Samuel Spewack

Spewack, Samuel (1899–1971) And Bella [neé Cohen] (1899–1990), playwrights. He was born in Russia, raised in America, and served for several years as a journalist after attending Columbia. She was born in Bucharest, raised in New York, and also was a journalist for several New York papers and a theatrical press agent before joining with her husband to write approximately a dozen plays or musicals that reached Broadway. Most successful were Boy Meets Girl (1935); Leave It to Me! (1938), based on their 1932 comedy Clear All Wires (1932); Kiss Me, Kate (1948); and My Three Angels (1953). On his own, Samuel Spewack wrote Two Blind Mice (1949) and also directed many of their plays. The team was known for their satirical tone and lively dialogue.