Moss Hart
Sign in to saveAmerican playwright, librettist, and theatre director (1904-1961)
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New York, New York
Moss Hart was an American playwright and theatre director. Early on he had a strong relationship with his Aunt Kate, with whom he later lost contact due to a falling out between her and his parents, and Kate's weakening mental state. She piqued his interest in the theater and took him to see performances often. Hart even went so far as to create an "alternate ending" to her life in his book Act…
Known for
- I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America1992
- The Oscars — Self1953
- What's My Line? — Self1950
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Hart
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Palm Springs
- Spouse
- Kitty Carlisle
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Moss Hart 1940.JPG
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- place of burial
- Ferncliff Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1904-10-24
- date of death
- 1961-12-20
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- medical condition
- bipolar disorder
- Commons category
- Moss Hart
- owner of
- Lyceum Theatre
- P12674
- Vecchiano
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