A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Bella Cohen
Birthplace:
Bucharest, Romania
Born:
March 25, 1899
Died:
April 27, 1990
Credited with inventing the Girl Scout Cookie. She and Samuel Spewack was nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Kiss Me Kate performed at the Open Air Theatre, for Outstanding Musical Production of 1997. With her husband, Sam Spewack and Cole Porter, their production of Kiss Me, Kate performed at the Victoria Palace Theatre was awarded the 2001 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Musical. In 1949, won two Tony Awards for "Kiss Me, Kate" with her husband-collaborator Sam Spewack: as Best Authors (Musical) and for the book as part of the Best Musical Award. After graduating from school, she worked as a journalist for socialist and pacifist newspapers, such as 'The New York Call'. Date of Death: 27 April 1990, Manhattan, New York, USA
Adaptation:
1933 Clear All Wires!
1933 The Nuisance
1935 Rendezvous
Additional Dialogue:
1931 Caught
1933 Clear All Wires!
1933 The Nuisance
1935 Rendezvous
Book:
1931 Caught
1933 Clear All Wires!
1933 The Nuisance
1935 Rendezvous
1958 Kiss Me, Kate
2011 Kiss Me, Kate
Dialogue:
1931 Caught
1933 Clear All Wires!
1933 The Nuisance
1935 Rendezvous
1958 Kiss Me, Kate
2011 Kiss Me, Kate
Original Film Writer:
1931 Caught
1933 Clear All Wires!
1933 The Nuisance
1935 Rendezvous
1958 Kiss Me, Kate
1963 Move Over, Darling
2011 Kiss Me, Kate
Original Story:
1931 Caught
1933 Clear All Wires!
1933 The Nuisance
1935 Rendezvous
1940 My Favorite Wife
1958 Kiss Me, Kate
1963 Move Over, Darling
2011 Kiss Me, Kate
Screenplay:
1931 Caught
1933 Clear All Wires!
1933 The Nuisance
1934 The Cat and the Fiddle
1934 The Gay Bride
1935 Rendezvous
1938 Boy Meets Girl
1938 The Chaser
1940 My Favorite Wife
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
1958 Kiss Me, Kate
1963 Move Over, Darling
2011 Kiss Me, Kate
Story:
1931 Caught
1933 Clear All Wires!
1933 The Nuisance
1934 The Cat and the Fiddle
1934 The Gay Bride
1935 Rendezvous
1938 Boy Meets Girl
1938 The Chaser
1940 My Favorite Wife
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
1958 Kiss Me, Kate
1963 Move Over, Darling
2011 Kiss Me, Kate
Theatre Play:
1931 Caught
1933 Clear All Wires!
1933 The Nuisance
1933 The Solitaire Man
1934 The Cat and the Fiddle
1934 The Gay Bride
1935 Rendezvous
1938 Boy Meets Girl
1938 The Chaser
1940 My Favorite Wife
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
1953 Kiss Me Kate
1958 Kiss Me, Kate
1963 Move Over, Darling
1989 We're No Angels
2011 Kiss Me, Kate
Writer:
1931 Caught
1933 Clear All Wires!
1933 Should Ladies Behave
1933 The Nuisance
1933 The Solitaire Man
1934 The Cat and the Fiddle
1934 The Gay Bride
1935 Rendezvous
1937 Vogues of 1938
1938 Boy Meets Girl
1938 The Chaser
1938 Three Loves Has Nancy
1940 My Favorite Wife
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
1953 Kiss Me Kate
1957 Mr. Broadway
1958 Kiss Me, Kate
1963 Move Over, Darling
1964 Kiss Me, Kate
1989 We're No Angels
2003 Kiss Me Kate
2011 Kiss Me, Kate
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