List of women identified as communists in Red Channels

This is a list of women who were listed as communists or fellow travelers in the American anti-communist publication Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television in June 1950.^[1] As a result of being listed in the pages of this volume, many of these 41 women found it difficult to find employment in media industries.

Stella Adler: Actress, director
Edith Atwater: Actress
Vera Caspary: Writer, novelist^[2]
Mady Christians: Actress; council member, Actors' Equity Association^[3]
Louise Fitch: Actress
Ruth Gordon: Actress, writer
Shirley Graham: Musician; writer; founding member of Sojourners for Truth and Justice^[4]
Uta Hagen: Actress, teacher^[5]
Lillian Hellman: Playwright, author^[6]
Rose Hobart: Actress; board member, Screen Actors' Guild^[7]
Judy Holliday: Actress^[8]
Lena Horne: Singer, actress^[9]
Marsha Hunt: Actress^[10]
Donna Keath: Actress
Pert Kelton: Actress
Adelaide Klein: Actress
Gypsy Rose Lee: Burlesque artist; quiz show host; recording secretary American Guild of Variety Artists^[11]
Madeline Lee: Actress, social activist^[12]
Ray Lev: Concert pianist
Ella Logan: Singer
Aline MacMahon: Actress
Margo, sometimes known as Margo Albert: Actress, dancer
Jean Muir: Actress^[13]
Meg Mundy: Actress
Dorothy Parker: Writer; co-founder Hollywood Anti-Nazi League^[14]
Minerva Pious: Actress
Anne Revere: Actress; secretary, Screen Actors Guild
Selena Royle: Actress
Hazel Scott: Musician, actress^[15]
Lisa Sergio: Radio commentator^[16]
Ann Shepherd: Actress
Gale Sondergaard: Actress
Hester Sondergaard: Actress
Helen Tamiris: Choreographer
Betty Todd: Director; secretary, Radio and Television Directors Guild
Hilda Vaughn: Actress
Fredi Washington: Actress; journalist, The People's Voice; secretary, Negro Actors Guild of America
Margaret Webster: Author, director, producer^[17]
Ireene Wicker: Radio show host
Betty Winkler: Actress
Lesley Woods: Actress

References[]

^ The American Business Consultants (1950). Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television. New York, NY: Self-published.
^ Caspary, Vera (1968). The Rosecrest Cell. London: W.H. Allen.
^ Barranger, Millie (2008). Unfriendly Witnesses: Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era. Southern Illinois University Press.
^ Horne, Gerald (2015). Race Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois. New York University Press.
^ Gussow, Mel (2004). "Uta Hagen, Tony-Winning Broadway Star and Teacher of Actors, Dies at 84". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
^ Alice., Kessler-Harris (2012). A difficult woman : the challenging life and times of Lillian Hellman. New York: Bloomsbury Press. ISBN 9781608193950. OCLC 738346448.
^ Hobart, Rose (1994). A Steady Digression to a Fixed Point. Scarecrow Press.
^ Gary., Carey (1982). Judy Holliday, an intimate life story (1st ed.). New York: Seaview Books. ISBN 0872237575. OCLC 8194852.
^ Horne, Lena (1965). Lena. New York, NY: Doubleday.
^ "Marsha Hunt at 100: The Actress Recalls the Blacklist, Film Noir and Being Cast in Gone With The Wind - MovieMaker Magazine". MovieMaker Magazine. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
^ 1950-, Frankel, Noralee (2010). Stripping gypsy : the life of Gypsy Rose Lee. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199754335. OCLC 658003848.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ [Madeline Lee's Statement to the Witchhunters "Daily Worker"] Check |url= value (help). August 22, 1955.
^ Muir, Jean. Autobiography. University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives: unpublished.
^ Meade, Marion (1989). Dorothy Parker : what fresh hell is this?. New York: Penguin. ISBN 9780140116168. OCLC 18351200.
^ Karen., Chilton (2008). Hazel Scott : the pioneering journey of a jazz pianist from Café Society to Hollywood to HUAC. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472115679. OCLC 179794223.
^ Stacy, Spaulding (2005-12-05). "LISA SERGIO: HOW MUSSOLINI'S "GOLDEN VOICE" OF PROPAGANDA CREATED AN AMERICAN MASS COMMUNICATION CAREER". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Barranger, Milly (2004). Margaret Webster: A Life in the Theater. University of Michigan.

[1] The American Business Consultants (1950). Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television. New York, NY: Self-published.

[2] Caspary, Vera (1968). The Rosecrest Cell. London: W.H. Allen.

[Barranger_2008-3] Barranger, Millie (2008). Unfriendly Witnesses: Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era. Southern Illinois University Press.

[Horne_2015-4] Horne, Gerald (2015). Race Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois. New York University Press.

[5] Gussow, Mel (2004). "Uta Hagen, Tony-Winning Broadway Star and Teacher of Actors, Dies at 84". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-10.

[6] Alice., Kessler-Harris (2012). A difficult woman : the challenging life and times of Lillian Hellman. New York: Bloomsbury Press. ISBN 9781608193950. OCLC 738346448.

[Hobart_1994-7] Hobart, Rose (1994). A Steady Digression to a Fixed Point. Scarecrow Press.

[8] Gary., Carey (1982). Judy Holliday, an intimate life story (1st ed.). New York: Seaview Books. ISBN 0872237575. OCLC 8194852.

[9] Horne, Lena (1965). Lena. New York, NY: Doubleday.

[10] "Marsha Hunt at 100: The Actress Recalls the Blacklist, Film Noir and Being Cast in Gone With The Wind - MovieMaker Magazine". MovieMaker Magazine. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2018-03-10.

[11] 1950-, Frankel, Noralee (2010). Stripping gypsy : the life of Gypsy Rose Lee. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199754335. OCLC 658003848.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[12] [Madeline Lee's Statement to the Witchhunters "Daily Worker"] Check |url= value (help). August 22, 1955.

[13] Muir, Jean. Autobiography. University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives: unpublished.

[14] Meade, Marion (1989). Dorothy Parker : what fresh hell is this?. New York: Penguin. ISBN 9780140116168. OCLC 18351200.

[15] Karen., Chilton (2008). Hazel Scott : the pioneering journey of a jazz pianist from Café Society to Hollywood to HUAC. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472115679. OCLC 179794223.

[16] Stacy, Spaulding (2005-12-05). "LISA SERGIO: HOW MUSSOLINI'S "GOLDEN VOICE" OF PROPAGANDA CREATED AN AMERICAN MASS COMMUNICATION CAREER". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[Barranger_2004-17] Barranger, Milly (2004). Margaret Webster: A Life in the Theater. University of Michigan.

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