Shut Up He Explained: The Memoir of a Blacklisted Kid
(With a wicked sense of humor and a born writer’s perfect ...)
With a wicked sense of humor and a born writer’s perfect timing, Kate Lardner conjures up the Hollywood of the McCarthy era. In a kaleidoscopic and irresistible memoir, Lardner brings to life her jumbled childhood in a household of artistically talented, larger-than-life grown-ups. Kate Lardner presents a vivid, behind-the-scenes look at the personal and family costs of weathering this ruthless and absurd period in history.
Kate Lardner is an American author. She is known for her work on Quincy M.E., Making Mr. Right and The Crutch. Her most prominent writing is "Shut up He Explained: The Memoir of a Blacklisted Kid".
Background
Kate Lardner was born as Katharine Lardner on the 14th of January, 1943 in New York City, New York, United States. She comes from a family with a long history of literary talent. Her grandfather, Ring Lardner, was a celebrated short story and sportswriter, a frequent contributor to the Saturday Evening Post. Her father, David Lardner, was a writer for the New Yorker. While on assignment in Germany during World War II, he was killed. Two years later, Kate's mother, actress Frances Chaney, married David's brother Ring Lardner, Jr. Lardner, Jr. was a successful screenwriter, winning Academy Awards for the motion pictures Woman of the Year and M.A.S.H.
Education
Kate Lardner studied acting with Sanford Meisner in New York City and with Peggy Feury in Los Angeles.
Career
Kate Lardner began her career as a writer. She apprenticed as sound editor on the film "Making Mr. Right" that came out in 1987. She has also taught writing at schools and institutions, including the C.G. Jung Institute of New York, Manhattanville College, and The Writer's Voice, and currently, she teaches privately.
In 2004, Kate Lardner published her first book "Shut up He Explained: The Memoir of a Blacklisted Kid", which tells the story of her childhood and adolescence spent with her talented yet victimized family. Using a combination of reproduced letters and vignettes from her memories, Lardner recalls the difficult year her stepfather spent in prison, the years afterward while he and her mother were blacklisted unable to secure work because of their political views and the ways in which her parents coped with this crisis.
Achievements
Ms. Lardner's essays and articles have appeared in various publications, including the New York Times, Good Housekeeping and Town & Country. Ms. Lardner has appeared on radio and TV talk shows and panels, and, as an actress, on film, stage, and TV.
(With a wicked sense of humor and a born writer’s perfect ...)
2004
Connections
Kate Lardner was married to Tommy Lee Jones, but they divorced in 1978. They have two children.
Father:
David Lardner
Mother:
Frances Chaney
Frances Chaney was born on the 23rd of July, 1915 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire as Fanya Lipetz. She was an actress, known for When Harry Met Sally, Law & Order and Life with Mikey. She was married to Ring Lardner Jr. and David Ellis Lardner. She died on the 23rd of November, 2004 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
stepfather:
Ring Lardner Jr.
The Oscar-winning screenwriter, Ring Lardner, Jr., will always be known for one of two things: that he was the son of one of the greatest humorists American literature has produced, and he was one of the Hollywood 10, the ten film-makers who refused to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigating subversion in Hollywood and were fined and jailed for the defiance.
Grandfather:
Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner was born on the 6th of March, 1885 in Niles, Michigan, the USA as Ringgold Wilmer Lardner. He was a writer and actor, known for The Cowboy Quarterback, Elmer, the Great and The New Klondike. He was married to Ellis Abbott. He died on the 27th of September, 1933 in Easthampton, Long Island, New York, USA. Famous for his Saturday Evening Post series "You Know Me Al".
grandmother:
Ellis Abbot
Great-grandfather:
Henry Lardner
Brother:
James Lardner
Ex-husband:
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones was born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Lucille Marie (Scott), a police officer and beauty shop owner, and Clyde C. Jones, who worked on oil fields. Tommy himself worked in underwater construction and on an oil rig. He attended St. Mark's School of Texas, a prestigious prep school for boys in Dallas, on a scholarship, and went to Harvard on another scholarship. He roomed with future Vice President Al Gore and played offensive guard in the famous 29-29 Harvard-Yale football game of '68 known as "The Tie." He received a Bachelor of Arts in English literature and graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1969. Following college, he moved to New York and began his theatrical career on Broadway in "A Patriot for Me" (1969). In 1970, he made his film debut in Love Story (1970). He often plays hard-edged but sarcastic law enforcement and military officers.
