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Mary Rodgers

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 16

TMDB ID: 1485215

IMDb ID: nm0734742

Known for: Writing

Born: January 11, 1931

Died: June 26, 2014

Age: 83

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1961 - 2025

Years active: 65

Average TMDB rating: 6.21

Wikidata: Q435135

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Mary Rodgers Guettel

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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.