Lila Garrett
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| Born | November 21, 1925[1] New York City, U.S. |
| Died | February 1, 2020 (aged 94) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Television | The ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The Other Woman, All in the Family, The Second Hundred Years, Bewitched, My Favorite Martian, Barney Miller |
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| Children | Eliza Roberts |
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Lila Garrett (November 21, 1925 – February 1, 2020) was an American television screenwriter and radio host who wrote for the sitcoms The Second Hundred Years (she co-wrote episodes 10 and 13 with Bernie Kahn),[2] My Favorite Martian,[3] All in the Family,[4] and Bewitched.[5] She also co-wrote The Barefoot Executive, a 1971 Disney TV movie,[6] with Kahn and Stu Billett.
An anti-war activist, Garrett's political engagement includes starting Americans Against War with Iraq,[7] serving as a DNC delegate for presidential candidate Michael Dukakis,[8] presiding as president[9] over the Southern California chapter of the Americans for Democratic Action, and being a founding member of Progressive Democrats of America.[1] She hosted KPFK's Connect the Dots on Pacifica Radio,[1] interviewing left-leaning luminaries and often closed her show with "The arms industry has neither allies nor enemies, only customers." She was a frequent contributor to the LA Progressive, an online magazine[10]
She lived in the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital for a while.[11]
Awards
[edit]- Shared Daytime Emmy Award for The ABC Afternoon Playbreak episode Mother of The Bride
- Shared Daytime Emmy Award for The ABC Afternoon Playbreak episode The Girl Who Couldn't Lose
- 1984, shared Writers Guild of America Award for The Other Woman[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Lila Garrett". shemadeit.org. The Paley Center for Media. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
- ^ "[Everything you wanted to know about your mother-in-law but were afraid to ask], [I love you, I love you, I love you, I think]". copyrightencyclopedia.com. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
- ^ "My Favorite Martian: The Martian's Fair Hobo (1965)". blockbuster.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
Writer(s): Bernard M. Kahn, Lila Garrett
- ^ "All in the Family: Et Tu, Archie (1974)". blockbuster.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
Writer(s): Lila Garrett, Mickey Rose
- ^ "Bewitched: Samantha's Better Halves : Synopsis". MSN. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
Evidently, this episode of Bewitched was scripted by Lila Garrett and Bernie Kahn before the "birth" of Samantha's son Adam [...]
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"Barefoot Executive—Full Production Credits". Baseline StudioSystems. Archived from the original on January 15, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
From Feature Screenplay by Joseph L. McEveety; from feature story by Lila Garrett, Bernard M. Kahn, Stu Billett
- ^ "Building a buzz for peace". Los Angeles Times. February 4, 2003. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ Gibson, William (July 22, 1988). "RUNNING MATES STRESS COMMON GROUND". Sun-Sentinel.com. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ "Lila Garrett | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ "Lila Garrett". LA Progressive. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "Radical radio station KPFK host Lila Garrett, 94, passes". February 7, 2020.
- ^ "Lila Garrett". starscolor.com. Stars Color Inc. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
External links
[edit]- Lila Garrett at IMDb
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