Bella Spewack
Writing · Theatre Play · Screenplay · Writer
Born Mar 25, 1899 · Bucharest, Romania
Active 1931–1990 · Awards: Tony Award for Best Author, Tony Award for Best Musical, Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
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.
Filmography
We're No Angels (1989) - Theatre PlayMy Favorite Wife (1940) - Screenplay · Original StoryMove Over, Darling (1963) - StoryKiss Me Kate (1953) - Theatre PlayKiss Me, Kate (1958) - Book · WriterKiss Me, Kate (2003) - WriterThe Cat and the Fiddle (1934) - ScreenplayWeek-End at the Waldorf (1945) - ScreenplayThe Chaser (1938) - ScreenplayThe Solitaire Man (1933) - Theatre PlayBoy Meets Girl (1938) - Screenplay · Theatre PlayCaught (1931) - Additional DialogueThe Gay Bride (1934) - ScreenplayStartime (1959) - Theatre Play · WriterWalter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937) - WriterClear All Wires! (1933) - Theatre Play · AdaptationMr. Broadway (1957) - WriterThe Nuisance (1933) - Adaptation · DialogueRendezvous (1935) - AdaptationKiss Me, Kate (2011) - BookShould Ladies Behave (1933) - WriterThree Loves Has Nancy (1938) - WriterKiss Me, Kate (2024) - Musical · WriterKiss Me, Kate (1964) - Writer