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 (she co-wrote episodes 10 and 13 with Bernie Kahn),[2] My Favorite Martian,[3] All in the Family,[4] and Bewitched.
[5] She also co-wrote The Barefoot Executive, a 1971 Disney TV movie,[6] with Kahn and Stu Billett.
An anti-war activist, Garrett's political engagement includes starting Americans Against War with Iraq,[7] serving as a DNC delegate for presidential candidate Michael Dukakis,[8] presiding as president[9] over the Southern California chapter of the Americans for Democratic Action, and being a founding member of Progressive Democrats of America.
[1] She hosted KPFK's Connect the Dots on Pacifica Radio,[1] interviewing left-leaning luminaries and often closed her show with "The arms industry has neither allies nor enemies, only customers."
She was a frequent contributor to the LA Progressive, an online magazine[10] She lived in the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital for a while.