Biography
Thomas Lanier Williams III, 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 1980
- Kennedy Center Honors · 1979
- St. Louis Literary Award · 1974
- Pulitzer Prize — Drama · 1955
- Tony Award — Best Play · 1951
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- Pulitzer Prize — Drama · 1948
- Florida Artists Hall of Fame
- star on Playwrights' Sidewalk
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Play · 1999 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Play · 1999 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Play · 1962 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1958 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1957 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Play · 1956 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1952 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Play · 1951 · nominated
Filmography21 titles
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
A Streetcar Named Desire
Suddenly, Last Summer
The Night of the Iguana
Senso
Baby Doll
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
The Fugitive Kind
The Rose Tattoo
The Dick Cavett Show
Sweet Bird of Youth
Summer and Smoke
This Property Is Condemned
The Glass Menagerie
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Beautiful Darling
Period of Adjustment
Sweet Bird of Youth
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation