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 Nam…
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Filmography
Acting (12)
Movies (8)
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
2021as Self - Playwright (archive footage)
Beautiful Darling
2010as Self (archive footage)
The Yellow Bird
2002as Narrator (voice)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994as Self (archive footage)
Tennessee Williams' South
1973
Begegnung mit Tennessee Williams
1972as Self - Interviewee
The Rose Tattoo
1955as Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)
The Screen Director
1951as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew (86)
Movies (83)
A Streetcar Named Desire: Cameri
2025Writer
A Lady’s Beaded Bag
2024Adaptation
The Glass Menagerie
2021Writer
National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
2018Writer
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
2014Theatre Play
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
2014Writer
Here Without Me
2011Screenplay
Here Without Me
2011Theatre Play
Le Paradis sur terre
2011Writer
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008Writer
Suddenly, Last Summer
2007Writer
Akale
2004Theatre Play
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
2003Novel
Desire
2002Idea
The Yellow Bird
2002Writer
A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere
1998Writer
A Streetcar Named Desire
1995Theatre Play
A Streetcar Named Desire
1995Writer
Suddenly, Last Summer
1993Author
Suddenly, Last Summer
1993Writer
The Night of the Iguana
1991Author
Rubber Woman
1991Author
Orpheus Descending
1990Writer
27 Wagons Full of Cotton
1990Writer
Een vreemde liefde
1990Writer
Lady Vaselina
1990Theatre Play
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989Writer
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1989Original Story
The Drift
1989Novel
A Streetcar Named Desire
1989Writer
A Streetcar Named Desire
1987Novel
The Glass Menagerie
1987Writer
Alfarysa
1986Writer
Orpheus Descends to Hell
1986Writer
Noir et blanc
1986Original Story
The Piper
1985Novel
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984Theatre Play
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984Writer
A Streetcar Named Desire
1984Theatre Play
Bourbon Street Blues
1979Writer
Sweet Bird of Youth
1978Author
Cat on Fire
1977Original Story
Cat on Fire
1977Theatre Play
Cat on Fire
1977Writer
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
1976Writer
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1976Writer
Talk to Me Like the Rain
1976Writer
The Migrants
1974Story
The Glass Menagerie
1973Theatre Play
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
1970Theatre Play
Dragon Country
1970Theatre Play
The Glass Menagerie
1969Novel
Boom!
1968Screenplay
Boom!
1968Theatre Play
Hilsen fra Bertha
1968Writer
This Property Is Condemned
1966Theatre Play
The Glass Menagerie
1966Writer
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
1966Writer
Orpheus steigt herab
1965Writer
The Night of the Iguana
1964Theatre Play
Period of Adjustment
1962Theatre Play
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962Theatre Play
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962Writer
Summer and Smoke
1961Theatre Play
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961Novel
The Fugitive Kind
1960Screenplay
The Fugitive Kind
1960Theatre Play
Suddenly, Last Summer
1959Screenplay
Suddenly, Last Summer
1959Theatre Play
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958Theatre Play
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958Writer
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
1958Writer
Baby Doll
1956Screenplay
Baby Doll
1956Theatre Play
The Rose Tattoo
1955Screenplay
The Rose Tattoo
1955Theatre Play
Senso
1954Dialogue
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951Screenplay
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951Theatre Play
The Glass Menagerie
1950Screenplay
The Glass Menagerie
1950Theatre Play
Camino Real
Story
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Theatre Play
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