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Overview
Date of Birth:
Date of Death:
Mini Biography:
Tennessee Williams met long-term partner Frank Merlo in the summer... more
Trivia:
His tragedy "A Streetcar Named Desire" performed at the Royal National... more
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another
1 win
&
2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(160 articles)
Tennessee Williams on Screen and Stage
(From ioncinema. 14 December 2009, 2:22 PM, PST)
Ellen Burstyn: 'I Never Had the Option of Being Conventional'
(From Movieline. 14 December 2009, 12:40 PM, PST)
(From ioncinema. 14 December 2009, 2:22 PM, PST)
Ellen Burstyn: 'I Never Had the Option of Being Conventional'
(From Movieline. 14 December 2009, 12:40 PM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Tennessee
Filmography
Writer:
- Rain (2009) (V) (completed) (writer)
- The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008) (screenplay)
- Akale (2004) (play "Glass Menagerie")
- The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003) (TV) (novella)
- The Yellow Bird (2001) (play)
- The Night of the Iguana (2000) (writer)
- "Great Performances" (1 episode, 1998)
- A Streetcar Named Desire: From the San Francisco Opera (1998) TV episode (play) - A Streetcar Named Desire (1995) (TV) (play)
- Pokoj u trati (1994) (play "The Strangest Kind of Romance")
- Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV) (play)
- Orpheus Descending (1990) (TV) (play)
... aka Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending - 27 Wagons Full of Cotton (1990) (V) (writer)
- Een vreemde liefde (1990) (TV) (play "The Strangest Kind of Romance")
- Sweet Bird of Youth (1989) (TV) (play)
- The Drift (1989) (V) (novel "The Roman Spring of Mrs.Stone")
- The Glass Menagerie (1987) (play)
- Noir et blanc (1986) (story) (uncredited)
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984) (TV) (play)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1984) (TV) (play)
- Linje lusta (1981) (TV) (play "A Streetcar Named Desire")
- Bourbon Street Blues (1979) (play)
- Sirça kümes (1977) (TV) (play "The Glass Menagerie")
... aka The Glass Menagerie (International: English title) - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976) (TV) (play) (screenplay)
... aka Laurence Olivier Presents: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (UK: series title) - Eccentricities of a Nightingale (1976) (TV) (play)
- Sprich zu mir wie der Regen (1976) (play "Talk to Me Like the Rain")
- Hablame como la lluvia (1976) (play)
- "El teatro" (1 episode, 1974)
- Verano y humo (1974) TV episode (play) - The Migrants (1974) (TV) (story)
- The Glass Menagerie (1973) (TV) (play)
... aka Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie (USA: complete title) - Lasinen eläintarha (1973) (TV) (play "The Glass Menagerie")
- "BBC Play of the Month" (1 episode, 1972)
- Summer and Smoke (1972) TV episode (play) - Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970) (play "Seven Descents of Myrtle")
... aka Blood Kin
... aka The Seven Descents of Myrtle - Dragon Country (1970) (TV) (plays "I Can't Imagine Tomorrow", "Talk to Me Like the Rain" and "Let Me Listen")
- Die Glasmenagerie (1969) (TV) (novel)
- Glassmenasjeriet (1969) (TV) (play)
- Hilsen fra Bertha (1968) (TV) (play "Hello from Bertha")
- Boom (1968) (play "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore") (screenplay)
... aka Boom! (USA) - Portret van een madonna (1968) (TV) (writer)
- Glasmenageriet (1967) (TV) (writer)
- The Glass Menagerie (1966) (TV) (play)
... aka CBS Playhouse: The Glass Menagerie (USA) - Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (1966) (TV) (play) (screenplay)
- This Property Is Condemned (1966) (play)
- Outoa romantiikkaa (1966) (TV) (play "The Strangest Kind of Romance")
- "Teatterituokio" (1 episode, 1966)
- Moonyn poika ei itke (1966) TV episode (play "Mooney's Kid Don't Cry") - Torakkanainen (1965) (TV) (play "The Lady of Larkspur Lotion")
- Tervehdys Berthalta (1965) (TV) (play "Hello from Bertha")
- "Thirty-Minute Theatre" (1 episode, 1965)
- Portrait of a Madonna (1965) TV episode (writer) - Mooney's jongen huilt niet (1965) (TV) (play "Mooney's Kid Don't Cry")
- The Night of the Iguana (1964) (play)
- "ITV Play of the Week" (1 episode, 1964)
... aka Play of the Week (UK: short title)
- Camino Real (1964) TV episode (story) - Lo zoo di vetro (1963) (TV) (play)
- Period of Adjustment (1962) (play "A Period of Adjustment")
- Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) (play "Sweet Bird of Youth")
- The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) (novel)
... aka The Widow and the Gigolo - Summer and Smoke (1961) (play)
- Talo määrätty hävitettäväksi (1960) (TV) (play)
- Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) (play "Suddenly, Last Summer") (screenplay)
- The Fugitive Kind (1959) (play "Orpheus Descending") (screenplay)
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) (play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof")
- Baby Doll (1956) (screenplay)
- Un tranvía llamado Deseo (1956) (TV) (play "A Streetcar Named Desire")
- The Rose Tattoo (1955) (play) (screenplay)
- A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (1955) (TV) (play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof")
- Senso (1954) (dialogue collaborator)
... aka Livia (USA: censored version)
... aka The Wanton Countess (USA: TV title) - "TV de Vanguarda" (1 episode, 1953)
- Algemas de Cristal (1953) TV episode (play) - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) (original play "A Streetcar Named Desire") (screenplay)
- The Glass Menagerie (1950) (play) (screenplay)
- "Actor's Studio" (1 episode, 1948)
... aka The Play's the Thing (USA: last season title)
- Portrait of a Madonna (1948) TV episode (play) - "Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) TV series (unknown episodes)
... aka Kraft Mystery Theatre (USA: new title)
... aka Kraft Theatre (USA: new title)
Actor:
- The Yellow Bird (2001) (voice) .... Narrator
- The Rose Tattoo (1955) (uncredited) .... Man at Mardi Gras Club
Thanks:
- I Fight Piranhas (2009) (completed) (thanks)
- The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008) (dedicatee) (as Tennessee)
Self:
- Seven Portraits (1984) .... Himself
- The Donsinger Women and Their Handyman Jack (1983) .... Himself
- The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1979) (TV) .... Himself (Honoree)
- A Salute to American Imagination (1978) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Lively Arts" .... Himself (1 episode, 1976)
- Tennessee Williams (1976) TV episode .... Himself - "Midi-Première" .... Himself (1 episode, 1976)
- Episode dated 15 May 1976 (1976) TV episode .... Himself - "V.I.P.-Schaukel" .... Himself (1 episode, 1974)
- Episode #4.1 (1974) TV episode .... Himself - Tennessee Williams' South (1973) (TV) .... Himself
- The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: Writing Awards
- "The Irv Kupcinet Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1971)
- Episode dated 19 June 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself - "NET Playhouse" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
- Helen Hayes Remembers (1970) TV episode .... Himself - "The David Frost Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
- Episode #2.103 (1970) TV episode .... Himself - "Today" .... Himself (1 episode, 1965)
... aka NBC News Today (USA: promotional title)
... aka The Today Show (USA: alternative title)
- Episode dated 11 May 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Himself
Archive Footage:
- Beautiful Darling (2009) .... Himself
- Ptown Diaries (2009)
- Chris & Don. A Love Story (2007) .... Himself
- Brando (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994) (TV) .... Himself
- The Screen Director (1951) (uncredited) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
Book: "Hard Candy: A Book of Stories" (New York: New Directions Publishing Corp. 1967; ISBN 0811202216)
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Publicity Listings:
2 Biographical Movies | 3 Portrayals | 8 Print Biographies | 8 Articles
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