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Biography
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III 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
2014Theatre Play, Writer
2014Theatre Play, Writer
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958Theatre Play
1958Theatre Play
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951Screenplay, Theatre Play
1951Screenplay, Theatre Play
Suddenly, Last Summer
1959Screenplay, Theatre Play
1959Screenplay, Theatre Play
The Night of the Iguana
1964Theatre Play
1964Theatre Play
Senso
1954Dialogue
1954Dialogue
Baby Doll
1956Screenplay, Theatre Play
1956Screenplay, Theatre Play
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961Novel
1961Novel
The Fugitive Kind
1960Screenplay, Theatre Play
1960Screenplay, Theatre Play
The Rose Tattoo
1955as Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)
1955as Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)
The Dick Cavett Show
1968as Self - Guest
1968as Self - Guest
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962Theatre Play
1962Theatre Play
Summer and Smoke
1961Theatre Play
1961Theatre Play
This Property Is Condemned
1966Theatre Play
1966Theatre Play
The Glass Menagerie
1987Writer
1987Writer
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
2003Novel
2003Novel
Beautiful Darling
2010as Self (archive footage)
2010as Self (archive footage)
Period of Adjustment
1962Theatre Play
1962Theatre Play
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989Writer
1989Writer
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008Writer
2008Writer
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
2021as Self - Playwright (archive footage)
2021as Self - Playwright (archive footage)