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Mary Rodgers(1931-2014)

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  • Writer
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Mary Rodgers was born on 11 January 1931 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer and composer, known for Freaky Friday (2003), Billions for Boris (1984) and Freaky Friday (1976). She was married to Henry Arthur Guettel and Julian Bonar Beaty Jr. She died on 26 June 2014 in New York, New York, USA.
BornJanuary 11, 1931
DiedJune 26, 2014(83)
BornJanuary 11, 1931
DiedJune 26, 2014(83)
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Known for

Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in Freaky Friday (2003)
Freaky Friday
6.3
  • Writer
  • 2003
Billions for Boris (1984)
Billions for Boris
5.4
  • Writer
  • 1984
Jodie Foster, John Astin, Barbara Harris, and Vicki Schreck in Freaky Friday (1976)
Freaky Friday
6.3
  • Writer
  • 1976
American Playhouse (1980)
American Playhouse
7.3
TV Series
  • Soundtrack("Nobody Tells Me How")

Credits

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  • Leonard Bernstein in New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1958)
    New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
    9.1
    TV Series
    • assistant to the producer
    • 1958–1970
  • Original Cast Album: Company (1970)
    Original Cast Album: Company
    8.0
    • assistant to producer
    • 1970
  • The Nut House!! (1964)
    The Nut House!!
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • special material
    • 1964

Writer



  • Freakier Friday
    • based on the novel by
    • Post-production
    • 2025



  • Lars Brandeby and Eva Rydberg in Sicken ärta (2021)
    Sicken ärta
    Video
    • musical
    • 2021
  • Cozi Zuehlsdorff and Heidi Blickenstaff in Freaky Friday (2018)
    Freaky Friday
    3.9
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 2018
  • Freaky Friday (2007)
    Freaky Friday
    Video
    • author
    • 2007
  • Carol Burnett, Tracey Ullman, Zooey Deschanel, Denis O'Hare, and Matthew Morrison in Once Upon a Mattress (2005)
    Once Upon a Mattress
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • musical
    • 2005
  • Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in Freaky Friday (2003)
    Freaky Friday
    6.3
    • novel
    • 2003
  • Gaby Hoffmann and Shelley Long in Freaky Friday (1995)
    Freaky Friday
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • book
    • earlier screenplay
    • 1995
  • ABC Weekend Specials (1977)
    ABC Weekend Specials
    7.7
    TV Series
    • idea
    • 1985
  • ABC Afterschool Specials (1972)
    ABC Afterschool Specials
    7.1
    TV Series
    • novel
    • 1984
  • Billions for Boris (1984)
    Billions for Boris
    5.4
    • based on the book by
    • 1984
  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • novel
    • writer
    • 1982
  • Bill Cosby and Elliott Gould in The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)
    The Devil and Max Devlin
    5.0
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1981
  • Jodie Foster, John Astin, Barbara Harris, and Vicki Schreck in Freaky Friday (1976)
    Freaky Friday
    6.3
    • book
    • screenplay
    • 1976
  • Free to Be... You & Me (1974)
    Free to Be... You & Me
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • stories
    • 1974
  • Music with Mary Martin
    TV Special
    • Writer
    • 1959

Composer



  • Carol Burnett, Tracey Ullman, Zooey Deschanel, Denis O'Hare, and Matthew Morrison in Once Upon a Mattress (2005)
    Once Upon a Mattress
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2005
  • Carol Burnett and Ken Berry in Once Upon a Mattress (1972)
    Once Upon a Mattress
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1972
  • Once Upon a Mattress
    8.4
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1964
  • Hugh O'Brian in Feathertop (1961)
    Feathertop
    9.0
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1961
  • No Place Like Home
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1960

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Mary Rodgers Guettel
  • Born
    • January 11, 1931
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • June 26, 2014
    • New York, New York, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Henry Arthur GuettelOctober 14, 1961 - October 7, 2013 (his death, 3 children)
  • Other works
    Is the composer/lyricist of the Broadway musical 'Once Upon a Mattress".

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    Daughter of Broadway/film composer Richard Rodgers and Dorothy Rodgers.

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