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- Mary Rodgers was born on January 11, 1931 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer and composer, known for Freaky Friday (2003), Freakier Friday (2025) and Billions for Boris (1984). She was married to Henry Arthur Guettel and Julian Bonar Beaty Jr. She died on June 26, 2014 in New York, New York, USA.
- SpousesHenry Arthur Guettel(October 14, 1961 - October 7, 2013) (his death, 3 children)Julian Bonar Beaty Jr(December 7, 1951 - 1957) (divorced, 3 children)
- ChildrenConstance P. Beaty
- Parents
- RelativesLinda Rogers(Sibling)Peter Melnick(Niece or Nephew)Ben Feiner Jr.(Aunt or Uncle)
- Wrote the music of Once Upon a Mattress (1964), which launched the career of Carol Burnett, in 1959 on the Broadway stage, in only three weeks.
- Mary's son, Adam Guettel, is the only Tony winner whose mother is a Tony nominee and whose grandfather is a Tony winner. Adam won 2 Tonys in 2005: Best Score and Best Orchestrations for the musical "The Light in the Piazza".
- Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1960, for her music as part of a Best Musical nomination for "Once Upon a Mattress;" and in 1978, for both music and lyrics, as one of several people sharing a nomination as Best Score for "Working."
- Mary and her father, Richard Rodgers, are one of three sets of relatives nominated for the Tony Award in same category and same year. In 1960, in the category for composition, Mary was nominated for "Once Upon a Mattress" and Richard for "The Sound of Music" (he won).
- Her daughter, Constance P. Beaty is a painter.
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