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Lillian Hellman

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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 · 30,472 ratings · 1,176 reviews · 78 distinct works • Similar authors
The Children's Hour
3.97 avg rating — 14,894 ratings — published 1934 — 45 editions
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The Little Foxes
3.94 avg rating — 5,605 ratings — published 1939 — 42 editions
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Pentimento
3.95 avg rating — 2,940 ratings — published 1973 — 57 editions
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An Unfinished Woman: A Memo...
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3.92 avg rating — 1,093 ratings — published 1969 — 51 editions
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Scoundrel Time
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Six Plays: The Children's H...
4.16 avg rating — 465 ratings — published 1934 — 21 editions
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Watch on the Rhine
3.63 avg rating — 264 ratings — published 1941 — 32 editions
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Toys in the Attic
3.64 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 1959 — 13 editions
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Maybe: A Story
3.57 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 1980 — 22 editions
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The Autumn Garden
3.40 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 1951 — 20 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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