List of women identified as communists in Red Channels
During the early days of the Cold War, many prominent women were listed as communists or fellow travellers in the American anti-communist publication Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television in June 1950. As a result of being listed in the pages of this volume, many of these 41 women found it difficult to find employment in media industries.
List
- Stella Adler: Actress, director
- Edith Atwater: Actress
- Vera Caspary: Writer, novelist
- Mady Christians: Actress; council member, Actors' Equity Association
- Louise Fitch: Actress
- Ruth Gordon: Actress, writer
- Shirley Graham: Musician; writer; founding member of Sojourners for Truth and Justice
- Uta Hagen: Actress, teacher
- Lillian Hellman: Playwright, author
- Rose Hobart: Actress; board member, Screen Actors' Guild
- Judy Holliday: Actress
- Lena Horne: Singer, actress
- Marsha Hunt: Actress
- Donna Keath: Actress
- Pert Kelton: Actress
- Adelaide Klein: Actress
- Gypsy Rose Lee: Burlesque artist; quiz show host; recording secretary American Guild of Variety Artists
- Madeline Lee: Actress, social activist
- Ray Lev: Concert pianist
- Ella Logan: Singer
- Aline MacMahon: Actress
- Margo, sometimes known as Margo Albert: Actress, dancer
- Jean Muir: Actress
- Meg Mundy: Actress
- Dorothy Parker: Writer; co-founder Hollywood Anti-Nazi League
- Minerva Pious: Actress
- Anne Revere: Actress; secretary, Screen Actors Guild
- Selena Royle: Actress
- Hazel Scott: Musician, actress
- Lisa Sergio: Radio commentator
- Ann Shepherd: Actress
- Gale Sondergaard: Actress
- Hester Sondergaard: Actress
- Helen Tamiris: Choreographer
- Betty Todd: Director; secretary, Radio and Television Directors Guild
- Hilda Vaughn: Actress
- Fredi Washington: Actress; journalist, The People's Voice; secretary, Negro Actors Guild of
- Margaret Webster: Author, director, producer
- Ireene Wicker: Radio show host
- Betty Winkler: Actress
- Lesley Woods: Actress
- Adelaide Bean: Actress