Lila Garrett | |
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Born | [1] New York City, U.S. | November 21, 1925
Died | February 1, 2020 Los Angeles, California | (aged 94)
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Television | The ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The Other Woman, All in the Family, The Second Hundred Years, Bewitched, My Favorite Martian," Barney Miller" |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
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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]
Writer(s): Bernard M. Kahn, Lila Garrett
Writer(s): Lila Garrett, Mickey Rose
Evidently, this episode of Bewitched was scripted by Lila Garrett and Bernie Kahn before the "birth" of Samantha's son Adam [...]
From Feature Screenplay by Joseph L. McEveety; from feature story by Lila Garrett, Bernard M. Kahn, Stu Billett
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