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Inez James(1919-1993)

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Songwriter ("Vaya Con Dios", "Pillow Talk"), composer and author, educated at the Hollywood Conservatory. Her film career begnin 1942, and she went on to write for television. Joining ASCAP in 1946, her musical collaborators include Buddy Pepper and Sidney Miller and her other popular-song compositions include "What Good Would it Do?", "It's Christmas", "Come to Baby, Do", "Sing a Jingle", "I Can See It Your Way", "I'm Sorry But I'm Glad", "Now You've Gone and Hurt My Southern Pride", "That's the Way He Does It", "Ok'l, Baby, Dok'l", and "Walk It Off".
BornNovember 15, 1919
DiedDecember 19, 1993(74)
BornNovember 15, 1919
DiedDecember 19, 1993(74)
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Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Holliday Grainger, and Chris Pine in The Finest Hours (2016)
The Finest Hours
6.7
  • Soundtrack
  • 2016
Naked Lunch (1991)
Naked Lunch
6.9
  • Soundtrack
  • 1991
Ann Blyth, Andy Devine, Leon Errol, Kirby Grant, Anne Gwynne, Marion Hutton, Alma Kruger, June Preisser, Peggy Ryan, Freddie Slack, and Freddie Slack and His Orchestra in Babes on Swing Street (1944)
Babes on Swing Street
6.6
  • Soundtrack
  • 1944
Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, and Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk (1959)
Pillow Talk
7.4
  • Soundtrack
  • 1959

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Music Department



  • Anthony Quinn, Sandra Dee, Lana Turner, and John Saxon in Portrait in Black (1960)
    Portrait in Black
    6.4
    • composer: musical theme
    • 1960
  • Rock Hudson, Emmett Kelly, Julie London, and J. Scott Smart in The Fat Man (1951)
    The Fat Man
    6.2
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Noah Beery Jr., Susanna Foster, Anne Gwynne, Donald O'Connor, and Peggy Ryan in Top Man (1943)
    Top Man
    7.0
    • writer: special songs
    • 1943
  • Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor, Robert Paige, and Peggy Ryan in Mister Big (1943)
    Mister Big
    7.8
    • original songs by
    • 1943

Soundtrack



  • Bonnie Aarons in The Nun II (2023)
    The Nun II
    5.6
    • writer: "Vaya Con Dios" (Que Dieu Pense à Toi)
    • 2023
  • Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023)
    Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
    7.3
    • writer: "Pillow Talk"
    • 2023
  • Hap and Leonard (2016)
    Hap and Leonard
    7.6
    TV Series
    • writer: "It's Christmas"
    • 2018
  • Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Holliday Grainger, and Chris Pine in The Finest Hours (2016)
    The Finest Hours
    6.7
    • writer: "Vaya Con Dios"
    • 2016
  • Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki in Supernatural (2005)
    Supernatural
    8.4
    TV Series
    • writer: "Vaya con Dios"
    • 2007
  • American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
    8.2
    TV Series
    • writer: "Vaya Con Dios" (1953)
    • 2007
  • Naked Lunch (1991)
    Naked Lunch
    6.9
    • writer: "Vaya Con Dios"
    • 1991
  • Ria Brieffies in Dolly Dots (1983)
    Dolly Dots
    6.1
    TV Series
    • writer: "Vaya Con Dios" (uncredited)
    • 1983
  • Doris Day in The Doris Day Show (1968)
    The Doris Day Show
    7.2
    TV Series
    • lyrics: "Pillow Talk"
    • music: "Pillow Talk"
    • 1969
  • Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, and Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk (1959)
    Pillow Talk
    7.4
    • lyrics: "Pillow Talk"
    • music: "Pillow Talk"
    • 1959
  • Mi viudo y yo (1954)
    Mi viudo y yo
    • writer: "Vaya Con Dios"
    • 1954
  • Dorothy Collins in Your Hit Parade (1950)
    Your Hit Parade
    7.6
    TV Series
    • writer: "Vaya Con Dios" (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Rock Hudson, Julie Adams, and Robert Ryan in Horizons West (1952)
    Horizons West
    6.4
    • writer: "ALEXIS, DARLIN' OF TEXAS"
    • 1952
  • Doris Day and Ronald Reagan in The Winning Team (1952)
    The Winning Team
    6.5
    • writer: "Ol' Saint Nicholas" (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Teresa Brewer in Teresa Brewer and the Firehouse Five Plus Two (1951)
    Teresa Brewer and the Firehouse Five Plus Two
    Short
    • writer: "When You Bump Into Somebody You Know" (uncredited)
    • 1951

Personal details

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  • Born
    • November 15, 1919
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • December 19, 1993
    • Sherman Oaks, California, USA
  • Spouses
      Larry Russell? - February 14, 1954 (his death)

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