Norma Barzman, one of the last living people from the “Hollywood blacklist”, has died. The screenwriter was 103 years old. The information was provided by Barzman’s daughter, Suzo. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, she stated that Norma passed away due to natural causes.
Norma Barzman is dead. The screenwriter was on the “Hollywood blacklist”
Norma Levor Barzman was born in 1920 and began her film career 26 years later. She then wrote the original story for “Never Say Goodbye” and “The Locket”. This was the end of her career in the USA.
The artist was associated with the American Communist Party, arguing that the USSR was an ally of the United States during World War II. Years later, she confirmed in interviews that she was wrong. Her vision of the idea of communism had little to do with reality.
In a 2012 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, she admitted that in 1964 she went to the USSR with her husband and saw what a terrible system she supported. Due to her views, the screenwriter found herself on the so-called “Hollywood blacklist”. She learned that she was under investigation from Marilyn Monroe herself, reports Interia.
The couple left the United States, where the couple returned only after 30 years. In later years, she wrote columns and books. In 1999, she loudly protested against the honorary Oscar for director Elia Kazan. The creator was summoned before the Senate committee, before which he testified, under the threat of being put on a “blacklist”, against his colleagues from the Communist Party.
Source: Gazeta
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