TV Pick: ‘JULIA’ — Based on Lillian Hellman’s memoir
JULIA — Based on Lillian Hellman's memoir, this 1977 film explores the powerful relationship between the playwright (Jane Fonda) and her lifelong friend, Julia (Vanessa Redgrave). A brilliant intellectual, Julia comes of age in Nazi Germany, where she becomes active in the Resistance. Redgrave won an Oscar for her performance. (10:15 p.m., TCM)
Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes. She was romantically involved for 30 years with mystery and crime writer Dashiell Hammett (and was the inspiration for his character Nora Charles), and was also a long-time friend and literary executor of author Dorothy Parker.
Hellman died on June 30, 1984 at age 79 from natural causes on Martha's Vineyard. She was still in litigation with Mary McCarthy, and the suit was dropped by Hellman's executors.
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