Big-Time Celebrities Who Don't Get Hired Anymore

Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker was a screenwriter for popular directors in the '30s and '40s. She had a helping hand in some of the best movies out of those decades. She was accused of having ties to communism and had her career completely ruined. In 1949, Parker received a 1,000-word letter, acknowledging her blacklisting for reasons tied to suspicion.

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