FILE - In this April 1, 1943 file photo, movie star Jimmy Stewart dances with Mary Rodgers at the "Oklahoma!" fifth birthday party at the Plaza in New York. Rodgers, the daughter of Broadway icon Richard Rodgers, who found her own fame as composer of the 1959 musical "Once Upon a Mattress" and as the author of the book "Freaky Friday," has died. She was 83. (AP Photo/EF, file)
June 26, 2014 - 5:53 PM
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Mary Rodgers, the daughter of Broadway icon Richard Rodgers, who found her own fame as composer of the 1959 musical "Once Upon a Mattress" and as the author of the book "Freaky Friday," has died. She was 83.
Rodgers' son, Alec Guettel, says she died Thursday at her home in Manhattan after a long illness.
Her 1959 hit "Once Upon a Mattress," a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson fable "The Princess and the Pea," made a star of Carol Burnett.
Her other shows include "From A to Z," a revue featuring her songs; "Hot Spot"; and "The Madwoman of Central Park West," a one-person musical starring Phyllis Newman.
News from © The Associated Press, 2014