Anna Sosenko was an American songwriter and impresario who flourished in the 1930s.
10 Facts About Anna Sosenko
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Anna Sosenko was a manager and writer for cabaret singer Hildegarde, for whom she wrote "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup".
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Anna Sosenko was born in Camden, New Jersey, the daughter of Simon and Rebecca Sosenko.
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Anna Sosenko produced The Raleigh Room, a radio program starring Hildegarde, with Alan Jay Lerner as head writer.
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In 1959, Anna Sosenko co-produced a stage adaptation of Irving Stone's The Passionate Journey.
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Anna Sosenko promoted Jacqueline Susann's first novel, Every Night, Josephine.
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Anna Sosenko helped develop the Songwriters' Hall of Fame, now known as the National Academy of Popular Music.
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Anna Sosenko had a large collection of theatrical memorabilia, and opened a small gallery in 1965, selling and trading such materials near Lincoln Center.
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Anna Sosenko exhibited some of these at the Museum of the City of New York, and eventually donated her collection to several theatre history archives, including the Library of Congress.
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Anna Sosenko died in 2000, four days before her 91st birthday.