Editing Mary Rodgers (section)

{{short description|American composer, author and screenwriter (1931–2014)}}
{{Other people|Mary Rogers}}
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{{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
| father = [[Richard Rodgers]]
| mother = [[Dorothy Rodgers|Dorothy Feiner]]
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Julian B. Beaty Jr.|1951|1957|end = divorced}}
* {{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, screenwriter, and author. She wrote the novel ''[[Freaky Friday]]'', which served as the basis of a [[Freaky Friday (1976 film)|1976 film]] starring [[Jodie Foster]], for which she wrote the screenplay, as well as three other versions. Her best-known musicals were ''[[Once Upon a Mattress]]'' and ''[[The Mad Show]]'', and she contributed songs to [[Marlo Thomas]]' successful children's album ''[[Free to Be... You and Me]]''.