Norma Levor Barzman (15 September 1920-17 December 2023) Was an American centenarian, screenwriter, actress, and writer who had been active in the film industry since the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Life and career[]
Norma Barzman was born on 15 September 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. She started her career in 1946 writing the original story for Never Say Goodbye and The Locket. Later, she also wrote Finishing School (1952) and Il triangolo rosso (1967).
Barzman also appeared as an actress in Theatre 70 (1970) and Pajama Party (2000) as the Groovy Grandma guest.
Barzman married mathematician Claude Shannon, known as the "father of information theory", and lived with him in Princeton, New Jersey. They divorced a year later. Barzman moved to Los Angeles with her mother and took classes at the School for Writers, the members of which were leftist. She met and married screenwriter Ben Barzman in 1942 Between the years 1949 and 1976 they lived in London, Paris, and Mougins (France), having been blacklisted from Hollywood. They had seven children. Ben died in 1989. Barzman died at her home in Beverly Hills California on December 17 2023 aged 103.
Gallery[]
From left: Adrian Scott socializing with Norma Barzman (age 26), Jeannie Lees, Bobby Lees, and Anne Scott (seated on floor), c. 1946.
Norma (age 27) when she was blacklisted from Hollywood on October 27, 1947 (restored).
Ben Barzman (middle holding the baby) and Norma Barzman (age 42) (to the right of Ben) with their family at their home in France in 1962.
Suzo Barzman (age 4-6) and her mother Norma Barzman (age 48-51) in a time between 1968 and 1971.
Norma Barzman (age 63) on the cover of an Interview Booklet for her and her husband Ben in 1983.
Back row: Catherine Dent, Norma Barzman (age 87), Becca Wilson, Isabelle R. gunning, Marsha Hunt, Larry Gelbart. Front row: Nat Segaloff, James Whitmore, Ramona Ripston on October 26, 2007.
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