Maurine Dallas Watkins

Biography

Born July 27, 1896 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA Died August 10, 1969 (age 73) in Jacksonville, Florida, USA Trivia Her non-musical play "Chicago, or, Play Ball" has become one of the most adapted plays in history. The play was a silent Cecil B. DeMille feature in 1927 (Chicago (1927)), a Ginger Rogers comedy in 1942 (Roxie Hart (1942)), a Bob Fosse Broadway musical ("Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville") and a 2002 Oscar-winning musical film (Chicago (2002)).