The brilliant Moss Hart wrote such masterworks as The Man Who Came to Dinner and directed such mega-hits as My Fair Lady. He was also a closet queen who spent most of his adult life in therapy, trying to "control" his "impulses."
ANN SHERIDAN, RICHARD TRAVIS, BETTE DAVIS & MONTY WOOLLEY IN THE FILM VERSION OF THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941)
ANN SHERIDAN, RICHARD TRAVIS, BETTE DAVIS & MONTY WOOLLEY IN THE FILM VERSION OF THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1941)
Despite his struggles with sexuality, Hart married actress Kitty Carlisle in 1946; they epitomized the glamour of New York cafe society, and were together until Moss Hart's death of heart failure in 1961.
Two years after his death, Moss Hart was portrayed by George Hamilton in the screen version of his autobiography, Act One. Hamilton was quite a dish, before he became a parody of himself. We're sure Moss would have approved of the casting.
Kitty Carlisle Hart went on to become a beloved TV icon, perform with the Metropolitan Opera, and give New York society a gracious, glamorous face. She passed away at her home in 2007, at the age of 96.
And a beloved New Orleanian girl too (as she often reminded folks, much to our pride).
ReplyDeleteWhen Kitty passed away, it was a real shock, because you just grew accustomed to seeing her out and about, everywhere, and looking beautiful and healthy. I had seen her in the audience at the ballet just a few months before her death, and she had performed a run at Feinstein's cabaret the year before! I miss her.
ReplyDeleteI envy you. She had such class...a rarity. But never stuffy...
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