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Tennessee Williams
Deceased

How Did Tennessee Williams Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 71
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn26/03/1911Born inColumbus, Mississippi, USADied24/02/1983 (aged 71)Died inNew York CityCausechokingWikidataQ134262 ↗Buried atCalvary CemeteryTMDb#3634 ↗

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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Filmography12 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2021Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate ConversationMovieSelf - Playwright (archive footage)110
2010Beautiful DarlingMovieSelf (archive footage)99
2002The Yellow BirdMovieNarrator (voice)91
1994Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American StageMovieSelf (archive footage)83
1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSeriesSelf67
1975Midi PremièreSeriesSelf64
1973Tennessee Williams' SouthMovie—62
1972Begegnung mit Tennessee WilliamsMovieSelf - Interviewee61
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeriesSelf - Guest57
1958Small WorldSeriesSelf47
1955The Rose TattooMovieMan at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)44
1951The Screen DirectorMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)40