- Daughter of Broadway/film composer Richard Rodgers and Dorothy Rodgers.
- Wrote the music of Once Upon a Mattress (1964), which launched the career of Carol Burnett, in 1959 on the Broadway stage, in only three weeks.
- Mary's son, Adam Guettel, is the only Tony winner whose mother is a Tony nominee and whose grandfather is a Tony winner. Adam won 2 Tonys in 2005: Best Score and Best Orchestrations for the musical "The Light in the Piazza".
- Mother of composer/lyricist/actor Adam Guettel
- Her daughter, Constance P. Beaty is a painter.
- Has three grandchildren
- Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1960, for her music as part of a Best Musical nomination for "Once Upon a Mattress;" and in 1978, for both music and lyrics, as one of several people sharing a nomination as Best Score for "Working."
- Aunt of film and stage composer Peter Melnick.
- Ex-sister-in-law of film producer Daniel Melnick.
- Sister of Linda Rogers.
- Niece of Ben Feiner Jr..
- Mary and her father, Richard Rodgers, are one of three sets of relatives nominated for the Tony Award in same category and same year. In 1960, in the category for composition, Mary was nominated for "Once Upon a Mattress" and Richard for "The Sound of Music" (he won).
- Mary Rodgers gave birth to six children, three with both of her husbands. One son, Matthew, died at the age of four of a breathing condition he suffered with his whole short life.
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