About

Known credits:
86
Birthday:
1911-03-26
Place of birth:
Columbus, Mississippi, USA
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Tennessee Williams

Overview

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

Acting
2021 Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation Actor Self - Playwright (archive footage) 58
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2010 Beautiful Darling Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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2002 The Yellow Bird Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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1994 Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1973 Tennessee Williams' South Actor 58
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1955 The Rose Tattoo Actor Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited) 60
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1951 The Screen Director Actor Self (archive footage) (uncredited) N/A
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Writing
2024 A Lady’s Beaded Bag Writing Adaptation N/A
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2021 The Glass Menagerie Writing Writer 58
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2018 National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Writing Writer 58
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2014 National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire Writing Writer 59
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2014 National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire Writing Theatre Play 59
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2011 Le Paradis sur terre Writing Writer 59
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2011 Here Without Me Writing Screenplay 59
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2008 The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Writing Writer 58
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2007 Suddenly, Last Summer Writing Writer N/A
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2004 Akale Writing Theatre Play 58
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2003 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone Writing Novel 58
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2002 The Yellow Bird Writing Writer N/A
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2002 Desire Writing Idea N/A
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1998 A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere Writing Writer N/A
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1995 A Streetcar Named Desire Writing Writer 59
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1995 A Streetcar Named Desire Writing Theatre Play 59
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1993 Suddenly, Last Summer Writing Author 58
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1993 Suddenly, Last Summer Writing Writer 58
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1991 Rubber Woman Writing Author N/A
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1990 Orpheus Descending Writing Writer 58
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1990 Een vreemde liefde Writing Writer N/A
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1990 27 Wagons Full of Cotton Writing Writer 59
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1989 Sweet Bird of Youth Writing Writer 58
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1989 Трамвай «Желание» Writing Writer 58
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1989 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Writing Original Story N/A
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1989 The Drift Writing Novel N/A
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1987 The Glass Menagerie Writing Writer 58
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1987 A Streetcar Named Desire Writing Novel N/A
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1986 Orpheus Descends to Hell Writing Writer N/A
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1986 Alfarysa Writing Writer N/A
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1986 Noir et blanc Writing Original Story 58
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1985 The Piper Writing Novel 58
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1984 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Writing Theatre Play 58
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1984 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Writing Writer 58
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1984 A Streetcar Named Desire Writing Theatre Play 58
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1979 Bourbon Street Blues Writing Writer 58
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1978 Sweet Bird of Youth Writing Author N/A
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1977 Cat on Fire Writing Original Story 58
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1977 Cat on Fire Writing Writer 58
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1976 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Writing Writer 58
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1976 Talk to Me Like the Rain Writing Writer 59
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1976 The Eccentricities of a Nightingale Writing Writer 58
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1974 The Migrants Writing Story 58
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1973 The Glass Menagerie Writing Theatre Play 59
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1970 Last of the Mobile Hot Shots Writing Theatre Play 58
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1970 Dragon Country Writing Theatre Play 59
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1969 The Glass Menagerie Writing Novel N/A
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1968 Boom! Writing Writer 58
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1968 Boom! Writing Original Film Writer 58
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1968 Hilsen fra Bertha Writing Writer N/A
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1966 The Glass Menagerie Writing Writer 58
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1966 Ten Blocks on the Camino Real Writing Writer N/A
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1966 This Property Is Condemned Writing Theatre Play 59
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1965 Orpheus steigt herab Writing Writer N/A
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1964 The Night of the Iguana Writing Theatre Play 61
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1962 Period of Adjustment Writing Theatre Play 58
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1962 Sweet Bird of Youth Writing Theatre Play 60
Fair
1962 Sweet Bird of Youth Writing Writer 60
Fair
1961 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone Writing Novel 59
Average
1961 Summer and Smoke Writing Theatre Play 59
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1960 The Fugitive Kind Writing Original Film Writer 60
Fair
1960 The Fugitive Kind Writing Screenplay 60
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1959 Suddenly, Last Summer Writing Screenplay 63
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1959 Suddenly, Last Summer Writing Theatre Play 63
Fair
1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Writing Writer 69
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1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Writing Theatre Play 69
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1958 Three Plays by Tennessee Williams Writing Writer 58
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1957 You Touched Me Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1956 Baby Doll Writing Theatre Play 61
Fair
1956 Baby Doll Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1955 The Rose Tattoo Writing Theatre Play 60
Fair
1955 The Rose Tattoo Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1954 Senso Writing Dialogue 62
Fair
1951 A Streetcar Named Desire Writing Theatre Play 71
Good
1951 A Streetcar Named Desire Writing Screenplay 71
Good
1950 The Glass Menagerie Writing Theatre Play 58
Average
1950 The Glass Menagerie Writing Screenplay 58
Average
Camino Real Writing Story N/A
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Writing Theatre Play N/A
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