Lila Garrett obit

 Screenwriter Lile Garrett Has Died

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Lila Garrett (November 21, 1925 – February 1, 2020) was an American television screenwriter and radio host who 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 candidate Michael Dukakis, presiding as President over the Southern 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.

She had lived in the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital.

 

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

 

Writer

Michael Roberds, John DeSantis, Steven Fox, Nicole Fugere, Ellie Harvie, Betty Phillips, Brody Smith, and Glenn Taranto in The New Addams Family (1998)

The New Addams Family

6.4

TV Series

story

1999

1 episode

 

Terri Ivens and Jason London in The Barefoot Executive (1995)

The Barefoot Executive

4.9

TV Movie

story

1995

 

Fran Drescher in The Nanny (1993)

The Nanny

7.1

TV Series

written by

1994

1 episode

 

Who Gets the Friends? (1988)

Who Gets the Friends?

6.1

TV Movie

Writer

1988

 

Madolyn Smith Osborne in The Other Woman (1983)

The Other Woman

6.9

TV Movie

Writer

1983

 

Getting There

7.0

TV Movie

Writer

1980

 

Kim Fields, Tony Holmes, Helen Martin, Denise Nicholas, and Demond Wilson in Baby... I'm Back! (1977)

Baby... I'm Back!

7.4

TV Series

creator

written by

1977–1978

13 episodes

 

Terraces (1977)

Terraces

5.9

TV Movie

written by

1977

 

Newman's Drugstore

TV Movie

Writer

1976

 

Ron Carey, Max Gail, Ron Glass, James Gregory, Steve Landesberg, Hal Linden, and Jack Soo in Barney Miller (1975)

Barney Miller

8.3

TV Series

executive story consultant

story by

1975

1 episode

 

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972)

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

7.3

TV Series

writer

1974–1975

2 episodes

 

David Hartman in Lucas Tanner (1974)

Lucas Tanner

7.0

TV Series

story by

1975

1 episode

 

Another April

TV Movie

Writer

1974

 

Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Carroll O'Connor, and Jean Stapleton in All in the Family (1971)

All in the Family

8.4

TV Series

written by

story by

teleplay by

1972–1974

2 episodes

 

Bea Arthur in Maude (1972)

Maude

7.3

TV Series

teleplay by

1974

1 episode

 

The Magical World of Disney (1954)

The Magical World of Disney

8.4

TV Series

writer

1973

2 episodes

 

Helen Reddy in The Helen Reddy Show (1973)

The Helen Reddy Show

7.2

TV Series

Writer

1973

1 episode

 

"The Julie Andrews Hour" Julie Andrews

The Julie Andrews Hour

8.8

TV Series

Writer

1972

7 episodes

 

M. Emmet Walsh, Tom Bosley, Sandy Duncan, Marian Mercer, and Pam Zarit in The Sandy Duncan Show (1972)

The Sandy Duncan Show

6.8

TV Series

Writer

1972

 

Kraft Music Hall Presents: The Des O'Connor Show (1970)

Kraft Music Hall Presents: The Des O'Connor Show

6.2

TV Series

Writer

1971

1 episode

 

Kurt Russell, Heather North, and Raffles in The Barefoot Executive (1971)

The Barefoot Executive

5.9

story

1971

 

Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, and Dick York in Bewitched (1964)

Bewitched

7.6

TV Series

written by

1967–1971

12 episodes

 

Nanny and the Professor (1970)

Nanny and the Professor

7.2

TV Series

written by

1970

1 episode

 

Lisa Gerritsen, Joan Hotchkis, and William Windom in My World and Welcome to It (1969)

My World and Welcome to It

8.5

TV Series

written by

1970

2 episodes

 

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1969)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

7.0

TV Series

written by

1969

1 episode

 

Love, American Style (1969)

Love, American Style

6.8

TV Series

written by

1969

3 episodes

 

The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969)

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

7.3

TV Series

story

1969

1 episode

 

Peter Kastner in The Ugliest Girl in Town (1968)

The Ugliest Girl in Town

4.9

TV Series

writer

written by

1969

2 episodes

 

The Second Hundred Years (1967)

The Second Hundred Years

7.6

TV Series

written by

1967–1968

3 episodes

 

Occasional Wife (1966)

Occasional Wife

7.6

TV Series

written by

1967

1 episode

 

Don Adams and Barbara Feldon in Get Smart (1965)

Get Smart

8.2

TV Series

written by

1966

2 episodes

 

Anne Francis in Honey West (1965)

Honey West

7.5

TV Series

teleplay

1966

1 episode

 

Hank (1965)

Hank

7.3

TV Series

written by

1966

1 episode

 

Bea Benaderet, Edgar Buchanan, Frank Cady, Linda Henning, Jeannine Riley, Pat Woodell, and Higgins in Petticoat Junction (1963)

Petticoat Junction

7.0

TV Series

written by

1965–1966

2 episodes

 

Jackie Coogan, John Astin, Marie Blake, Ted Cassidy, Carolyn Jones, Lisa Loring, and Ken Weatherwax in The Addams Family (1964)

The Addams Family

8.0

TV Series

story

1966

1 episode

 

The Lucy Show (1962)

The Lucy Show

7.2

TV Series

written by

1965

1 episode

 

Jerry Van Dyke in My Mother the Car (1965)

My Mother the Car

4.7

TV Series

written by

1965

1 episode

 

My Brother the Angel (1965)

My Brother the Angel

7.3

TV Series

writer

1965

1 episode

 

My Favorite Martian (1963)

My Favorite Martian

7.2

TV Series

story

1965

1 episode

 

Snuffy Smith and Barney Google (1961)

Snuffy Smith and Barney Google

7.3

TV Series

story

1963–1964

11 episodes

 

Beetle Bailey (1963)

Beetle Bailey

6.4

TV Series

story

1963

1 episode

 

Krazy Kat (1962)

Krazy Kat

6.3

TV Series

story

1963

2 episodes

 

Producer

Who Gets the Friends? (1988)

Who Gets the Friends?

6.1

TV Movie

producer

1988

 

Madolyn Smith Osborne in The Other Woman (1983)

The Other Woman

6.9

TV Movie

producer

1983

 

Getting There

7.0

TV Movie

executive producer

1980

 

Kim Fields, Tony Holmes, Helen Martin, Denise Nicholas, and Demond Wilson in Baby... I'm Back! (1977)

Baby... I'm Back!

7.4

TV Series

executive producer

producer

1977–1978

12 episodes

 

William Daniels, Jeff Harlan, Sparky Marcus, Russ Petranto, Robbie Rist, and Wendy Fredericks in Instant Family (1977)

Instant Family

6.0

TV Movie

executive producer

1977

 

Terraces (1977)

Terraces

5.9

TV Movie

producer

1977

 

Valerie Bertinelli, Bonnie Franklin, Pat Harrington Jr., and Mackenzie Phillips in One Day at a Time (1975)

One Day at a Time

6.6

TV Series

executive producer

1976

1 episode

 

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972)

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

7.3

TV Series

producer

1975

1 episode

 

Director

Sela Ward, Brooke Adams, Stephanie Faracy, and Shelley Hack in Bridesmaids (1989)

Bridesmaids

5.9

TV Movie

Director

1989

 

Who Gets the Friends? (1988)

Who Gets the Friends?

6.1

TV Movie

Director

1988

 

Chad Lowe in Spencer (1984)

Spencer

8.1

TV Series

Director

1984–1985

5 episodes

 

Baby Makes Five (1983)

Baby Makes Five

5.0

TV Series

Director

1983

1 episode

 

Martin Balsam, Carroll O'Connor, Danielle Brisebois, and Jean Stapleton in Archie Bunker's Place (1979)

Archie Bunker's Place

6.4

TV Series

Director

1979

2 episodes

 

Terraces (1977)

Terraces

5.9

TV Movie

Director

1977