Lillian Hellman
American dramatist and screenwriter (1905-1984) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 79
Lillian Florence Hellman was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist, and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway as well as her communist views and political activism.
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Samuel Goldwyn Produced The Dark Angel and These Three
William Wyler Directed These Three and Dead End
Lewis Milestone Directed The North Star and Armored Attack!
Walter Brennan Lillian wrote The Westerner and These Three
Miriam Hopkins Lillian wrote The Children's Hour (1961)
Jane Fonda Lillian wrote Julia and The Chase
Bette Davis Lillian wrote The Little Foxes (1941)
Fredric March Also in The Dark Angel (1935)
Merle Oberon Lillian wrote These Three and The Dark Angel
Sylvia Sidney Lillian wrote Dead End and The Searching Wind
Joris Ivens Directed The Spanish Earth (1937)
Ann Harding Also in The North Star and Armored Attack!
Herbert Marshall Lillian wrote The Dark Angel (1935)
Dan Duryea Also in The Little Foxes (1941)
Jane Withers Also in The North Star and Armored Attack!
Sidney Franklin Directed The Dark Angel (1935)- Daniel Mann Directed Another Part of the Forest (1972)
Sam Spiegel Produced The Chase (1966)- Michael Gordon Directed Another Part of the Forest (1948)
Charles Halton Lillian wrote The Westerner and Dead End
Esther Dale Lillian wrote The North Star (1943)
Ann Carter Also in The North Star and The Searching Wind
Carl Benton Reid Lillian wrote The North Star (1943)
Herman Shumlin Produced The Little Foxes (1941)
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Robert Keith, Anne Revere, Florence McGee, Katherine Emery and Katherine Emmet in the original Broadway production of The Children's Hour (1934)
Hellman in 1939
Tallulah Bankhead as Regina Giddens in The Little Foxes (1939)
Mady Christians and Paul Lukas in the original Broadway production of Watch on the Rhine (1941)
Hellman in her New York City apartment in 1977, portrait by Lynn Gilbert.Awards
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She was blacklisted after her appearance before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) at the height of the anti-communist campaigns of 1947-1952. Although she continued to work on Broadway in the 1950s, her blacklisting by the U.S. film industry caused a drop in her income. Many praised Hellman for refusing to answer HUAC's questions, but others believed, despite her denial, that she had belonged to the Communist Party.
