Lillian Hellman was born on June 20, 1905 in New Orleans, LA. A popular author and playwright of the early twentieth century, she is best known for The Children's Hour and The Dark Angel. Her later play, Toys in the Attic, earned a Tony Award nomination.
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About
A popular author and Playwright of the early twentieth century, she is best known for The Children's Hour and The Dark Angel. Her later play, Toys in the Attic, earned a Tony Award nomination.
Before Fame
She briefly studied at New York University. Her famous early play, The Children's Hour, premiered on Broadway in November of 1934.
Trivia
The Children's Hour proved popular with audiences on Broadway, but with themes of lesbianism, was impossible to put on film without censorship.
Family Life
She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a Jewish family. She was married to Arthur Kober from 1925-1932 and had a thirty-year relationship with Samuel Dashiell Hammett that began in 1931.
Associated With
As active in political circles as she was in literary ones, Hellman once co-hosted a fund-raising dinner with Ernest Hemingway for anti-Nazi Activists in France.