Moss Hart
Writer
October 24, 1904 — 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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2018 | A Star Is Born · as Original Film Writer |
| 1955 | |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1952 | Hans Christian Andersen · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1948 | |
| 1947 | Gentleman's Agreement · as Screenplay |
| 1937 | Nothing Sacred · as Contributing WriterOn Plex |
| 1936 | Frankie and Johnnie · as Screenplay |
| 1932 |
| 1961 | The 33rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show · as Self |
| 1957 | The Mike Wallace Interview · as Self - Writer |
| 1953 | Person to Person · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards · as Self |
| 1952 | Omnibus · as Self - Playwright (segment: The Nature Of The Beast) |
| 1950 | What's My Line? · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show · as Self - Audience Bow |
| 2025 | Merrily We Roll Along · as Theatre Play |
| 2013 | Merrily We Roll Along · as Based On The Play By |
| 1982 | Drei gegen Hollywood · as Theatre Play |
| 1979 | You Can't Take It with You · as Theatre Play |
| 1976 | Live from Lincoln Center · as Autobiography |
| 1975 | That Lucky Touch · as Idea |
| 1972 | The Man Who Came to Dinner · as Theatre Play |
| 1971 | Great Performances · as Play |
| 1966 | At the Theater Tonight · as Play |
| 1963 | Act One · as Book "act One' |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week · as Play |
| 1954 | The Best of Broadway · as Play |
| 1952 | Omnibus · as Play |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre · as Based On A Story By |
| 1950 | The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse · as Play |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre · as Play "george Washington Slept Here" |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre · as Play |
| 1944 | Winged Victory · as Theatre Play |
| 1944 | Lady in the Dark · as Theatre Play |
| 1942 | George Washington Slept Here · as Theatre Play |
| 1941 | The Man Who Came to Dinner · as Theatre PlayOn Plex |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You · as Theatre Play |
| 1935 | Broadway Melody of 1936 · as Story |
| 1933 | The Masquerader · as Dialogue |
| 1932 | Flesh · as Dialogue |
| 1932 | Once in a Lifetime · as Theatre Play |