The adjective "difficult" in the title of Alice Kessler-Harris' biography of Lillian Hellman is apt but too kind. Implicitly at least, Kessler-Harris is attempting a partial rehabilitation of ...

Could it have been that Lillian Hellman, grande bitch, brilliant playwright, political agitator, sexy fashion icon (according to Walter Matthau, “she kind of saw herself as the Catherine Deneuve of ...

Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway, as well as her communist views and ...

Lillian Hellman enjoyed a rich life of notable friendships, controversial political activity and love affairs. “Hellman was … talented, ambitious, restless, audacious, highly sexual, funny, generous, ...