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Lillian Hellman (1905–1984)

Writer | Soundtrack | Actress

During the 1930s, it was fashionable to be a part of the radical political movement in Hollywood. Lillian Hellman devoted herself to the cause along with other writers and actors in their zeal to reform. Her independence set her apart from all but a few women of the day, and gave her writing an edge that broke the rules... See full bio »

Born:

in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Died:

(age 79) in Tisbury, Massachusetts, USA
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2002 Ernest & Bertram (short) (play "The Children's Hour")
 
1982 Kaikki tulevat päivät (TV movie) (play Days to Come)
 
1977 Julia (based upon the story by)
 
1972 Another Part of the Forest (TV movie) (play)
 
1968 Hora once (TV series)
– La loba (1968)
 
1966 The Chase
 
1965 Le piccole volpi (TV movie) (play)
 
1964 Primera fila (TV series)
– La loba (1964) (play)
 
1963 Toys in the Attic (play)
 
1962 Die kleinen Füchse (TV movie) (play)
 
1961 The Children's Hour (adaptation / play)
 
1957-1958 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
– Montserrat (1958) (adaptation)
– Another Part of the Forest (1957) (play)
 
1957 Montserrat (TV movie) (scenario)
 
1957 The Lark (TV movie) (play adaptation)
 
1956 The Little Foxes (TV movie) (play)
 
1955 First Performance (TV series)
– Montserrat (1955) (adaptation)
 
1954 Montserrat (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1953 TV de Vanguarda (TV series)
– No Caminho da Vida (1953) (play)
– Raposas (1953) (play)
 
1951 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
– The Little Foxes (1951) (play)
 
1949 Tonight on Broadway (TV series)
– Montserrat (1949) (play)
– Regina (1949) (play)
 
1948 Another Part of the Forest (play)
 
1946 The Searching Wind (play / screenplay)
 
1943 The North Star (original story and screenplay)
 
1943 Watch on the Rhine (additional scenes and dialogue / from the stage play by)
 
1941 The Little Foxes (screen play / stage play)
 
1940 The Westerner (uncredited)
 
1938 The Cowboy and the Lady (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1937 Dead End (screenplay)
 
1937 The Spanish Earth (documentary) (story - uncredited)
 
1936 These Three (original story and screen play / play "The Children's Hour" - uncredited)
 
1935 The Dark Angel (screenplay)
 
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2005 Great Performances (TV series)
– Leonard Bernstein's 'Candide' (2005) (lyrics: "Ballad of Eldorado")
 
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1974 The Rehearsal
 
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1971/I Montserrat (TV movie) (adaptor: English)
 
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1986 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Directed by William Wyler (1986) … Herself
 
1981 Profile: Lillian Hellman (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
1977 The 49th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Documentary Awards
 
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1987-2001 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1962 Committee on UnAmerican Activities (documentary)
Herself (voice)
 

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Personal Quote:

(On the complaints of critics.) If you believe, as the Greeks did, that man is at the mercy of the gods, then you write tragedy. The end is inevitable from the beginning. But if you believe that man can solve his own problems and is at nobody's mercy, then you will probably write melodrama. See more »

Trivia:

Publicly positioned herself as the ultimate civil libertarian and supporter of free speech, but when attacked in print or in the mass media, she would fight back, leading some to accuse her of having a double standard. Joan Mellen, in "Two Invented Lives: Hellman and Hammett," tells of how Hellman's... See more »

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