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Moss Hart

Writer, Additional Credits
Born October 24, 1904Died December 20, 1961 (57 years)
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 One. He writes that she died while he was working on out-of-town tryouts for The Beloved Bandit. Later, Kate became eccentric and then disturbed, vandalizing Hart's home, writing threatening letters and setting fires backstage during rehearsals for Jubilee. But his relationship with her was formative. He learned that the theater made possible "the art of being somebody else … not a scrawny boy with bad teeth, a funny name … and a mother who was a distant drudge.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Nothing Sacred
  • Hans Christian Andersen

Known For

  • Gentleman's Agreement
  • A Star Is Born
  • You Can't Take It with You
  • The Man Who Came to Dinner
  • Hans Christian Andersen
  • Nothing Sacred
  • Broadway Melody of 1936
  • George Washington Slept Here
  • That Lucky Touch
  • Act One
  • Flesh
  • You Can't Take It with You
  • Merrily We Roll Along
  • Merrily We Roll Along

Moss Hart Filmography

2018
A Star Is Born · as Original Film Writer
1972
1955
1954
A Star Is Born · as Screenplay
1952
1948
1947
Gentleman's Agreement · as Screenplay
1937
Nothing Sacred · as Contributing Writer
1936
Frankie and Johnnie · as Screenplay
1932

1961
The 33rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter
1957
The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self
1957
The Mike Wallace Interview (TV Series) · as Self - Writer
1953
Person to Person (TV Series) · as Self
1953
The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self
1952
Omnibus (TV Series) · as Self - Playwright (segment "the Nature Of The Beast")
1950
What's My Line? (TV Series) · as Self
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self - Audience Bow
1948
We, the People (TV Series) · as Self - Writer

2025
Merrily We Roll Along · as Theatre Play
2013
Merrily We Roll Along · as Based On The Play By
2000
1982
Drei gegen Hollywood · as Theatre Play
1979
You Can't Take It with You · as Theatre Play
1976
Live from Lincoln Center (TV Series) · as Autobiography
1975
That Lucky Touch · as Idea
1971
Great Performances (TV Series) · as Play
1966
At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as Play
1963
Act One · as Book "act One'
1959
The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Play
1954
The Best of Broadway (TV Series) · as Play
1952
Omnibus (TV Series) · as Play
1952
Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Based On A Story By
1950
The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) · as Play
1950
Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Play "george Washington Slept Here"
1948
Ford Theatre (TV Series) · as Play
1944
Winged Victory · as Theatre Play
1944
Lady in the Dark · as Based Upon The Play By
1942
George Washington Slept Here · as Theatre Play
1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner · as Theatre Play
1938
You Can't Take It with You · as Theatre Play
1935
1933
The Masquerader · as Dialogue
1932
Flesh · as Dialogue
1932
Once in a Lifetime · as Theatre Play

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