Lynn Riggs Net Worth
Lynn Riggs Net Worth is
$17 Million
Lynn Riggs Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Rollie Lynn Riggs (August 31, 1899 – June 30, 1954) was an American author, poet and playwright born on a farm near Claremore, Oklahoma. His mother was 1/8 Cherokee, and when he was two years old, his mother secured his Cherokee allotment for him. He was able to draw on his allotment to help support his writing. Riggs wrote 21 full-length plays, several short stories, poems, and a television script. | Date Of Birth | August 31, 1899 |
| Died | 1954-06-30 |
| Place Of Birth | Claremore, Oklahoma, USA |
| Profession | Writer, Director |
| Star Sign | Virgo |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Has a section of Route 66 named after him. It runs through his birthplace, Claremore, Oklahoma. |
| 2 | Famous playwright and poet Lynn Riggs is most famous for writing the play "Green Grow the lilacs" which was a not too successful 1931 off Broadway play. In 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein made it into a musical named "Away We Go" which received mixed reviews on its off Broadway introduction. Before the play opened on Broadway some changes were made and a new song called "Oklahoma" was put in for which the play was renamed. "Oklahoma" became a monster musical hit (and later hit film), which ran for a then-astounding 5+ year, 2212-performance run at The St. James Theatre from 1943-1948. The song "Oklahoma" was named the Oklahoma state song in 1953. There is a memorial museum dedicated to Mr Riggs in Claremore, Oklahoma where the original surrey with the fringe on top from the movie resides. |
| 3 | Inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1965. |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma! | 2013 | play by: "Green Grow the Lilacs" | |
| Oklahoma! | 2011 | TV Movie play by: "Green Grow The Lilacs" | |
| Oklahoma! | 1999 | TV Movie based on the play by: "Green Grow the Lilacs" | |
| Playhouse 90 | 1959 | TV Series unproduced play - 1 episode | |
| Oklahoma! | 1955 | based upon a dramatic play by | |
| Sherlock Holmes in Washington | 1943 | screenplay | |
| Madame Spy | 1942 | screenplay | |
| Destination Unknown | 1942 | screenplay | |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | 1942 | screenplay | |
| The Plainsman | 1936 | screen play | |
| The Garden of Allah | 1936 | screenplay | |
| Stingaree | 1934 | adaptation | |
| Beyond Victory | 1931 | uncredited |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Day in Santa Fe | 1931 | Short |
Known for movies
Oklahoma! (1955)
as Writer
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
as Writer
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
as Writer
The Garden of Allah (1936)
as Writer