Bess Taffel
Encyclopedia
Bess Taffel Boyle was an American
screenwriter, whose career was effectively ended after she was identified as a member of the Communist Party
during the McCarthy period
. She wrote only a few television scripts from 1969 to 1974, before she ended her career entirely. She had worked in the Yiddish theatre
before becoming a writer in Hollywood.
She was married to Robert F. Boyle
, an Academy Award-winning film production designer
and art director
, until her death from a stroke in 2000 at the age of 86. Her widower died at the age of one hundred on August 1, 2010. His career was apparently not impacted by his wife's blacklisting.
United States
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screenwriter, whose career was effectively ended after she was identified as a member of the Communist Party
Communist party
A political party described as a Communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of communism through a communist form of government...
during the McCarthy period
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s and characterized by...
. She wrote only a few television scripts from 1969 to 1974, before she ended her career entirely. She had worked in the Yiddish theatre
Yiddish theatre
Yiddish theatre consists of plays written and performed primarily by Jews in Yiddish, the language of the Central European Ashkenazi Jewish community. The range of Yiddish theatre is broad: operetta, musical comedy, and satiric or nostalgic revues; melodrama; naturalist drama; expressionist and...
before becoming a writer in Hollywood.
She was married to Robert F. Boyle
Robert F. Boyle
Robert Francis Boyle was an American film art director and production designer.Born in Los Angeles, Boyle trained as an architect, graduating from the University of Southern California . When he lost his job in that field during the Great Depression, Boyle found work in films as an extra...
, an Academy Award-winning film production designer
Production designer
In film and television, a production designer is the person responsible for the overall look of a filmed event such as films, TV programs, music videos or adverts. Production designers have one of the key creative roles in the creation of motion pictures and television. Working directly with the...
and art director
Art director
The art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
, until her death from a stroke in 2000 at the age of 86. Her widower died at the age of one hundred on August 1, 2010. His career was apparently not impacted by his wife's blacklisting.
Writing work
- Needles and Pins (TV series; 1 episode, 1974)
- "With Such Enemies"
- Marcus Welby, M.D.Marcus Welby, M.D.Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell...
" (TV series)
- "Please Don't Send Flowers" (1 episode, 1972)
- Bracken's WorldBracken's WorldBracken's World is an American drama series broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1969 to December 25, 1970. The series was created and produced by Dorothy Kingsley.-Synopsis:...
(TV series; 2 episodes, 1969–1970)
- "A Perfect Piece of Casting" (1 episode, 1970)
- "Closed Set" (1 episode, 1969)
- Elopement (1951) (writer)
- A Likely Story (1947) (writer)
- Badman's Territory (1946) (writer)