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Fig. 1- Lillian Hellman was an American playwright.

A biography of Lillian Hellman

Lillian Hellman was born on the 20th of June, , in New Orleans. Hellman grew up comfortably in a Jewish household. For the majority of Hellman's childhood, she would spend half a year in New Orleans and the other half in New York City. After high school, Hellman attended New York University for two years, and by she married the playwright Arthur Kober. She moved to Bonn, Germany in to finish her schooling. She joined a Nazi student group before realizing their antisemitic sentiments. She then returned to the United States.

In , Hellman was hired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, an American media company. She worked as a reader and summary writer. She met many creatives and became involved in artistic circles. In , Hellman produced her first play, The Children's Hour (), on Broadway. It was so successful it had runs. Her success landed her a job with Goldwyn pictures as a screenwriter. She helped author the play and film, The Dark Angel (). Also in , she joined the League of American Writers and the Screen Writers Guild. She advocated for the proper credit to screenwriters by producers. She never received screen credit for writing two films, The Westerner () and The Melody Lingers On (). In

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