Silvia Richards (born Silvia Hope Goodenough) was an American screenwriter who worked on a number of films in the 1940s and 1950s, including the film noir Ruby Gentry and the Western Rancho Notorious.
Richards was born in Indianola, Iowa, to Aubrey Goodenough and Gertrude Pearl.
The two lived in New York for a time, where their son David was born; they'd eventually move to Hollywood to launch careers as screenwriters.
Her action helped cause a divorce from her husband, screenwriter Robert L. Richards, who would not testify for the committee.
Robert Richards was blacklisted and forced to write under various pseudonyms for the remainder of his career.