What is Mary Rodgers?
{{Infobox person | name = Mary Rodgers | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|1|11|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], US | death_date= {{death date and age|2014|6|26|1931|1|11|mf=yes}} | death_place = New York City, US | occupation = Composer, screenwriter, children's fiction writer | years_active = 1959–2014 | parents = [[Richard Rodgers]]<br/> Dorothy Feiner | spouse = {{marriage|Julian B. Beaty Jr.|1951|1957|end = divorced}}<br/>{{marriage|Henry Guettel|1961|2013|end = died}} | children = 6, including [[Adam Guettel]] | education = [[Wellesley College]] }} '''Mary Rodgers''' (January 11, 1931 – June 26, 2014) was an American composer, author, and screenwriter. She was known for her novel ''[[Freaky Friday]]''. Her best-known musicals were ''[[Once Upon a Mattress]]'' and ''[[The Mad Show]]''. Rodgers died from [[heart failure]] at her home in [[Manhattan]] on June 26, 2014 at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/nyregion/mary-rodgers-author-and-composer-and-daughter-of-richard-rodgers-dies-at-83.html|title = Mary Rodgers, Author and Composer in a Musical Family, Dies at 83|work = [[The New York Times]]|last = Weber|first = Bruce|date = June 27, 2014|access-date = May 11, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodgers, Mary}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:American composers]] [[Category:American children's writers]] [[Category:Screenwriters from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}