horse (1935), Pal Joey (1940), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1951), and Fiorello! (1959, Pulitzer Prize). Mister Abbott (1963) is his autobiography. At age 92 he published his first novel, Tryout (1979), about a young actor. At 101 he directed his own new work, Frankenstein.
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