Geburtsdatum | Dienstag, 20. Juni 1905 |
Geburtsort | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Todesort | Oak_Bluffs,_Massachusetts |
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Beschreibung | 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 sympathies 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 American film industry caused a drop in her income. Many praised Hellman for refusing to answer questions by HUAC, but others believed, despite her denial, that she had belonged to the Communist Party. |
Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.
Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.
People change and forget to tell each other.
Unjust. How many times I've used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I don't have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice.
Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.
It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.
