Lillian Hellman

Also known as Lillian Florence Hellman

American dramatist and screenwriter (1905-1984)

Person · Open Library

Born: 20 June 1905
Died: 30 June 1984
Works: 82

Top works

The north star
פנטימנטו
Ten Plays
The selected letters of Anton Chekhov
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience

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Writing · 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 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…

Known for

Directed by William Wyler — Self1986
The Case of Dashiell Hammett1982
Julia — Woman in Boat1977
The Rehearsal1974
The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self1962
The Oscars — Self1953

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: United States
Active from: 1905
Active to: 1984

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 34
Total plays: 45

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

New directions in cryptography
· 1976 · cited 9,662x
Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,739x
Reference sequence (RefSeq) database at NCBI: current status, taxonomic expansion, and functional annotation
· 2015 · cited 5,975x
Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis
· 2008 · cited 5,539x
Calculating Structures and Free Energies of Complex Molecules: Combining Molecular Mechanics and Continuum Models
· 2000 · cited 4,538x

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Quotes

“There are people who eat earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. Then there are people who stand around and watch them eat it. (Softly) Sometimes I think it ain't right to stand and watch them do it.”
“Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.”
“For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.”
“Lonely people, in talking to each other can make each other lonelier.”
“I am prepared to waive the privilege against self-incrimination and to tell you everything you wish to know about my views or actions if your committee will agree to refrain from asking me to name other people. If the committee is unwilling to give me this assurance, I will be forced to plead the privilege of the fifth amendment at the hearing.”
“A man should be jailed for telling lies to the young.”

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Key facts

Born: Lillian Florence Hellman , ( 1905-06-20 ) June 20, 1905, New Orleans , Louisiana , U.S.
Died: June 30, 1984 (1984-06-30) (aged 79), Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts , U.S.
Resting place: Abels Hill Chilmark cemetery, Chilmark , Martha's Vineyard
Occupation: Playwright author screenwriter
Spouse: Arthur Kober ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1925 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1932 )
Partner: Dashiell Hammett (1931–1961; Hammett's death)

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date of birth: 1905-06-20
date of death: 1984-09-30
Commons category: Lillian Hellman
name in native language: Lillian Hellman
start of work period: 1934-00-00

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Lillian Hellman, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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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 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.

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; the movie starred Bette Davis. Hellman was romantically involved with fellow writer and political activist Dashiell Hammett, who also was blacklisted for 10 years.