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Lillian Hellman


Born
in New Orleans, Louisiana, The United States
June 20, 1905

Died
June 29, 1984

Genre
Drama,Biographies & Memoirs


Lillian Florence "Lilly" Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American dramatist and screenwriter famously blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) at the height of the anti-communist campaigns of 1947–52.

Hellman was praised for sacrificing her career by refusing to answer questions by HUAC; but her denial that she had ever belonged to the Communist Party was easily disproved, and her veracity was doubted by many, including war correspondent Martha Gellhorn and literary critic Mary McCarthy.

She adapted her semi-autobiographical play The Little Foxes into a screenplay which received an Academy Award nomination in 1942.

Hellman was romantically involved with fellow writer and political activist Dashiell Ham ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 29,673 ratings · 1,063 reviews ·73 distinct works •Similar authors
The Children's Hour
3.96 avg rating — 14,514 ratings — published 1934 — 37 editions
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The Little Foxes
3.95 avg rating — 5,364 ratings — published 1939 — 41 editions
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Pentimento
3.95 avg rating — 2,922 ratings — published 1973 — 53 editions
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An Unfinished Woman: A Memo...
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3.92 avg rating — 1,073 ratings — published 1969 — 28 editions
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Scoundrel Time
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3.89 avg rating — 658 ratings — published 1972 — 40 editions
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Six Plays: The Children's H...
4.14 avg rating — 468 ratings — published 1934 — 19 editions
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Watch on the Rhine
3.61 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 1941 — 32 editions
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Toys in the Attic
3.63 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 1959 — 13 editions
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Maybe: A Story
3.58 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 1980 — 22 editions
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Another Part of the Forest
3.58 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1948 — 9 editions
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“People change and forget to tell each other.”
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“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.”
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“It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.”
― Lillian Hellman
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