Born: 24-Oct-1904
Birthplace: Bronx, NY
Died: 20-Dec-1961
Location of death: Palm Springs, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Playwright

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: You Can't Take It With You

Brother: Bernard Hart (Broadway producer, b. circa 1911, d. 18-Aug-1964)
Wife: Kitty Carlisle (m. 10-Aug-1946, one son, one daughter, until his death)
Son: Christopher Hart (stage producer, b. 14-Jan-1948)
Daughter: Catherine Hart (physician, b. 1950)

    Dramatists Guild of America
    Tony 1957 for directing My Fair Lady
    Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1937 for You Can't Take It with You
    Nervous Breakdown
    Draft Deferment: World War II (1940)

Author of books:
Act One (1959, autobiography)

Wrote plays:
Once in a Lifetime (1930)
You Can't Take It with You (1936)
I'd Rather Be Right (1937)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939)
George Washington Slept Here (1940)

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