Cole Porter
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Music, Popular Culture
- Subcategories: Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Entertainment, Entertainers, Composers, Songwriters, Homosexuality, Homosexuals, Gay Men, Lesbians, Sexuality
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present
Article abstract: Porter was a composer and lyricist whose individuality and imagination brought a new facet to Broadway and Hollywood musicals.
Early Life
Cole Albert Porter was the third and only surviving child of an overprotective mother named Kate Porter and an ineffectual father. His grandfather, J. O. Cole, was one of the wealthiest men in Indiana. Kate used her father’s money to see that her son had the best of everything. She was determined to see that he became a member of the social circle that she herself could not seem to enter.
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