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Bess Taffel Boyle (December 10, 1913 – July 21, 2000) was an American screenwriter, whose career was effectively ended after she was identified as a member of the Communist Party during the McCarthy period. Taffel is known for writing such films as Elopement.
Sep 4, 2000 · Bess Taffel, a screenwriter blacklisted in Hollywood after refusing to answer to the House Un-American Activities Committee, has died. Taffel died July 21 of a stroke at UCLA Medical Center,...
May 23, 2007 · Bessie Berinhout Taffel, 92, a Congregation Beth Jacob founder and the longest-serving volunteer at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center with 34 years and more than 83,000 hours, died Wednesday, May 23, 2007.
She wrote only a few television scripts from 1969 to 1974, before she ended her career entirely. She had worked in the Yiddish theatre before becoming a writer in Hollywood. Her widower died at the age of 100 on August 1, 2010. His career was apparently not impacted by his wife"s blacklisting.
May 26, 2007 · Family-Placed Death Notice Bessie Berinhout Taffel, 92, of Atlanta, Georgia, died on May 23, 2007. For 35 years, Bessie was a passionate and dedicated volunteer at the Veterans Affairs (VA...
Aug 4, 2010 · Boyle’s wife, screenwriter Bess Taffel, died in 2000. He is survived by his daughters, Emily Boyle-Biddle and Susan Licon; and three grandchildren. Services are pending.
Aug 4, 2010 · After the war, they resumed their collaboration and he married Bess Taffel, a contract writer at RKO who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. She died in 2000.
