Sam Spewack
Educated at Columbia University. He and his wife, Bella Spewack, were nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Kiss Me Kate performed at the Open Air Theatre for Outstanding Musical Production of 1997. He and his wife, Bella, were awarded the 2001 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Musical for Kiss Me Kate performed at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London, England. In 1949, won two Tony Awards for "Kiss Me, Kate" with his wife-collaborator Bella Spewack: as Best Authors (Musical) and for the book as part of the Best Musical Award. Date of Death: October 14, 1971 (age 72) in New York City, New York, USA
Known for
WritingBirthday
September 16, 1899Deathday
October 14, 1971Gender
Not specifiedKnown Movie Credits
25Place of birth
Bakhmut, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian EmpireAlso known as
Samuel Spewack![](/assets/default-profile-icon.jpg)
Crew credits
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/phJTfsjxxi0a6ibYQ7SCACoTXDC.jpg)
Kiss Me Kate
Theatre Play![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/eRyGZiEWGn9bADSI5CXWMStBhMD.jpg)
My Favorite Wife
Screenplay, Original Story![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/mVcwFm3oW2nkAjv2RKLCG8wYYW0.jpg)
Three Loves Has Nancy
Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4V2LqR3OsLwhxsOOKwOffWzyJI8.jpg)
Rendezvous
Adaptation![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/3W4gxPk730tRJxZG0d4sv2eNhdq.jpg)
Week-End at the Waldorf
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/c8B5xDzHMH6snLK4uNCrybSfQKH.jpg)
The Cat and the Fiddle
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/d5eGIYZKLHRCMthkiKwF8mNSnZh.jpg)
Boy Meets Girl
Theatre Play, Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/nhrOyXnf3k1Vz4UQxMWmk3cYIx6.jpg)
Vogues of 1938
Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2RiV1amMM1CNLcTE7yVum3HsTEx.jpg)
Should Ladies Behave
Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/z4rdns4xyRiZWM3F8pxxX5qZ6ot.jpg)
The Solitaire Man
Theatre Play![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/meND8vh12apZKZvmGl9hDBbcYiJ.jpg)
The Gay Bride
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/49fDYcfxz3hmq99fPaeWE2uoB2J.jpg)
The Secret Witness
Novel, Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lMfVznsYkVHzvrc9yrAbd3SAQ2i.jpg)
The World at War
Writer, Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4KrfjjGpOAXiMZyHlbSyklPa1eA.jpg)
Move Over, Darling
Story, Original Film Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qN7gfCO5a9CNVUVDLjEsA1q5gB.jpg)
Private Jones
Adaptation![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/rwizsnSV18Z18TaIzDeghOMKoQw.jpg)
Kiss Me Kate
Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/m3LyAC5Yge4nT5Sv4pFxC0LzTn2.jpg)
The Nuisance
Adaptation, Dialogue![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/sJvyhND2zc1Cnlqdh43wApWVDcq.jpg)
The Chaser
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wubxqhD8q73SKNhtT0nbuwjjaKr.jpg)
Kiss Me Kate
Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/t64mP72LT2wx1cMGFJIRUXNLYzh.jpg)
Kiss Me, Kate
Book, Writer