Biography
Alvah Cecil Bessie (June 4, 1904 – July 21, 1985) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter who was blacklisted by the movie studios for being one of the Hollywood Ten who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He was a member of the Communist Party USA and participated in paramilitary activity as part of the Comintern's International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.
Filmography
all 14
Movies 14
Writer 9
self 4
Screenplay 1
Self
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015)
Movie
Self
A War in Hollywood (2009)
Movie
Writer
Hard Traveling (1986)
Movie
Self - Interviewee
Hollywood on Trial (1976)
Movie
Writer
The Sex Symbol (1974)
Movie
Writer
Spain Again (1969)
Movie
Writer
Passage West (1951)
Movie
Self
The Hollywood Ten (1950)
Movie
Writer
Smart Woman (1948)
Movie
Writer
Ruthless (1948)
Movie
Writer
Hotel Berlin (1945)
Movie
Writer
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Movie
Screenplay
The Very Thought of You (1944)
Movie
6.43
Writer
Northern Pursuit (1943)
Movie
6
Ratings
Average 5.96
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1943
1948
1951
1976
2015
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1904-06-04
Deathday1985-07-21 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsAlvah Cecil Bessie
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
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