Tennessee Williams
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-03-26 (72 years old)
Deathday
1983-02-24
Place of Birth
Columbus, Mississippi, USA
Also known As
-
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 attempte...
Acting
2002
as Narrator (voice)
1955
as Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)
2010
as Self (archive footage)
1951
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
as Self (archive footage)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2021
as Self - Playwright (archive footage)
Production
1958
as Theatre Play
1951
as Theatre Play
1951
as Screenplay
1984
as Theatre Play
1962
as Theatre Play
1956
as Screenplay
2008
as Writer
1962
as Theatre Play
1959
as Screenplay
1959
as Theatre Play
1966
as Theatre Play
1955
as Screenplay
1989
as Writer
1968
as Writer
2002
as Writer
2014
as Theatre Play
1965
as Writer
1979
as Writer
2007
as Writer
1976
as Writer
1958
as Writer
1990
as Writer
1974
as Story
1990
as Writer
1968
as Writer
1990
as Writer
1976
as Writer
1995
as Writer
1961
as Novel
2021
as Writer
1984
as Writer
1970
as Theatre Play
1954
as Dialogue
1956
as Theatre Play
1984
as Theatre Play
1955
as Theatre Play
2011
as Writer
1977
as Writer
1989
as Original Story
2011
as Screenplay
1986
as Original Story
1989
as Writer
1950
as Theatre Play
1950
as Screenplay
1966
as Writer
1993
as Author
1961
as Theatre Play
1973
as Theatre Play
2018
1966
as Writer
2003
as Novel
-
as Story
1958
as Writer
1960
as Screenplay
1969
as Novel
1986
as Writer
1987
as Writer
1962
as Writer
2002
as Idea
1986
as Writer
1960
as Original Film Writer
1977
as Original Story
1991
as Author
2024
as Adaptation
1978
as Author
-
as Theatre Play
2014
2004
as Theatre Play
1964
as Theatre Play
1970
as Theatre Play
1993
as Writer
1985
as Novel
1987
as Novel
1968
as Original Film Writer
1976
as Writer
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