Albert Maltz
Albert Maltz · Arts & Literature
Playwright and screenwriter, one of the Hollywood Ten jailed in 1950 for refusing to testify before Congress; two Academy Awards for wartime documentary work
28 October 1908, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 26 April 1985, Los Angeles, California, United States
United States
Albert Maltz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Playwright and screenwriter, one of the Hollywood Ten jailed in 1950 for refusing to testify before Congress; two Academy Awards for wartime documentary work
Albert Maltz was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn and trained at Columbia and the Yale School of Drama. He wrote for the theatre and then for Hollywood, and received two Academy Awards for documentary work during the war. In 1947 he was one of the Hollywood Ten who refused to answer the House Un-American Activities Committee; he served ten months in prison, was blacklisted for years afterwards and went on writing under other names.
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Playwright and screenwriter, one of the Hollywood Ten jailed in 1950 for refusing to testify before Congress; two Academy Awards for wartime documentary work
Source: Wikipedia — Albert Maltz
