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.
Personal Details
Movies (47)
A Streetcar Named Desire: Cameri
Writer (Writing)
2025
A Lady’s Beaded Bag
Adaptation (Writing)
2024
The Glass Menagerie
Writer (Writing)
2021
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
as Self - Playwright (archive footage)
2021
National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Writer (Writing)
2018
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
Theatre Play (Writing)
2014
Le Paradis sur terre
Writer (Writing)
2011
Here Without Me
Screenplay (Writing)
2011
Beautiful Darling
as Self (archive footage)
2010
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Writer (Writing)
2008
Suddenly, Last Summer
Writer (Writing)
2007
Akale
Theatre Play (Writing)
2004
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Novel (Writing)
2003
The Yellow Bird
as Narrator (voice)
2002
Desire
Idea (Writing)
2002
A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere
Writer (Writing)
1998
A Streetcar Named Desire
Writer (Writing)
1995
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Suddenly, Last Summer
Author (Writing)
1993
Rubber Woman
Author (Writing)
1991
The Night of the Iguana
Author (Writing)
1991
Lady Vaselina
Theatre Play (Writing)
1990
Orpheus Descending
Writer (Writing)
1990
Een vreemde liefde
Writer (Writing)
1990
27 Wagons Full of Cotton
Writer (Writing)
1990
Sweet Bird of Youth
Writer (Writing)
1989
A Streetcar Named Desire
Writer (Writing)
1989
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Original Story (Writing)
1989
The Drift
Novel (Writing)
1989
A Streetcar Named Desire
Novel (Writing)
1987
The Glass Menagerie
Writer (Writing)
1987
Orpheus Descends to Hell
Writer (Writing)
1986
Alfarysa
Writer (Writing)
1986
Noir et blanc
Original Story (Writing)
1986
The Piper
Novel (Writing)
1985
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Theatre Play (Writing)
1984
A Streetcar Named Desire
Theatre Play (Writing)
1984
Bourbon Street Blues
Writer (Writing)
1979
Sweet Bird of Youth
Author (Writing)
1978
Cat on Fire
Writer (Writing)
1977
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Writer (Writing)
1976
Talk to Me Like the Rain
Writer (Writing)
1976
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
Writer (Writing)
1976
The Migrants
Story (Writing)
1974
The Glass Menagerie
Theatre Play (Writing)
1973
Tennessee Williams' South
1973
Begegnung mit Tennessee Williams
as Self - Interviewee
1972
