Mary Rodgers
American composer, screenwriter, children's writer (1931-2014) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 83
Mary Rodgers was an American composer, screenwriter, and author. She wrote the 1972 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.
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Marlo Thomas Produced Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
Jerome Courtland Produced The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)
Ken Kwapis Directed Summer Switch (1984)
Steven Hilliard Stern Directed The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)
Ron W. Miller Produced Freaky Friday (1976)- Alex Grasshoff Directed A Billion for Boris (1984)
Fred Wolf Directed Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
Gary Nelson Directed Freaky Friday (1976)
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Her best-known musicals were Once Upon a Mattress and The Mad Show, and she contributed songs to Marlo Thomas' successful 1972 children's album Free to Be... You and Me.
