Bella Lewitzky was born on January 13, 1916 in Llano del Rio, California, USA as Bella Rebecca Lewitzky. She is known for her work on White Savage (1943), Bagdad (1949) and Prehistoric Women (1950). She was married to Newell Taylor Reynolds. She died on July 16, 2004 in Pasadena, California.
She was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1996 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
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She was a dancer, choreographer, and a teacher.
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In 1951, she was subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee to answer questions about possible communist activities in the arts. "I'm a dancer, not a singer," she replied.
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In 1991, she successfully sued the National Endowment for the Arts over the anti-obscenity clause in grant contracts, arguing that artists ought to have the right to produce work that may be viewed by some as obscene.
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