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Tennessee Williams

Writer, Actor

March 26, 1911 — February 24, 1983 (71 years)
Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama. At age 33, after years of obscurity, Williams suddenly became famous with the success of The Glass Menagerie (1944) in New York City. It was the first of a string of successes, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), and The Night of the Iguana (1961). With his later work, Williams attempted a new style that did not appeal as widely to audiences. His drama A Streetcar Named Desire is often numbered on short lists of the finest American plays of the 20th century alongside Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. Much of Williams's most acclaimed work has been adapted for the cinema. He also wrote short stories, poetry, essays, and a volume of memoirs. In 1979, four years before his death, Williams was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

From Wikipedia.

Known For

  • A Streetcar Named Desire
    A Streetcar Named Desire1951
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1958
  • Baby Doll
    Baby Doll1956
  • Sweet Bird of Youth
    Sweet Bird of Youth1962
  • The Rose Tattoo
    The Rose Tattoo1955
  • The Fugitive Kind
    The Fugitive Kind1960
  • The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
    The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone1961
  • The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
    The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond2008
  • Here Without Me
    Here Without Me2011
  • The Glass Menagerie
    The Glass Menagerie1987
  • This Property Is Condemned
    This Property Is Condemned1966
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
    A Streetcar Named Desire1995
  • The Glass Menagerie
    The Glass Menagerie1950
  • National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
    National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire2014
  • Summer and Smoke
    Summer and Smoke1961
  • The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
    The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone2003
  • Period of Adjustment
    Period of Adjustment1962
  • The Glass Menagerie
    The Glass Menagerie1973
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof2018
  • Sweet Bird of Youth
    Sweet Bird of Youth1989

Filmography

2018
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
2008
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2007
U & Me & Tennessee: An American Romance...
2003
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone · as Novel
1995
A Streetcar Named Desire
1990
Orpheus Descending
1989
Sweet Bird of Youth
1987
The Glass Menagerie
1985
El-Zammar · as Novel
1976
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1970
To theatro tis Defteras
1966
CBS Playhouse: The Glass Menagerie
1966
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
1965
Play of the Month
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1964
NET Playhouse
1961
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone · as Novel
1960
The Fugitive Kind · as Screenplay
1959
Suddenly, Last Summer · as Screenplay
1956
Baby Doll · as Screenplay
1955
The Rose Tattoo · as Screenplay