The writer Norma Barzman, who has died aged 103, was believed to have been the last survivor of the Hollywood blacklist, one of those who was identified as a communist before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee (Huac), and whose career was stymied by their activities.
She and her screenwriter husband, Ben Barzman, avoided having to testify before the committee by emigrating in 1949, and for years worked in Europe, often anonymously. In her later life, after returning to Los Angeles, she was one of those who kept the legacy of the “red scare” alive, in writing and interviews, and by leading campaigns to restore credits to those forced to labour in disguise.
