Mary Rodgers (January 11, 1931 – June 26, 2014) was an American composer, screenwriter, and author. She wrote the novel Freaky Friday, which served as the basis of a 1976 film starring Jodie Foster, for which she wrote the screenplay, as well as three other versions. Her best-known musicals were Once Upon a Mattress and The Mad Show, and she contributed songs to Marlo Thomas' successful children's album Free to Be... You and Me. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Rodgers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 11, 1931
- June 26, 2014 (aged 83)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Writer, also composer
- 10 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Mary Rodgers' films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 8
Light 8 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 0
Gentle 5 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 7 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 7
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 9 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 9 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy9
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Mary Rodgers' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Mary Rodgers' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Freakier Friday(2025)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Sicken ärta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Freaky Friday(2018)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Once Upon a Mattress(2005)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Freaky Friday(2003)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Freaky Friday(1995)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Summer Switch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
A Billion for Boris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Working (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
The Devil and Max Devlin(1981)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Freaky Friday(1976)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Free to Be... You & Me(1974)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Once Upon a Mattress(1972)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Once Upon a Mattress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Feathertop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles from 1961 to 2025.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Mary Rodgers' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the dialogue 54/100 and the plot and story 46/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Mary Rodgers' work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Mary Rodgers work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mary Rodgers' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Heather Hach shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Heather HachShared titles: Freakier Friday (2025), Freaky Friday (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Heather Hach
- Leslie DixonShared titles: Freakier Friday (2025), Freaky Friday (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Leslie Dixon
- Dean FullerShared titles: Once Upon a Mattress (2005), Once Upon a Mattress (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Dean Fuller
- Jay ThompsonShared titles: Once Upon a Mattress (2005), Once Upon a Mattress (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Jay Thompson
Actors
- Chad Michael MurrayShared titles: Freakier Friday (2025), Freaky Friday (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Chad Michael Murray
- Jamie Lee CurtisShared titles: Freakier Friday (2025), Freaky Friday (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Jamie Lee Curtis
- Lindsay LohanShared titles: Freakier Friday (2025), Freaky Friday (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Lindsay Lohan
- Mark HarmonShared titles: Freakier Friday (2025), Freaky Friday (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Harmon
Producers
- Andrew GunnShared titles: Freakier Friday (2025), Freaky Friday (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Gunn
- Ann Marie SanderlinShared titles: Freakier Friday (2025), Freaky Friday (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Ann Marie Sanderlin
