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Dorothy (Feiner) Rodgers 1909 - 1992

Dorothy (Feiner) Rodgers of New York, New York County, NY was born on May 4, 1909, and died at age 83 years old on August 17, 1992.

Dorothy (Feiner) Rodgers

New York, New York County, NY 10021

May 4, 1909

August 17, 1992

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1909

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May 4, 1909

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Early Life & Education

She attended the Horace Mann School and studied art and interior design at Wellesley College from 1926 to 1928.
Religious Beliefs

She was Jewish and very spiritual.
Personal Life & Family

Dorothy Rodgers Biography Showing all 14 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Family (1) | Trivia (9) Overview (3) Born May 4, 1909 in New York City, New York, USA Died August 17, 1992 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (emphysema) Birth Name Dorothy Belle Feiner Mini Bio (1) Dorothy Rodgers was born on May 4, 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Great Performances (1971), The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) and Critic at Large (1948). She was married to Richard Rodgers. She died on August 17, 1992 in Manhattan, New York City. Family (1) Spouse Richard Rodgers (5 March 1930 - 30 December 1979) (his death) (2 children) Trivia (9) Mother of Mary Rodgers and Linda Rogers Melnick. Ex-mother-in-law of Daniel Melnick. Writer, interior designer and inventor. Younger sister of Ben Feiner Jr.. Portrayed by Janet Leigh in Words and Music (1948). Grandmother of Adam Guettel and Peter Melnick. Attended the Horace Mann School and studied art and interior design at Wellesley College from 1926 to 1928. Look at Dorothy Rodgers. Same person. Inducted into the United States Croquet Hall of Fame in 1979.
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1992

Death

August 17, 1992

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Obituary

Dorothy Rodgers Is Dead at 83; Writer, Inventor and Decorator By William Grimes Aug. 18, 1992 August 18, 1992, Section D, Page 19 This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Dorothy Rodgers, a writer, interior decorator and inventor and the widow of the composer Richard Rodgers, died at her home in Manhattan yesterday. She was 83 years old. She died of emphysema, said her daughters, Mary Rodgers Guettel of Manhattan and Linda Rodgers Emory of Katonah, N.Y. Mrs. Rodgers, whose maiden name was Feiner, was born in New York City. She attended the Horace Mann School and studied art and interior design at Wellesley College from 1926 to 1928. In 1930 she married Mr. Rodgers, who collaborated with the lyricist Oscar Hammerstein 2d on musicals including "Oklahoma!," "South Pacific," "The King and I" and "The Sound of Music." Mr. Rodgers died in 1979. Mrs. Rodgers founded Repairs Inc., an agency that hired craftsmen to repair broken objects, in 1935 and was its head until 1941. In 1945 she patented the Jonny Mop, which was sold by Johnson & Johnson. It was one of several inventions. In 1958 she created the Basically Yours dress pattern for McCall's, and in 1972 she patented the Turn and Learn storybooks, sold by the Ideal Toy Company. Books for Home and Family. Mrs. Rodgers wrote several books on home design and entertaining, including "My Favorite Things" (1964) and "The House in My Head" (1967). With her daughter Mary, she wrote "A Word to the Wives" (1970), which offered advice on mother-daughter relations. The book led to a nationally syndicated radio program in 1971 and 1972 and a monthly column for McCall's magazine called "Of Two Minds," which ran from 1971 to 1979. Mrs. Rodgers was an officer of many charitable and arts organizations, including the Authors League of America, the American Institute of Interior Designers, the Public Education Association, the Museum of Modern Art, the American Red Cross, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and the Jewish Museum. In addition to her daughters, she is survived by six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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