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Lillian Hellman
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway, as well as her com…
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Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway, as well as her communist views and political activism. 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 American film industry caused a drop in her income. Many praised Hellman for refusing to answer questions by HUAC, but others believed, despite her denial, that she had belonged to the Communist Party. As a playwright, Hellman had many successes on Broadway, including The Children's Hour, The Little Foxes and its sequel Another Part of the Forest, Watch on the Rhine, The Autumn Garden, and Toys in the Attic. She adapted her semi-autobiographical play The Little Foxes into a screenplay, which starred Bette Davis. Hellman was romantically involved with fellow writer and political activist Dashiell Hammett, who also was blacklisted for 10 years; the couple never married.
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2023
Candide
Movie Lyricist
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2021
Watch on the Rhine
Movie Writer
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2021
Days To Come
Movie Writer
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2007
Candide
Movie Writer
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2005
Candide
Movie Lyricist
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2003
Leonard Bernstein: Candide
Movie Writer
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1991
Candide
Movie Lyricist
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1989
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
Movie Lyricist
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1986
Directed by William Wyler
Movie Self
- 1982
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1977
Julia
Movie Woman in Boat
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1974
The Rehearsal
Movie
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1972
Another Part of the Forest
Movie Screenplay
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1971
Montserrat
Movie Screenplay
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1970
Alta comedia
TV show Theatre Play
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1968
The Dick Cavett Show
TV show Self - Guest
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1966
The Chase
Movie Screenplay
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1964
Lištičky
Movie Theatre Play
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1963
Toys in the Attic
Movie Theatre Play
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
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1961
The Children's Hour
Movie Theatre Play
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1957
The Lark
Movie Writer
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1957
Armored Attack!
Movie Screenplay
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1956
The Little Foxes
Movie Theatre Play
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self
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1948
Another Part of the Forest
Movie Novel
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1946
The Searching Wind
Movie Screenplay
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1943
The North Star
Movie Screenplay
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1943
Watch on the Rhine
Movie Theatre Play
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1941
The Little Foxes
Movie Screenplay
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1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
Movie Additional Writing
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1937
Dead End
Movie Screenplay
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1937
The Spanish Earth
Movie Writer
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1936
These Three
Movie Screenplay
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1935
The Dark Angel
Movie Screenplay
