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Alfred Leo Marder MP (1922 - 2023)

"Al"

Alfred Marder was a communist, peace activist, anti-racist, and community organizer based in New Haven, Connecticut who held the distinction of being the last living survivor of those federally prosecu...

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12/21/2023
12/21/2023
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12/21/2023

Alfred Leo Marder MP (1922 - 2023)

"Al"

Alfred Marder was a communist, peace activist, anti-racist, and community organizer based in New Haven, Connecticut who held the distinction of being the last living survivor of those federally prosecu...

12/21/2023

Edith Jenkins (1913 - 2005)

From : Red scare: Lives in S.F. Robert Salladay and Michael Dougan , OF THE EXAMINER STAFF Nov. 14, 1999 1999-11-14 04:00:00 PDT CALIFORNIA -- In a scene repeated hundreds of times throughout Calif...

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7/10/2007
10/31/2023
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7/10/2007

Edith Jenkins (1913 - 2005)

From : Red scare: Lives in S.F. Robert Salladay and Michael Dougan , OF THE EXAMINER STAFF Nov. 14, 1999 1999-11-14 04:00:00 PDT CALIFORNIA -- In a scene repeated hundreds of times throughout Calif...

10/31/2023

Haakon Chevalier MP (1901 - 1985)

Haakon Chevalier was an American writer, translator, and professor of French literature at the University of California, Berkeley best known for his friendship with physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who...

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8/3/2014
10/10/2023
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8/3/2014

Haakon Chevalier MP (1901 - 1985)

Haakon Chevalier was an American writer, translator, and professor of French literature at the University of California, Berkeley best known for his friendship with physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who...

10/10/2023

Maurice Hyman Halperin (1906 - 1995)

Maurice Halperin was an American writer, professor, diplomat, and accused Soviet spy. Note: Wikipedia and many on-line trees give 9 February 1995 as his date of death, but actual records and contempo...

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8/22/2023
9/6/2023
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8/22/2023

Maurice Hyman Halperin (1906 - 1995)

Maurice Halperin was an American writer, professor, diplomat, and accused Soviet spy. Note: Wikipedia and many on-line trees give 9 February 1995 as his date of death, but actual records and contempo...

9/6/2023

Bernard DeVoto MP (1897 - 1955)

"De Voto"

Augustine DeVoto (January 11, 1897 – November 13, 1955) was an American historian and author who specialized in the history of the American West.Life and workHe was born in Ogden, Utah. He attended the...

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11/20/2012
6/29/2023
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11/20/2012

Bernard DeVoto MP (1897 - 1955)

"De Voto"

Augustine DeVoto (January 11, 1897 – November 13, 1955) was an American historian and author who specialized in the history of the American West.Life and workHe was born in Ogden, Utah. He attended the...

6/29/2023

Norman Lloyd MP (1914 - 2021)

Lloyd (born Norman Perlmutter; November 8, 1914) was an American actor, producer and director with a career in entertainment spanning eight decades. He worked in every major facet of the industry inclu...

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10/16/2017
6/14/2023
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10/16/2017

Norman Lloyd MP (1914 - 2021)

Lloyd (born Norman Perlmutter; November 8, 1914) was an American actor, producer and director with a career in entertainment spanning eight decades. He worked in every major facet of the industry inclu...

6/14/2023

Hy Kraft MP (1899 - 1975)

"Hy Kraft", "H. S. Kraft", "Harold Kent"

Hy Kraft was an American screenwriter, playwright, and theatrical producer. Wikipedia: Hy Kraft

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9/6/2015
6/13/2023
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9/6/2015

Hy Kraft MP (1899 - 1975)

"Hy Kraft", "H. S. Kraft", "Harold Kent"

Hy Kraft was an American screenwriter, playwright, and theatrical producer. Wikipedia: Hy Kraft

6/13/2023

Lester Harlib Koenig MP (1917 - 1977)

Lester Koenig was an American screenwriter, film producer, and founder of the jazz record label Contemporary Records. Wikipedia: Lester Koenig

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7/25/2018
6/13/2023
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7/25/2018

Lester Harlib Koenig MP (1917 - 1977)

Lester Koenig was an American screenwriter, film producer, and founder of the jazz record label Contemporary Records. Wikipedia: Lester Koenig

6/13/2023

Victor Arthur Kilian MP (1891 - 1979)

Victor Kilian was an American actor who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s. Wikipedia: Victor Kilian

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6/13/2023
6/13/2023
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6/13/2023

Victor Arthur Kilian MP (1891 - 1979)

Victor Kilian was an American actor who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s. Wikipedia: Victor Kilian

6/13/2023

Gordon Kahn MP (1901 - 1962)

In October 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) opened its hearing into Communist influence in the movie business and promptly denounced 19 prominent directors, producers, screenwrit...

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12/28/2008
6/13/2023
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12/28/2008

Gordon Kahn MP (1901 - 1962)

In October 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) opened its hearing into Communist influence in the movie business and promptly denounced 19 prominent directors, producers, screenwrit...

6/13/2023

John Ireland MP (1914 - 1992)

books.google.be * nndb.com... ; ===John Ireland===* born John Benjamin Ireland ( (1914–1992)

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12/7/2010
6/13/2023
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12/7/2010

John Ireland MP (1914 - 1992)

books.google.be * nndb.com... ; ===John Ireland===* born John Benjamin Ireland ( (1914–1992)

6/13/2023

Edward Huebsch MP (1914 - 1982)

"Edward", "Eddy", "Teddy", "Huebsch"

New biography as of April 28, 2020:

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1/27/2007
6/13/2023
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1/27/2007

Edward Huebsch MP (1914 - 1982)

"Edward", "Eddy", "Teddy", "Huebsch"

New biography as of April 28, 2020:

6/13/2023

John Kirkham Hubley MP (1914 - 1977)

John Hubley was an American animated film director, art director, producer, and writer known for his work with the United Productions of America (UPA) and his own independent studio, Storyboard, Inc. (...

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6/11/2023
6/11/2023
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John Kirkham Hubley MP (1914 - 1977)

John Hubley was an American animated film director, art director, producer, and writer known for his work with the United Productions of America (UPA) and his own independent studio, Storyboard, Inc. (...

6/11/2023

Jay Gorney MP (1894 - 1990)

Jay Gorney (1894 - June 14, 1990) was a composer, songwriter ("Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?"), producer, author and teacher. Born as Abraham Jacob Gornetzsky in Białystok, Russia (now part of Poland)...

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10/17/2014
6/11/2023
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10/17/2014

Jay Gorney MP (1894 - 1990)

Jay Gorney (1894 - June 14, 1990) was a composer, songwriter ("Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?"), producer, author and teacher. Born as Abraham Jacob Gornetzsky in Białystok, Russia (now part of Poland)...

6/11/2023

Michael Gordon MP (1909 - 1993)

"Michael Gordon"

Film and stage director. His film credits include "Pillow Talk" and "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1950), which won actor Jose Ferrer an Oscar. In the 1950s he was blacklisted as a Communist. Gordon was born in...

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2/24/2009
6/11/2023
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2/24/2009

Michael Gordon MP (1909 - 1993)

"Michael Gordon"

Film and stage director. His film credits include "Pillow Talk" and "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1950), which won actor Jose Ferrer an Oscar. In the 1950s he was blacklisted as a Communist. Gordon was born in...

6/11/2023

John Henry Faulk, Jr. MP (1913 - 1990)

GEDCOM Note ===Humorist and radio show host who won a celebrated libel suit in 1962 that helped break the McCarthy-era blacklist of entertainers accused of being communists. He wrote "Fear on Trial", w...

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9/6/2015
6/10/2023
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9/6/2015

John Henry Faulk, Jr. MP (1913 - 1990)

GEDCOM Note ===Humorist and radio show host who won a celebrated libel suit in 1962 that helped break the McCarthy-era blacklist of entertainers accused of being communists. He wrote "Fear on Trial", w...

6/10/2023

Frances Farmer MP (1913 - 1970)

"Frances Erickson", "Frances Lobley", "Frances Mikesell"

Frances Farmer was an American actor and television host. She appeared in over a dozen feature films over the course of her career, though she garnered notoriety for sensationalized accounts of her lif...

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10/24/2022
6/10/2023
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10/24/2022

Frances Farmer MP (1913 - 1970)

"Frances Erickson", "Frances Lobley", "Frances Mikesell"

Frances Farmer was an American actor and television host. She appeared in over a dozen feature films over the course of her career, though she garnered notoriety for sensationalized accounts of her lif...

6/10/2023

Guy (Goldstein) Endore MP (1901 - 1970)

Novelist and screenwriter who was victim of the Hollywood blacklisthis 1970 NYTimes obituary.Mr. Endore had long been active in liberal causes. In the late 1940's when the House Committee on Un‐America...

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2/5/2019
6/10/2023
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2/5/2019

Guy (Goldstein) Endore MP (1901 - 1970)

Novelist and screenwriter who was victim of the Hollywood blacklisthis 1970 NYTimes obituary.Mr. Endore had long been active in liberal causes. In the late 1940's when the House Committee on Un‐America...

6/10/2023

Cyril Raker Endfield MP (1914 - 1995)

"Cy Endfield"

Cy Endfield was an American screenwriter, director, author, magician and inventor. Having been named as a Communist at a House Un-American Activities Committee hearing and subsequently blacklisted, he ...

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11/5/2011
6/10/2023
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11/5/2011

Cyril Raker Endfield MP (1914 - 1995)

"Cy Endfield"

Cy Endfield was an American screenwriter, director, author, magician and inventor. Having been named as a Communist at a House Un-American Activities Committee hearing and subsequently blacklisted, he ...

6/10/2023

Leslie John Edgley MP (1912 - 2002)

Leslie Edgley was an English-born American mystery fiction writer, radio dramatist screenwriter and playwright. Among the works for which he became known are the scripts for many episodes of Perry Maso...

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5/19/2011
6/10/2023
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5/19/2011

Leslie John Edgley MP (1912 - 2002)

Leslie Edgley was an English-born American mystery fiction writer, radio dramatist screenwriter and playwright. Among the works for which he became known are the scripts for many episodes of Perry Maso...

6/10/2023