Dorothy Rodgers

Dorothy Rodgers (née Feiner; 1909–1992) was an American writer, inventor, businesswoman, and philanthropist. She was married to the Broadway composer Richard Rodgers, of the famous duo Rodgers and Hammerstein.

Life Born in New York City to a Jewish family, Rodgers attended the Horace Mann School and Wellesley College in the late 1920s, where she studied art and interior design. She married Richard Rodgers in 1930. She likewise was a noted philanthropist who supported several Jewish cultural organizations.

Dorothy Rodgers was portrayed by Janet Leigh in the 1948 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Words and Music, a semi-fictionalized depiction of the partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.

Death Rodgers died in her Manhattan home at the age of 83 in August 1992. She was survived by her two daughters, Mary and Linda.