Lillian Hellman
Lillian Hellman
Lillian Florence "Lilly" Hellmanwas an American dramatist and screenwriter known for her success as a playwright on Broadway, as well as her left-wing sympathies and political activism. She famously was blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activitiesat the height of the anti-communist campaigns of 1947–52. Although she continued to work on Broadway in the 1950s, her blacklisting by the American film industry caused a precipitous decline in her income during which time she had to work outside her chosen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth20 June 1905
CountryUnited States of America
Lillian Hellman quotes about
Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?
It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.
It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.
Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.
Tallulah was sitting in a group of people, giving the monologue she always thought was conversation.
It may be the only country in the world where the rich are sometimes brilliant
God helps all the children as they move into a time of life they do not understand and must struggle through with precepts they have picked from the garbage can of older people, clinging with the passion of the lost to odds and ends that will mess th
The world is out of shapewhen there are hungry men.
It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their finest hour.