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Songwriting partner of lyricist <a href="/people/509/000113170/">Lorenz Hart</a> from 1919 until Hart's death in 1943; thereafter worked with <a href="/people/921/000043792/">Oscar Hammerstein II</a>. <p><b>Father:</b> William A. Rodgers (physician)<br><b>Mother:</b> Mamie Levy<br><b>Wife:</b> Dorothy Feiner (m. 5-Mar-1930, until his death, two daughters)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Mary Rodgers Guettel (b. 11-Jan-1931)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Linda<br><p> High School: <a href="/edu/788/000095503/">DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, NY (1919)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">Columbia University (attended 1919-21)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/813/000068609/">Juilliard School of Music (1921-23)</a><br><p> <a href="/org/601/000071388/">Lincoln Center</a> Managing Director, Music Theater (1964-69)<br> <a href="/org/861/000117510/">Dramatists Guild of America</a> <br> <a href="/org/362/000162873/">Dutch Treat Club</a> (1939)<br> <a href="/honors/824/000056656/">Oscar for Best Music Original Song</a> 1946 for <i>State Fair</i> (with <a href="/people/921/000043792/">Oscar Hammerstein II</a>)<br> <a href="/honors/529/000079292/">Pulitzer Prize for Drama</a> 1950 for <i>South Pacific</i> (shared)<br> <a href="/honors/534/000044402/">Emmy</a> 1962 for <i>Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years</i><br> <a href="/honors/859/000044727/">Tony</a> 1950 for <i>South Pacific</i> (three awards)<br> <a href="/honors/859/000044727/">Tony</a> 1952 for <i>The King and I</i><br> <a href="/honors/859/000044727/">Tony</a> 1960 for <i>The Sound of Music</i> (two awards)<br> <a href="/honors/859/000044727/">Tony</a> 1962 for <i>No Strings</i> (two awards)<br> <a href="/honors/859/000044727/">Tony</a> 1972 Special Award<br> <a href="/honors/859/000044727/">Tony</a> 1979 Distinguished Lifetime Achievement<br> <a href="/honors/929/000102623/">Songwriters Hall of Fame</a> <br> <a href="/honors/109/000048962/">Kennedy Center Honor</a> 1978<br> <a href="/event/297/000113955/">Surgery</a> 1975 (laryngectomy)<br> <a href="/event/426/000091153/">Tracheotomy</a> <br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/712/000075487/">Insomnia</a>, <a href="/lists/781/000064589/">Depression</a>, <a href="/lists/786/000167285/">Pacemaker</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/129/000233427/">Main Street to Broadway (13-Oct-1953)</a> · Himself<br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Musical Stages</i> (<tt>1975</tt>, memoir)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=94105"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=94105">Richard Rodgers</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=94105" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>