Bella Spewack

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Bella Spewack

Writing March 25, 1899

Bucharest, Romania

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,…

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We're No Angels

We're No Angels

6.2 1989 Movie
My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife

7.0 1940 Movie
Startime

Startime

6.8 1959 TV Show
Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate

6.5 1953 Movie
Move Over, Darling

Move Over, Darling

6.7 1963 Movie
Week-End at the Waldorf

Week-End at the Waldorf

6.5 1945 Movie
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

5.5 1937 Movie
Rendezvous

Rendezvous

4.9 1935 Movie
The Gay Bride

The Gay Bride

6.0 1934 Movie
Three Loves Has Nancy

Three Loves Has Nancy

4.2 1938 Movie
The Cat and the Fiddle

The Cat and the Fiddle

7.1 1934 Movie
Kiss Me, Kate

Kiss Me, Kate

7.7 2003 Movie

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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

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Kiss Me, Kate

    Movie Musical

  2. 2011
    Kiss Me, Kate

    Movie Book

  3. 2003
    Kiss Me, Kate

    Movie Writer

  4. 1989
    We're No Angels

    Movie Theatre Play

  5. 1964
    Kiss Me, Kate

    Movie Writer

  6. 1963
    Move Over, Darling

    Movie Story

  7. 1959
    Startime

    TV show Theatre Play

  8. 1958
    Kiss Me, Kate

    Movie Book

  9. 1957
    Mr. Broadway

    Movie Writer

  10. 1953
    Kiss Me Kate

    Movie Theatre Play

  11. 1945
    Week-End at the Waldorf

    Movie Screenplay

  12. 1940
    My Favorite Wife

    Movie Screenplay

  13. 1938
    Three Loves Has Nancy

    Movie Writer

  14. 1938
    Boy Meets Girl

    Movie Screenplay

  15. 1938
    The Chaser

    Movie Screenplay

  16. 1937
    Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

    Movie Writer

More credits
  1. 1935
    Rendezvous

    Movie Adaptation

  2. 1934
    The Gay Bride

    Movie Screenplay

  3. 1934
    The Cat and the Fiddle

    Movie Screenplay

  4. 1933
    Should Ladies Behave

    Movie Writer

  5. 1933
    The Solitaire Man

    Movie Theatre Play

  6. 1933
    The Nuisance

    Movie Adaptation

  7. 1933
    Clear All Wires!

    Movie Theatre Play

  8. 1931
    Caught

    Movie Additional Dialogue