Hellman, Lillian (Florence)

Hellman, Lillian (Florence)
born June 20, 1905, New Orleans, La., U.S.
died June 30, 1984, Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, Mass.

U.S. playwright.

After working as a book reviewer, press agent, and play reader, she began writing plays in the 1930s. Her first major success, The Children's Hour (1934), concerned two schoolteachers falsely accused of lesbianism. She examined family infighting in her hit The Little Foxes (1939) and political injustice in Watch on the Rhine (1941). All were made into successful films. Called before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952, she refused to testify. She wrote several memoirs and edited the works of her longtime companion, the novelist Dashiell Hammett.

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  • HELLMAN, LILLIAN FLORENCE — (1905–1984), U.S. playwright. Sources vary about the year of her birth. The Library of Congress lists it as 1906. The New York Times, the newspaper of record, in its obituary for her in 1984, listed her age as 79. She first worked for a… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Hellman, Lillian (Florence) — (20 jun. 1905, New Orleans, La., EE.UU.–30 jun. 1984, Vineyard Haven, Martha s Vineyard, Mass.). Dramaturga estadounidense. Trabajó como crítica literaria, agente de prensa y lectora de guiones, y en la década de 1930 comenzó a escribir obras de… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Florence — /flawr euhns, flor /, n. 1. Italian, Firenze. a city in central Italy, on the Arno River: capital of the former grand duchy of Tuscany. 464,425. 2. a city in NW Alabama, on the Tennessee River. 37,029. 3. a city in E South Carolina. 30,062. 4. a… …   Universalium

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  • Lillian — /lil ee euhn/, n. a female given name. Also, Lilian. * * * (as used in expressions) Gish Lillian Diana Hellman Lillian Florence Russell Lillian * * * …   Universalium

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  • Lillian Hellman — Lillian Florence Hellman (20 de junio de 1905, Nueva Orleans 30 de junio de 1984, Martha s Vineyard) fue una dramaturga estadounidense. Conocida por su compromiso político con causas izquierdistas, por su relación sentimental con el escritor… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Lillian Hellman — Infobox Writer name = Lillian Hellman imagesize = 200px caption = birthdate = birth date|1905|6|20 birthplace = New Orleans, Louisiana deathdate = death date and age|1984|6|30|1905|6|20 deathplace = Tisbury, Massachusetts occupation = writer… …   Wikipedia

  • Hellman — /hel meuhn/, n. Lillian Florence, 1905 84, U.S. playwright. * * * …   Universalium

  • Hellman — Hell•man [[t]ˈhɛl mən[/t]] n. big Lillian Florence, 1905–84, U.S. playwright …   From formal English to slang

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