Dory Previn, née Dorothy Veronica Langan (born October 22, 1925 or 1929), is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter and poet. During the late 1950s and 1960s she was a lyricist for motion picture songs, and with her first husband André Previn received several Academy Award nominations. In the 1970s, after their divorce, she released six albums of original songs and an acclaimed live album.

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  • Dory Previn, née Dorothy Veronica Langan (born October 22, 1925 or 1929), is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter and poet. During the late 1950s and 1960s she was a lyricist for motion picture songs, and with her first husband André Previn received several Academy Award nominations. In the 1970s, after their divorce, she released six albums of original songs and an acclaimed live album. Dory Previn's lyrics from this period are characterised by their originality, their irony, and their honesty in dealing with her troubled personal life, as well as more generally about relationships, sexuality, religion and psychology. She has continued to work since then as a writer of song lyrics and prose.
  • Dory Previn on yhdysvaltalainen laulaja-lauluntekijä ja runoilija. Previn sanoitti 1960-luvulla ja 1970-luvun alussa useita elokuvien tunnussäveliä, kuten elokuvan Nukkelaakso soundtrackin. Hän sai ensimmäisen miehensä André Previnin kanssa kaksi Oscar-ehdokkuutta elokuvasävellyksistänsä sekä yhden Fred Karlinin kanssa. Previn julkaisi yhteensä seitsemän albumia. Hänen uransa jatkui aina 1980-luvulle. Euroopassa Previn kiersi ensimmäisen kerran vasta 1970-luvun lopussa voitettuaan lentopelkonsa. Previn oli naimisissa André Previnin kanssa vuodet 1959–1970. Nykyään hän on naimisissa Joby Bakerin kanssa.
  • Dory Previn er en amerikansk lyriker og sanger. På 1950- og 1960-tallet skrev hun sanger for kinolerretet, og sammen med sin første mann, Andre Prévin, ble hun flere ganger oscarnominert. På 1970-tallet, etter at de ble skilt, gav hun ut seks album med egne sanger, samt et livealbum som har fått svært gode kritikker. Dory Previns tekster fra denne perioden utmerker seg ved sin utleverende originalitet, i det de handler om hennes vanskelige personlige liv. I mer generelle former handler tekstene om forhold, seksualitet, religion og psykologi. Hun har fortsatt å arbeide som sanger/komponist, lyriker og prosaforfatter.
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  • Dory Previn, née Dorothy Veronica Langan (born October 22, 1925 or 1929), is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter and poet. During the late 1950s and 1960s she was a lyricist for motion picture songs, and with her first husband André Previn received several Academy Award nominations. In the 1970s, after their divorce, she released six albums of original songs and an acclaimed live album.
  • Dory Previn on yhdysvaltalainen laulaja-lauluntekijä ja runoilija. Previn sanoitti 1960-luvulla ja 1970-luvun alussa useita elokuvien tunnussäveliä, kuten elokuvan Nukkelaakso soundtrackin. Hän sai ensimmäisen miehensä André Previnin kanssa kaksi Oscar-ehdokkuutta elokuvasävellyksistänsä sekä yhden Fred Karlinin kanssa. Previn julkaisi yhteensä seitsemän albumia. Hänen uransa jatkui aina 1980-luvulle.
  • Dory Previn er en amerikansk lyriker og sanger. På 1950- og 1960-tallet skrev hun sanger for kinolerretet, og sammen med sin første mann, Andre Prévin, ble hun flere ganger oscarnominert. På 1970-tallet, etter at de ble skilt, gav hun ut seks album med egne sanger, samt et livealbum som har fått svært gode kritikker. Dory Previns tekster fra denne perioden utmerker seg ved sin utleverende originalitet, i det de handler om hennes vanskelige personlige liv.
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