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Norma Levor Barzman (September 15, 1920 – December 17, 2023) was an American journalist, screenwriter, actress and novelist [1] who was active in the film industry in the
Golden Age of Hollywood.[2][3][4]
Barzman also appeared as an actress[7] in Theatre 70 (1970) and Pajama Party (2000) as the Groovy Grandma guest.[8]
Personal life
Barzman married mathematician
Claude Shannon,[9] known as the "
father of information theory",[10] and lived with him in
Princeton, New Jersey. When they divorced, Barzman moved to
Los Angeles with her mother and took classes at the School for Writers, the members of which were leftist. She met and married screenwriter
Ben Barzman.[11] Between the years 1949 and 1976 they lived in London, Paris, and Mougins (France), having been blacklisted from Hollywood. They had seven children.[12]