Moss Hart

Bio

(1904-1961) Dramatist, playwright. Moss Hart was born in New York City. He attended Columbia University. He was married to Kitty Carlisle Hart. Moss Hart was a longtime collaborator with George Kaufman, beginning with the play “Once In a Lifetime” (1930). Among their other successful comedies are “You Can’t Take It With You” (1936; Pulitzer Prize), “I’d Rather Be Right” (1937), “The Man Who Came to Dinner” (1939), and “George Washington Slept Here” (1940). Mr. Hart also collaborated on musicals with Irving Berlin and Cole Porter; his most successful musical was “Lady in the Dark” (1941), written with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin. Among his plays, produced between 1941 and 1952, are “Winged Victory,” “Christopher Blake,” “Light Up the Sky,” and “The Climate of Eden.” In 1956 he directed the long-running musical hit “My Fair Lady.”