Editing George Abbott

{{short description|American writer and director (1887–1995)}}
{{other people}}
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{{infobox writer
| image            = George Abbott.jpg
| birth_name       = George Francis Abbott
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1887|06|25}}
| birth_place      = [[Forestville, New York]], U.S.
| death_date       = {{death date and age |1995|01|31|1887|06|25}}
| death_place      = [[Miami Beach, Florida]], U.S.
| occupation       = {{hlist|Theatre producer|theatre director|playwright|screenwriter|film producer|film director}}
| education        = [[University of Rochester]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard University]]
| period           = 1913&ndash;1995
| spouse           = {{ubl
  | {{marriage|Edna Levis|1914|1930|end=died}}
  | {{marriage|[[Mary Sinclair]]|1946|1951|end=div}}
  | {{marriage|Joy Valderrama<br>|1983}}
  }}
| awards           = {{ubl
  | [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical|Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director]] (1983)
  | [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] (1960)
  | [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Tony Award Best Direction]] (1960, 1963)
  | [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Tony Award Best Musical]] (1955, 1956, 1960)
  | [[Special Tony Award]] (1987)
  | [[National Medal of Arts]] (1990)
  }}
| caption          = Abbott in 1928
}}
'''George Francis Abbott''' (June 25, 1887{{snd}}January 31, 1995) was an American theatre producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer whose career spanned eight decades.<ref name=EB>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|title=Abbott, George|edition=15th|year=2010|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|volume=I: A– Ak–Bayes|location=Chicago, Illinois|isbn=978-1-59339-837-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newencyclopaedia2009ency/page/13 13]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/newencyclopaedia2009ency/page/13}}</ref> He received numerous honors including six [[Tony Awards]], the [[Pulitzer Prize]], the [[Kennedy Center Honors]] in 1982.<ref name="George Abbott Biography">[https://www.kennedy-center.org/artist/A3685?_ga=2.160156157.1327655131.1565087600-1382961826.1565087600 "George Abbott Biography"] kennedy-center.org, accessed August 6, 2019</ref><ref name="History, 1982">[https://www.kennedy-center.org/pages/specialevents/honors?&_ga=2.200837486.1327655131.1565087600-1382961826.1565087600#history "History, 1982"] kennedy-center.org, accessed August 6, 2019</ref><ref name="Doing the Honours">Hall, Carla; McCombs, Phil. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190806104559/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/12/06/doing-the-honorsccf9d0b0-0093-4e28-ba3a-70e2d411c201/ "Doing the Honours"] ''[[Washington Post]]'' December 6, 1982</ref> the [[National Medal of Arts]] in 1990.<ref>{{ cite web | url = http://arts.gov/honors/medals/george-francis-abbott | title = National Medal of Arts | publisher = [[National Endowment for the Arts]] | access-date = October 20, 2013 }}</ref> and was inducted into the [[American Theatre Hall of Fame]].

Starting as an actor he later became known for producing numerous [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] productions such as ''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]]'' (1940), ''[[On the Town (musical)|On the Town]]'' (1944), ''[[Call Me Madam]]'' (1950), ''[[Wonderful Town]]'' (1953), ''[[The Pajama Game]]'' (1954), ''[[Damn Yankees]]'' (1955), ''[[New Girl in Town]]'' (1957), ''[[Once Upon a Mattress]]'' (1959), ''[[Fiorello!]]'' (book, 1959), ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' (1962), ''[[Broadway (play)|Broadway]]'' (1987), ''[[Damn Yankees]]'' (1994).

Abbot also acted in numerous films in the 1920s and 1930s. He received an [[3rd Academy Awards|Academy Award for Best Writing]] nomination for ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' (1930). He later directed the movie musicals adaptations of ''[[The Pajama Game (film)|The Pajama Game]]'' (1957), and ''[[Damn Yankees (1958 film)|Damn Yankees]]'' (1958).

==Early years==
Abbott was born in [[Forestville, New York]], to George Burwell Abbott (May 1858 [[Erie County, New York]] – February 4, 1942 [[Hamburg, New York]]) and Hannah May McLaury (1869 – June 20, 1940 [[Hamburg, New York]]). He later moved to the city of [[Salamanca, New York|Salamanca]], which twice elected his father mayor. In 1898, his family moved to [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]], where he attended [[List of defunct United States military academies|Kearney Military Academy]]. Within a few years, his family returned to New York, and he graduated from [[Hamburg High School (Hamburg, New York)|Hamburg High School]] in 1907.<ref name=EB/><ref name=monitor/>

In 1911 he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the [[University of Rochester]],<ref name=EB/><ref name=monitor>
Sweeney, Louise. [https://www.csmonitor.com/1983/0106/010636.html "Director George Abbott"] ''Christian Science Monitor'', January 6, 1983</ref> where he wrote his first play, ''Perfectly Harmless'', for the University Dramatic Club. Abbott then attended [[Harvard University]], to take a course in playwriting from [[George Pierce Baker]].<ref name=monitor/> Under Baker's tutelage, he wrote ''The Head of the Family'', which was performed at the Harvard Dramatic Club in 1912.<ref name="Masterworks Broadway">{{ cite web | url=http://www.masterworksbroadway.com/artist/george-abbott | title=George Abbott | author= Lucy E. Cross | publisher= [[Masterworks Broadway]] | access-date=October 20, 2013}}</ref> He then worked for a year as 
"author, gofer, and actor" at the [[Bijou Theatre (Boston)|Bijou Theatre]] in [[Boston]], where his play ''The Man in the Manhole'' won a contest.<ref name=monitor/>

==Career==
[[File:Abbott-Dunning-1928.jpg|thumb|George Abbott and [[Philip Dunning]] (1928)]]
Abbott started acting on Broadway in 1913, debuting in ''[[The Misleading Lady (play)|The Misleading Lady]]''.<ref name=EB/><ref name=pbs>[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/george-abbott/ "George Abbott. The Stars"] pbs.com, accessed August 5, 2019</ref> While acting in several plays in New York City, he began to write; his first successful play was ''The Fall Guy'' (1925).<ref name=EB/><ref name=pbs/>

Abbott acquired a reputation as an astute "show doctor". He frequently was called upon to supervise changes when a show was having difficulties in tryouts or previews prior to its Broadway opening.<ref>[https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19950201/2102421/theaters-mr-abbott-dies-at-107 "Theatre's `Mr. Abbott' Dies At 107"] ''Seattle Times'', February 1, 1995</ref> His first hit was ''[[Broadway (play)|Broadway]]'', written and directed in partnership with [[Philip Dunning]], whose play Abbott "rejiggered".<ref>{{cite web | author = Staff | url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/106449/page/1 |title=Theater: Director/Writer George Abbott, 1887&ndash;1995 |work=[[Newsweek]] |date=February 13, 1995 |access-date= August 28, 2013}}</ref> It opened on September 16, 1926, at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] and ran for 603 performances. Other successes followed, and it was a rare year that did not have an Abbott production on Broadway.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

He also worked in Hollywood as a film writer and director<ref name=latimes/> while continuing with his theatre work.

Among those who worked with Abbott early in their careers are [[Desi Arnaz]], [[Gene Kelly]], [[June Havoc]], [[Betty Comden]], [[Adolph Green]], [[Leonard Bernstein]], [[Jules Styne]], [[Stephen Sondheim]], [[Elaine Stritch]], [[John Kander]], [[Fred Ebb]], [[Carol Burnett]] and [[Liza Minnelli]].<ref name=latimes>Folkart, Burt.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-02-01-mn-26674-story.html "George Abbott; Legendary Broadway Producer, 107"] ''Los Angeles Times'', February 1, 1995</ref> He introduced the "fast-paced, tightly integrated style that influenced" performers and especially directors such as [[Jerome Robbins]], [[Bob Fosse]] and [[Hal Prince]].<ref name=pbs/>

==Autobiography ==
In 1963, he published his autobiography, ''Mister Abbott''.<ref name=EB/>

==Personal life==
Abbott was married to Edna Lewis from 1914 to her death in 1930; they had one child. Actress [[Mary Sinclair]] was his second wife. Their marriage lasted from 1946 until their 1951 divorce.<ref name=people>Arias, Ron (July 6, 1987). [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20096668,00.html Marking His First Century, George Abbott Once Again Brings Broadway to Broadway"]. ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''.  Vol. 28, No. 1.  Retrieved August 28, 2013.</ref> He had a long romance with actress [[Maureen Stapleton]]<ref name="Masterworks Broadway"/> from 1968 to 1978. She was 43 and he was 81 when they began their affair, then ten years later Abbott left her for a younger woman.<ref>Database (undated). [http://www.nndb.com/people/376/000032280/ "Maureen Stapleton"].  [[Notable Names Database]].</ref> His third wife was Joy Valderrama. They were married from 1983 until his death in 1995.<ref name=people/><ref name=berger/>

Abbott was a vigorous man who remained active past his 100th birthday by golfing and dancing. He died from complications of a stroke on January 31, 1995, at his home on [[Sunset Island]] off [[Miami Beach]], Florida, at age 107. ''[[The New York Times]]'' obituary read, "Mrs. Abbott said that a week and a half before his death he was dictating revisions to the second act of ''Pajama Game'' with a revival in mind, in addition to working on a revival of ''Damn Yankees''.<ref name=berger/>

At the age of 106, he walked down the aisle on opening night of the ''Damn Yankees'' revival and received a standing ovation. He was heard saying to his companion, 'There must be somebody important here.'" Just thirteen days before his 107th birthday, Abbott made an appearance at the [[48th Tony Awards]], coming onstage with fellow ''Damn Yankees'' alumni [[Gwen Verdon]] and [[Jean Stapleton]] at the end of the opening number, a medley performed by the nominees for Best Revival of A Musical, which included ''Grease'', ''She Loves Me'', ''Carousel'', and his own ''Damn Yankees''.<ref name=berger>[[Marilyn Berger|Berger, Marilyn]] (February 2, 1995). [https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0625.html "George Abbott, Broadway Giant with Hit after Hit, Is Dead at 107"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''.  Retrieved August 28, 2013.</ref>

He was cremated at [[Woodlawn Park Cemetery]] in Miami and the ashes were taken by his wife.<ref>Resting Places: The Burial Places of 14,000 Famous Persons, by Scott Wilson</ref>

==Family==

In addition to his wife, who died in 2020 at 88, Abbott was survived by a sister, Isabel Juergens, who died a year later at the age of 102; two granddaughters, Amy Clark Davidson and Susan Clark Hansley; a grandson, George Clark, and six great-grandchildren.<ref name=berger/>

==Honors==
In 1965, the [[54th Street (Manhattan)|54th Street]] Theatre was rechristened the [[George Abbott Theatre]] in his honor. The building was demolished in 1970.<ref name="Masterworks Broadway"/><ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/theatre/george-abbott-theatre-1123 "George Abbott Theatre"] ibdb.com, accessed August 5, 2019</ref> New York City's [[George Abbott Way]], the section of West 45th Street northwest of [[Times Square]], is also named after him.

He received New York City's [[Handel Medallion]] in 1976, honorary doctorates from the Universities of [[University of Rochester|Rochester]] and [[University of Miami|Miami]], and the [[Kennedy Centre Honors]] in 1982.<ref name="George Abbott Biography"/><ref name="History, 1982"/><ref name="Doing the Honours"/> He was also inducted into the Western New York Entertainment Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buffaloah.com/a/main/646/hall/index.html|title=The Western New York Entertainment Hall of Fame|access-date=February 20, 2012}}</ref> and the [[American Theatre Hall of Fame]]. In 1990, he was awarded the [[National Medal of Arts]].<ref>{{ cite web | url = http://arts.gov/honors/medals/george-francis-abbott | title = National Medal of Arts | publisher = [[National Endowment for the Arts]] | access-date = October 20, 2013 }}.</ref>

==Work==
===Stage===
Source: ''Playbill'' <ref name=vault>[http://www.playbill.com/person/george-abbott-vault-0000001217# "George Abbott Broadway"] ''Playbill'' (vault), accessed August 5, 2019</ref>

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* 1913: ''[[The Misleading Lady (play)|The Misleading Lady]]'' (actor)<ref name="nyt112613">{{cite news |title=Crazy Quilt Of Fun, Surprise, Thrill |work=The New York Times |date=November 26, 1913 |location=New York, New York |page=11 |via = [[NYTimes.com]]}}</ref>
* 1915: ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' (actor)
* 1918: ''Daddies'' (actor)
* 1920: ''[[The Broken Wing (play)|The Broken Wing]]'' (actor)<ref name="nyt113020">{{cite news |title="Broken Wing" Romantic |work=The New York Times |date=November 30, 1920 |location=New York, New York |page=21 |via = [[NYTimes.com]]}}</ref>
* 1923: ''Zander the Great'' (actor)
* 1924: ''Hell-Bent Fer Heaven'' (actor)
* 1925: ''The Fall Guy'' (playwright)
* 1926: ''Love 'em and Leave 'em '' (playwright, director)
* 1926: ''[[Chicago (play)|Chicago]]'' (director)
* 1926: ''[[Broadway (play)|Broadway]]'' (playwright, director)
* 1928: ''Gentlemen of the Press'' (director)
* 1932: ''Lilly Turner'' (playwright, director, producer)
* 1932: ''[[Twentieth Century (play)|Twentieth Century]]'' (director, producer)
* 1934: ''[[Small Miracle]]'' (director)
* 1935: ''[[Three Men on a Horse]]'' (playwright, director)
* 1935: ''[[Jumbo (musical)|Jumbo]]'' (director)
* 1936: ''[[On Your Toes]]'' (book)
* 1937: ''[[Room Service (play)|Room Service]]'' (director, producer)
* 1937: ''Brown Sugar'' (director, producer)
* 1938: ''[[The Boys from Syracuse]]'' (book, director, producer)
* 1939: ''[[Too Many Girls (musical)|Too Many Girls]]'' (director, producer)
* 1940: ''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]]'' (director, producer)
* 1940: ''[[The Unconquered (1940 play)|The Unconquered]]'' (producer, director)
* 1941: ''[[Best Foot Forward (musical)|Best Foot Forward]]'' (producer, director)
* 1943: ''[[Kiss and Tell (play)]] (producer, director)
* 1944: ''A Highland Fling'' (play) (producer, director)
* 1944: ''[[On the Town (musical)|On the Town]]'' (director)
* 1945: ''[[Billion Dollar Baby]]''  (musical) (director)
* 1947: ''[[High Button Shoes]]'' (director)
* 1948: ''[[Where's Charley?]]''	(book, director)
* 1949: ''[[Mrs. Gibbons' Boys]]'' (producer, director)
* 1950: ''[[Call Me Madam]]'' (director)
* 1951: ''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (musical)|A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]'' (book, director, producer)
* 1953: ''[[Wonderful Town]]'' (director) ''[[Me and Juliet]]'' (director)
* 1954: ''[[The Pajama Game]]'' (book, director)
* 1955: ''[[Damn Yankees]]'' (book, director)
* 1957: ''[[New Girl in Town]]'' (book, director)
* 1959: ''[[Once Upon a Mattress]]'' (director)
* 1959: ''[[Fiorello!]]'' (book, director)
* 1960: ''[[Tenderloin (musical)|Tenderloin]]'' (book, director)
* 1961: ''[[Take Her, She's Mine]]'' (director)
* 1962: ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' (director)
* 1962: ''[[Never Too Late (play)|Never Too Late]]'' (director)<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/never-too-late-2967 ''Never Too Late''] ibdb.com, accessed August 5, 2019</ref>
* 1964: ''[[Fade Out – Fade In]]'' (director)
* 1965: ''[[Flora, The Red Menace]]'' (book, director)
* 1965: ''[[Anya (musical)|Anya]]'' (book, director)
* 1967: ''[[How Now, Dow Jones]]'' (director)
* 1968: ''[[The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N]]'' (director)
* 1969: ''[[The Fig Leaves Are Falling]]'' (director)
* 1970: ''[[Norman, Is That You?]]'' (director)
* 1976: ''[[Music Is]]'' (book, director)
* 1987: ''[[Broadway (play)|Broadway]]'' (revival, book, director)
* 1994: ''[[Damn Yankees]]'' (revival, book, consultant, script revisions)
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===Filmography===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Credit
|-
| 1918 ||''[[The Impostor (1918 film)|The Imposter]]'' ||Writer, actor (Lem)
|-
| 1926 ||''[[Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (film)|Love 'Em and Leave 'Em]]'' ||Writer
|-
| 1927 ||''Hills of Peril'' || Playwright, ''A Holy Terror''
|-
| 1928 ||''[[Four Walls (film)|Four Walls]]'' || Playwright, writer
|-
| 1929 ||''[[Coquette (film)|Coquette]]'' ||Playwright
|-
| 1929 ||''[[The Carnival Man]]'' ||Director
|-
| 1929 ||''[[Broadway (1929 film)|Broadway]]'' ||Playwright, writer
|-
| 1929 ||''The Bishop's Candlesticks'' ||Director
|-
| 1929 ||''[[Why Bring That Up?]]'' ||Director, writer
|-
| 1929 ||''[[The Saturday Night Kid]]'' ||Playwright, ''Love 'Em and Leave 'Em''
|-
| 1929 ||''Night Parade'' ||Playwright, ''Ringside''
|-
| 1929 ||''[[Half Way to Heaven (1929 film)|Half Way to Heaven]]'' ||Director, writer
|-
| 1930 ||''El Dios del mar'' ||Writer
|-
| 1930 ||''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' ||Writer
|-
| 1930 ||''[[The Fall Guy (1930 film)|The Fall Guy]]'' ||Playwright
|-
| 1930 ||''[[Manslaughter (1930 film)|Manslaughter]]'' ||Director, writer
|-
| 1930 ||''[[The Sea God]]'' ||Director, writer
|-
| 1931 ||''[[The Leap into the Void]]'' ||Writer
|-
| 1931 ||''[[Stolen Heaven (1931 film)|Stolen Heaven]]'' ||Director; writer
|-
| 1931 || ''[[The Incorrigible (film)|The Incorrigible]]''||Playwright, ''Manslaughter''
|-
| 1931 ||''Sombras del circo'' ||Playwright, ''Halfway to Heaven''
|-
| 1931 ||''À mi-chemin du ciel'' ||Playwright, ''Halfway to Heaven''
|-
| 1931 ||''[[Secrets of a Secretary]]'' ||Director, writer
|-
| 1931 ||''[[My Sin]]'' ||Director; writer
|-
| 1931 ||''[[The Cheat (1931 film)|The Cheat]]'' ||Director
|-
| 1932 ||''Halvvägs till himlen'' ||Writer
|-
| 1932 ||''[[Those We Love]]'' ||Playwright
|-
| 1933 ||''[[Lilly Turner]]'' ||Playwright
|-
| 1934 ||''[[Heat Lightning (film)|Heat Lightning]]'' ||Playwright
|-
| 1934 ||''Straight Is the Way'' ||Playwright, ''Four Walls''
|-
| 1936 ||''[[Three Men on a Horse (film)|Three Men on a Horse]]'' ||Playwright
|-
| 1938 ||''Broadway'' ||Writer
|-
| 1939 ||''[[On Your Toes#Film adaptation|On Your Toes]]'' ||Playwright
|-
| 1940 ||''[[Too Many Girls (musical)#Film version|Too Many Girls]]'' ||Director
|-
| 1940 ||''[[The Boys from Syracuse (film)|The Boys from Syracuse]]'' ||Playwright, director
|-
| 1941 ||''Highway West'' ||Playwright, ''Heat Lightning''
|-
| 1942 ||''[[Broadway (1942 film)|Broadway]]'' ||Playwright
|-
| 1947 ||''Beat the Band'' ||Playwright
|-
| 1957 || ''[[The Pajama Game (film)|The Pajama Game]]'' ||Writer, director, producer<ref name=EB/>
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Damn Yankees (film)|Damn Yankees]]'' ||Writer, director, producer
|}

==Awards and nominations==
Source: ''Playbill''<ref name=vault/>

;Awards
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* 1955 Tony Award for Best Musical – ''The Pajama Game''
* 1956 Tony Award for Best Musical – ''Damn Yankees''
* 1960 [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] – ''Fiorello!''<ref>[https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/218 "Prize Winners by Category"] pulitzer.org, accessed August 6, 2019</ref>
* 1960 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – ''Fiorello!''
* 1960 Tony Award for Best Musical – ''Fiorello!''
* 1963 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum''
* 1976 Special Tony Award: The Lawrence Langer award
* 1983 [[Drama Desk Award]] for Outstanding Director of a Musical – ''On Your Toes''
* 1987 Special [[Tony Award]] on the occasion of his 100th birthday
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;Nominations
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* 1930 [[Academy Award]] for Best Achievement in Writing – ''All Quiet on the Western Front''<ref name="Masterworks Broadway"/>
* 1958 [[Writers Guild of America]] Award for Best Written American Musical – ''Damn Yankees''
* 1958 Tony Award for Best Musical – ''New Girl in Town''
* 1958 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical – ''The Pajama Game''
* 1959 [[Directors Guild of America]] Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures – ''Damn Yankees''
* 1963 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – ''Never Too Late''
* 1968 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – ''How Now, Dow Jones''
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==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Music|Theatre}}
* [[List of centenarians (actors, filmmakers and entertainers)]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IBDB name}}
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110713121447/http://www.joyabbott.com/george.html George Abbott fansite]
* [http://www.englishpedia.net/my-grammar/misc/who-is-george-Abbott.html George Abbott Biography]
* ''[https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Abbott George Abbott]'', on ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica|Enciclopedia Britannica]]'', Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc
* ''[https://www.discogs.com/it/artist/1827667 George Abbott]'', on ''[[Discogs]]'', Zink Media
* ''[https://musicbrainz.org/artist/27ad6cf9-07ae-4e71-be9a-c39a5157edc5 George Abbott]'', on ''[[MusicBrainz]]'', MetaBrainz Foundation
* ''[https://www.allmovie.com/artist/george-abbott-vn15539738 George Abbott]'', on ''[[AllMovie]]'', All Media Network

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