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Tennessee Williams (1911–1983)

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Tennessee Williams met long-term partner Frank Merlo in the summer of 1948 (Merlo died of lung cancer in the fall of 1963). Though separated briefly in 1961 and again in 1962, the two were partners for 15 years. Merlo acted as his personal manager/secretary. Williams spent much of his most prolific years in Rome... See full bio »

Born:

Thomas Lanier Williams
in Columbus, Mississippi, USA

Died:

(age 71) in New York City, New York, USA
Tennessee Williams, Elia Kazan, 1967, **I.V. Tennessee Williams at the opening of
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2010 Orpheus Descending (short) (story) (completed)
 
2011 Here Without Me (play "The Glass Menagerie")
 
2011 Gioia Osthoff Demovideo (short)
 
2010 The Night at Moon Lake Casino (short) (original story)
 
2009 Rain (video short)
 
2008 The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (screenplay)
 
2007 U & Me & Tennessee: An American Romance... (documentary)
 
2004 Akale (play "Glass Menagerie")
 
2003 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (TV movie) (novella)
 
2001 The Yellow Bird (short) (play)
 
2000 The Night of the Iguana
 
1976-1998 Great Performances (TV series)
– A Streetcar Named Desire: From the San Francisco Opera (1998) (based on the play by)
– Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (play)
– Eccentricities of a Nightingale (1976) (play)
 
1995 A Streetcar Named Desire (TV movie) (play)
 
1994 Pokoj u trati (short) (play "The Strangest Kind of Romance")
 
1990 Orpheus Descending (TV movie) (play)
 
1990 American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts (TV series)
– 27 Wagons Full of Cotton (1990) (writer)
 
1990 27 Wagons Full of Cotton (video)
 
1990 Een vreemde liefde (TV movie) (play "The Strangest Kind of Romance")
 
1989 Sweet Bird of Youth (TV movie) (play)
 
1989 Leoforeio, o Pothos (video) (play "A Streetcar Named Desire")
 
1989 The Drift (video) (novel "The Roman Spring of Mrs.Stone")
 
1987 The Glass Menagerie (play)
 
1986 Noir et blanc (story - uncredited)
 
1984 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (TV movie) (play)
 
1984 A Streetcar Named Desire (TV movie) (play)
 
1981 Linje lusta (TV movie) (play "A Streetcar Named Desire")
 
1979 Bourbon Street Blues (short) (play "The Lady Larkspur Lotion")
 
1977 The Glass Menagerie (TV movie) (play "The Glass Menagerie")
 
1976 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (TV movie) (play / screenplay)
 
1976 Hablame como la lluvia (short) (play)
 
1976 Sprich zu mir wie der Regen (short) (play "Talk to Me Like the Rain")
 
1974 El teatro (TV series)
– Verano y humo (1974) (play)
 
1974 Noche de teatro (TV series)
– Dulce pájaro de juventud (1974) (play)
 
1974 The Migrants (TV movie) (story)
 
1973 The Glass Menagerie (TV movie) (play)
 
1973 Lasinen eläintarha (TV movie) (play "The Glass Menagerie")
 
1972 27 Waggons Baumwolle (TV movie) (play)
 
1972 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
– Summer and Smoke (1972) (play)
 
1970 Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (play "Seven Descents of Myrtle")
 
1970 Dragon Country (TV movie) (plays "I Can't Imagine Tomorrow", "Talk to Me Like the Rain" and "Let Me Listen")
 
1969 Die Glasmenagerie (TV movie) (novel "The Glass-Menagerie")
 
1969 Glassmenasjeriet (TV movie) (play)
 
1968 Hora once (TV series)
– Auto de fe (1968)
 
1968 Hilsen fra Bertha (TV movie) (play "Hello from Bertha")
 
1968 Boom! (play "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore" / screenplay)
 
1968 Portret van een madonna (TV movie)
 
1967 Glasmenageriet (TV movie)
 
1966 CBS Playhouse: The Glass Menagerie (TV movie) (play)
 
1966 Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (TV movie) (play / screenplay)
 
1966 This Property Is Condemned (play)
 
1966 Outoa romantiikkaa (TV movie) (play "The Strangest Kind of Romance")
 
1966 Teatterituokio (TV series)
– Moonyn poika ei itke (1966) (play "Mooney's Kid Don't Cry")
 
1965 Torakkanainen (TV movie) (play "The Lady of Larkspur Lotion")
 
1965 Tervehdys Berthalta (TV movie) (play "Hello from Bertha")
 
1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
– Portrait of a Madonna (1965) (writer)
 
1965 Mooney's jongen huilt niet (TV movie) (play "Mooney's Kid Don't Cry")
 
1964 The Night of the Iguana (play)
 
1964 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
– Camino Real (1964) (story)
– The Rose Tattoo (1964) (writer)
 
1963 Lo zoo di vetro (TV movie) (play)
 
1962 Period of Adjustment (play "A Period of Adjustment")
 
1962 Sweet Bird of Youth (play / implied by title card)
 
1961 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (novel)
 
1961 Summer and Smoke (play)
 
1960 Talo määrätty hävitettäväksi (TV movie) (play)
 
1959 Suddenly, Last Summer (play "Suddenly, Last Summer" / screenplay)
 
1959 The Fugitive Kind (play "Orpheus Descending" / screenplay)
 
1958 Glasmenagerie (TV movie) (novel "The Glass-Menagerie")
 
1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (based on the play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by)
 
1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– Three Plays by Tennessee Williams: Moony's Kid Don't Cry (1958) (play)
– Three Plays by Tennessee Williams: This Property Is Condemned (1958) (play)
 
1957 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– You Touched Me (1957) (play)
 
1956 Baby Doll (screenplay)
 
1956 Un tranvía llamado Deseo (TV movie) (play "A Streetcar Named Desire")
 
1955 The Rose Tattoo (play "The Rose Tattoo" / screenplay)
 
1955 A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (TV movie) (play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof")
 
1953-1954 TV de Vanguarda (TV series)
– Anjo de Pedra (1954) (play)
– Algemas de Cristal (1953) (play)
 
1954 Senso (dialogue collaborator)
 
1951 A Streetcar Named Desire (based upon the original play by: "A Streetcar Named Desire" / screen play)
 
1950 The Glass Menagerie (play / screenplay)
 
1948 Actor's Studio (TV series)
– Portrait of a Madonna (1948) (play)
 
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2001 The Yellow Bird (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1955 The Rose Tattoo
Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)
 
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1959 The Fugitive Kind (lyrics: "Blanket Roll Blues")
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2009 I Fight Piranhas (short) (thanks) (completed)
 
2008 The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (dedicatee - as Tennessee)
 
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1983 Our Time (TV series)
Himself
– Writers (1983) … Himself
 
1983 Seven Portraits (short)
Himself
 
1983 The Donsinger Women and Their Handyman Jack
Himself
 
1979 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself - Honoree
 
1979 Everyday (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 February 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1978 A Salute to American Imagination (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1976 The Lively Arts (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Tennessee Williams (1976) … Himself
 
1976 Midi-Première (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 May 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1974 The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Honoree
 
1974 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #4.1 (1974) … Himself
 
1973 Tennessee Williams' South (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1972 New York, New York (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 September 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1970-1972 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.167 (1972) … Himself
– Episode #2.103 (1970) … Himself
 
1972 The 44th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Writing Awards
 
1971 The Irv Kupcinet Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 July 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 June 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 NET Playhouse (TV series)
Himself
– Helen Hayes Remembers (1970) … Himself
 
1965 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 May 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2010 Beautiful Darling (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Ptown Diaries (documentary)
 
2007 Chris & Don. A Love Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Brando (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1994 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1951 The Screen Director (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Why pick on [Elia] Kazan just because he made a mistake sixteen years ago and joined the Communist Party when he didn't know what it was all about? If you keep it up, there won't be anybody out here but those who know how to make B-pictures. See more »

Trivia:

When he wrote "A Streetcar Named Desire" (his 1948 Pulitzer Prize-winning play from which the movie was later adapted), he had Tallulah Bankhead firmly in mind for the role of Blanche DuBois. Bankhead eventually played the role of Blanche in an unsuccessful Broadway revival in 1956. See more »

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