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Bella (25 March 1899 – 27 April 1990) and Samuel Spewack (16 September 1899 – 14 October 1971) were a husband-and-wife writing team. Samuel, who also directed many of their plays, was born in Bachmut, Ukraine. [1]
Bella Spewack. 1899–1990. by Michael Taub. In Brief. Bella Spewack, in collaboration with her husband Sam, is known for writing some of the most memorable works of musical theater history. Spewack was born in Transylvania and lived an impoverished childhood in New York's Lower East Side.
SPEWACK, BELLA (1899?–1990), U.S. journalist, screen-writer, and playwright. Born in Transylvania, Bella Cohen emigrated with her mother to the Lower East Side of New York in 1903.
Bella Spewack was born on 25 March 1899 in Bucharest, Romania. She was a writer, known for My Favorite Wife (1940), Move Over, Darling (1963) and The Cat and the Fiddle (1934). She was married to Sam Spewack. She died on 27 April 1990 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
- Writer
- March 25, 1899
- Bella Spewack
- April 27, 1990
Spewack, Bella (1899–1990) Rumanian-born American playwright and screen-writer. Name variations: Bella Cohen. Born Bella Cohen in Transylvania on March 25, 1899; died in Manhattan, New York, on April 27, 1990; daughter of Adolph Cohen and Fanny (Lang) Cohen; educated at Washington Irving High School in the Bronx, New York; married Samuel ...
Bella Spewack was born on March 25, 1899 in Bucharest, Romania. She was a writer, known for My Favorite Wife (1940), Move Over, Darling (1963) and Week-End at the Waldorf (1945). She was married to Sam Spewack. She died on April 27, 1990 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
Bella Spewack was a Romanian-born screenwriter and playwright who worked extensively with her husband, Samuel. The couple wrote the libretto for Kiss Me, Kate, the first musical to win a Tony Award. Their best known straight play was My Three Angels, which was adapted as the film We're No Angels.
