Biography
Lillian Hellman (20 June 1905 – 30 June 1984) was an American playwright and screenwriter. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, she attended New York University and Columbia University before working as a reader and scenarist in Hollywood.
Her plays include The Children's Hour (1934), The Little Foxes (1939) and Watch on the Rhine (1941). She wrote screenplays for These Three (1936), Dead End (1937) and The Little Foxes (1941). Hellman was blacklisted by the film industry after refusing to name associates before the House Un-American Activities Committee in the early 1950s, though she continued to work in theatre.
She maintained a long relationship with writer Dashiell Hammett until his death in 1961. Her memoirs include An Unfinished Woman (1969) and Pentimento (1973).
