Dorothy Fields

American Jewish lyricist and librettist whose songs include On the Sunny Side of the Street and The Way You Look Tonight; Academy Award winner in 1937. In Jewish World Records, Dorothy Fields is connected to the record “First Jewish Woman to Win the Academy Award for Best Original Song,” based on the stored achievement of Music (Song) — The Way You Look Tonight, 4 March 1937. Dorothy Fields and composer Jerome Kern won Music (Song) for The Way You Look Tonight at the 1937 Academy Awards. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency describes Fields as a prolific Jewish songwriter and documents her Jewish family background. The Academy's official 1937 ceremony record credits Dorothy Fields as lyricist of the winning song The Way You Look Tonight.