Known For
Writing
Born
Mar 26, 1911
Died
Feb 24, 1983
Place of Birth
Columbus, Mississippi, USA
Credits
84 titles
Tennessee Williams
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
Filmography
National Theatre at Home: Suddenly Last Summer
Writer
A Streetcar Named Desire
Writer
The Glass Menagerie
Writer
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Self - Playwright (archive footage)
National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Writer
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
Theatre Play
Le Paradis sur terre
Writer
Here Without Me
Theatre Play
Beautiful Darling
Self (archive footage)
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Writer
Suddenly, Last Summer
Writer
Akale
Theatre Play
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Novel
The Yellow Bird
Narrator (voice)
Desire
Idea
A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere
Writer
A Streetcar Named Desire
Writer
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Self (archive footage)
Suddenly, Last Summer
Author
Rubber Woman
Author
The Night of the Iguana
Author
Lady Vaselina
Theatre Play
Orpheus Descending
Writer
27 Wagons Full of Cotton
Writer
Een vreemde liefde
Theatre Play
Sweet Bird of Youth
Writer
A Streetcar Named Desire
Writer
The Drift
Novel
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Original Story
A Streetcar Named Desire
Novel
The Glass Menagerie
Writer
Orpheus Descends to Hell
Writer
Alfarysa
Writer
Noir et blanc
Original Story
The Piper
Novel
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Theatre Play
A Streetcar Named Desire
Theatre Play
American Playhouse
Theatre Play
Bourbon Street Blues
Writer
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Sweet Bird of Youth
Author
Cat on Fire
Original Story
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Writer
Talk to Me Like the Rain
Writer
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
Writer
O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro
Theatre Play
Midi Première
Self
The Migrants
Story
The Glass Menagerie
Theatre Play
Tennessee Williams' South