Mary Rodgers
- Writing
- January 11, 1931 · New York City, New York, USA
- June 26, 2014
Biography
Mary Rodgers (January 11, 1931 – June 26, 2014) was an American composer, screenwriter, and author. She wrote the novel Freaky Friday, which served as the basis of a 1976 film starring Jodie Foster, for which she wrote the screenplay, as well as three other versions. Her best-known musicals were Once Upon a Mattress and The Mad Show, and she contributed songs to Marlo Thomas' successful children's album Free to Be... You and Me. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Rodgers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Freakier Friday · Novel
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · Self
- Sicken ärta · Musical
- Freaky Friday · Novel
- Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece · Self
- Once Upon A Mattress · Musical, Songs
- Freaky Friday · Novel
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There · Self
- Freaky Friday · Novel
- Summer Switch · Novel
- A Billion for Boris · Novel
- Working · Songs
- The Devil and Max Devlin · Screenplay, Story
- Freaky Friday · Novel, Screenplay
- Free to Be… You and Me · Story
- Once Upon a Mattress · Songs
- Original Cast Album: Company · Other
- Once Upon a Mattress · Songs
- Feathertop · Writer, Songs