Bella Spewack
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- March 25, 1899
- Died
- April 27, 1990 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- Bucharest, Romania
Biography
Credited with inventing the Girl Scout Cookie. She and Samuel Spewack was nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Kiss Me Kate performed at the Open Air Theatre, for Outstanding Musical Production of 1997. With her husband, Sam Spewack and Cole Porter, their production of Kiss Me, Kate performed at the Victoria Palace Theatre was awarded the 2001 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Musical. In 1949, won two Tony Awards for "Kiss Me, Kate" with her husband-collaborator Sam Spewack: as Best Authors (Musical) and for the book as part of the Best Musical Award. After graduating from school, she worked as a journalist for socialist and pacifist newspapers, such as 'The New York Call'. Date of Death: 27 April 1990, Manhattan, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
Kiss Me, Kate
Movie · Musical, Writer
Kiss Me, Kate
Movie · Book
Kiss Me, Kate
Movie · Writer
We're No Angels
Movie · Theatre Play
Kiss Me, Kate
Movie · Writer
Move Over, Darling
Movie · Story
Startime
TV · Theatre Play, Writer · 1 ep
Kiss Me, Kate
Movie · Book, Writer
Mr. Broadway
Movie · Writer
Kiss Me Kate
Movie · Theatre Play
Week-End at the Waldorf
Movie · Screenplay
My Favorite Wife
Movie · Screenplay, Original Story
Three Loves Has Nancy
Movie · Writer
Boy Meets Girl
Movie · Screenplay, Theatre Play
The Chaser
Movie · Screenplay
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Movie · Writer
Rendezvous
Movie · Adaptation
The Cat and the Fiddle
Movie · Screenplay
The Gay Bride
Movie · Screenplay
The Solitaire Man
Movie · Theatre Play
Should Ladies Behave
Movie · Writer
Clear All Wires!
Movie · Theatre Play, Adaptation
The Nuisance
Movie · Adaptation, Dialogue