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Mary Rodgers

Born
Jan 11, 1931 · Aged 83
Died
Jun 26, 2014
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Female
Movie credits
3
TV credits
0
Also known as (1)
  • Mary Rodgers Guettel

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.