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

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

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

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

    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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