Introduction
Lila Garrett (November 21, 1925 – February 1, 2020) was an American television screenwriter and radio host. She was a former resident of the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital. She 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 candidateMichael Dukakis, presiding as President over the South 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.
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