Tennessee Williams
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- March 26, 1911
- Died
- February 24, 1983 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- Columbus, Mississippi, USA
Biography
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
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Filmography
Camino Real
Movie · Story
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie · Theatre Play
National Theatre at Home: Suddenly Last Summer
Movie · Writer
A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie · Writer
The Glass Menagerie
Movie · Writer
National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie · Writer
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie · Theatre Play, Writer
Le Paradis sur terre
Movie · Writer
Here Without Me
Movie · Theatre Play
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Movie · Writer
Suddenly, Last Summer
Movie · Writer
Akale
Movie · Theatre Play
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Movie · Novel
The Yellow Bird
Movie · Writer
Desire
Movie · Idea
A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere
Movie · Writer
A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie · Writer, Theatre Play
Suddenly, Last Summer
Movie · Author, Writer
Rubber Woman
Movie · Author
The Night of the Iguana
Movie · Author
27 Wagons Full of Cotton
Movie · Writer
Orpheus Descending
Movie · Writer
Lady Vaselina
Movie · Theatre Play
Een vreemde liefde
Movie · Theatre Play
Sweet Bird of Youth
Movie · Writer
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie · Original Story
A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie · Writer
The Drift
Movie · Novel
The Glass Menagerie
Movie · Writer, Theatre Play
A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie · Novel
Noir et blanc
Movie · Original Story
Orpheus Descends to Hell
Movie · Writer
Alfarysa
Movie · Writer
The Piper
Movie · Novel
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie · Theatre Play, Writer
A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie · Theatre Play
American Playhouse
TV · Theatre Play, Writer · 1 ep
Bourbon Street Blues
Movie · Writer
Sweet Bird of Youth
Movie · Author
Cat on Fire
Movie · Original Story, Theatre Play
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
Movie · Writer
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie · Writer
Talk to Me Like the Rain
Movie · Writer
O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro
Movie · Theatre Play
Hablame como la lluvia
Movie · Screenplay
The Migrants
Movie · Story
The Glass Menagerie
Movie · Theatre Play
Monday's Theater
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Dragon Country
Movie · Theatre Play
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
Movie · Theatre Play
The Glass Menagerie
Movie · Novel
Hilsen fra Bertha
Movie · Writer
Boom!
Movie · Theatre Play, Screenplay
This Property Is Condemned
Movie · Theatre Play
The Glass Menagerie
Movie · Writer
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
Movie · Writer
CBS Playhouse
TV · Writer · 1 ep
NET Playhouse
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Orpheus steigt herab
Movie · Writer
BBC Play of the Month
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · Writer · 1 ep
The Night of the Iguana
Movie · Theatre Play
Sweet Bird of Youth
Movie · Theatre Play
Period of Adjustment
Movie · Theatre Play
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Movie · Novel
Summer and Smoke
Movie · Theatre Play
The Fugitive Kind
Movie · Screenplay, Theatre Play
Suddenly, Last Summer
Movie · Theatre Play, Screenplay
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie · Theatre Play
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Movie · Writer
Baby Doll
Movie · Screenplay, Theatre Play
The Rose Tattoo
Movie · Screenplay, Theatre Play
Senso
Movie · Dialogue
A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie · Theatre Play, Screenplay
The Glass Menagerie
Movie · Screenplay, Theatre Play