
Known for
Writing
Born
March 26, 1911
Birthplace
Columbus, Mississippi, USA
Died
February 24, 1983 (aged 71)
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 aud...
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Theatre Play
2027
2025
Writer
2021
Writer
2021
as Self - Playwright (archive footage)
2018
2014
Theatre Play, Writer
2011
Writer
2011
Theatre Play
2010
as Self (archive footage)
2008
2007
Writer
2004
Theatre Play
2003
2002
as Narrator (voice), Writer
2002
Idea
1998
1995
Writer, Theatre Play
1994
as Self (archive footage)
1993
Author, Writer
1991
Author
1991
Author
1990
Theatre Play
1990
Writer