Lila Garrett

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 (co-wrote episodes 10 and 13 with Bernie Kahn), My Favorite Martian, All in the Family, and Bewitched. She co-wrote with Bernie Kahn and Stu Billett the 1971 Disney TV movie The Barefoot Executive.

An anti-war activist, Garrett's political engagement includes founding Americans Against War with Iraq, serving as a DNC delegate for presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, presiding as President over the Southern California chapter of the Americans for Democratic Action and becoming a founding member of Progressive Democrats of America.

She hosted KPFK's Connect the Dots on Pacifica Radio, interviewing left-leaning luminaries and often closing her show with "The arms industry has neither allies nor enemies, only customers." Garrett was also a frequent contributor to the online magazine LA Progressive.

She had lived in the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital.

Awards

• Shared Daytime Emmy Award for The ABC Afternoon Playbreak episode Mother of The Bride
• Shared Daytime Emmy Award for The ABC Afternoon Playbreak episode The Girl Who Couldn't Lose
• 1984, shared Writers Guild of America Award for The Other Woman

References

External links

• Lila Garrett at IMDb

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