Lillian Hellman
Playwright

Lillian Hellman Net Worth

Lillian Hellman was a renowned author and playwright born in New Orleans, LA on June 20, 1905. She is most famous for her plays The Children's Hour and The Dark Angel, and her later play Toys in the Attic earned her a Tony Award nomination. Her works remain popular to this day.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day June 20, 1905
Birth Place New Orleans, LA
Age 115 YEARS OLD
Died On Jun 30, 1984 (age 79)
Birth Sign Gemini

💰 Net worth: $6 Million (2024)

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.

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