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Tennessee Williams is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 26 march 1911 at Mississippi (USA)

Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams
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Birth name Thomas Lanier Williams
Nationality USA
Birth 26 march 1911 at Mississippi (USA)
Death 24 february 1983 (at 71 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) was an American playwright, author of many stage classics.

After years of obscurity, he became suddenly famous with The Glass Menagerie (1944), closely reflecting his own unhappy family background. This heralded a string of successes, including A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending, and Sweet Bird of Youth. His later work attempted a new style that did not appeal to audiences, and alcohol and drug dependence further inhibited his creative output.

Williams adapted much of his best work for the cinema, and also wrote short stories, poetry, essays and a volume of memoirs.

Best films

The Night of the Iguana (1964)
(Writer)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
(Theatre Play)
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
(Theatre Play)
Baby Doll (1956)
(Theatre Play)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
(Writer)

Usually with

Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway
(1 films)
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
(2 films)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(2 films)
Gene Callahan
Gene Callahan
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Tennessee Williams (31 films)

Display filmography as list

Actor

The Rose Tattoo, 1h57
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Tennessee Williams
Actors Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan, Ben Cooper, Virginia Grey, Jo Van Fleet
Roles Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.4488353.4488353.4488353.4488353.448835
Serafina Delle Rose (Anna Magnani) proudly praises her husband Rosario to her female neighbors in a shopping market, before revealing that she is pregnant with their second child. Returning home she finds Rosario asleep in bed and whispers to him that she is with child. Emerging from his room she finds a young woman named Estelle (Virginia Grey) at the door who wants her to make a shirt for her lover from some expensive silk material. It transpires that Rosario is her lover as, when Serafina is out of the room, she steals a photograph of him from Serafina's sideboard before departing.

Scriptwriter

Here Without Me, 1h30
Origin Iran
Genres Drama
Actors Saber Abar, Negar Javaherian, Fatemah Motamed-Aria, Parsa Piroruzfar
Rating77% 3.896843.896843.896843.896843.89684
Based on The Glass Menagerie, the movie details the story of Yalda (Negar Javaherian), a disabled girl who has a great interest for collecting glass animals and harbors a secret attraction towards her brother Ehsan's best friend Reza (Parsa Pirouzfar). Her brother Ehsan (Saber Abar), whose voiceover introduces the film, writes poetry and desperately dreams of leaving Iran. He dreams of being a writer and spends his spare time haunting cinemas and watching old movies over and over. Farideh (Fatemeh Motamed-Aria) holds down two jobs to help support her family. Farideh is the only member of the family who interacts with the brutal conditions of Iran and willingly takes the challenge. Farideh is probably the most altered of Williams' characters (Amanda) in the original play.
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, 1h42
Directed by Jodie Markell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Jenny Shakeshaft, Mamie Gummer
Roles Writer
Rating57% 2.896932.896932.896932.896932.89693
The film tells the story of heiress Fisher Willow (Bryce Dallas Howard). Fisher returns home from overseas to find that her father has become a hated man in Memphis as he had intentionally blown up the southern half of his levee earlier that year, resulting in the deaths of 8-9 people and enormous property damage for anyone downstream. Fisher is to come out to society this season, but because of her father's reputation – and her inappropriate/wild behavior – she is unable to find a man willing to be her escort. She asks Jimmy (Chris Evans) to be her escort for the season.
Akale
Akale (2004)

Directed by Shyamaprasad
Genres Drama
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sheela, Geetu Mohandas, Tom George Kolath, Mithun Ramesh, Santha Devi
Roles Story
Rating72% 3.622313.622313.622313.622313.62231
The film is the story about an Anglo-Indian family who lives in Kerala. Neil (Prithviraj Sukumaran) is a disturbed youth working as a clerk in a factory for low wages. His intention is to become a writer. He lives with his mother (Sheela) and sister (Geetu Mohandas). His father was a Portuguese sailor who he left the family when the children were very young. Rose, his sister is slightly handicapped and because of this, she is always in the shell. She is very much interested in glass figurines. Margret, Neil's mother hates his care-free attitude towards life and his late-night movies. She is a very possessive mother and she is always worried about the future of her daughter. One day Neil invites his co-worker Freddy (Tom George Kolath) for a dinner at his home. Neil's mother and daughter thinks that Freddy will get interested in Rose and they can marry her off but their dreams get crushed when they comes to know that Freddie is already engaged and Rose passes away years later.
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, 1h54
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Helen Mirren, Olivier Martinez, Anne Bancroft, Brian Dennehy, Rodrigo Santoro, Suzanne Bertish
Roles Novel
Rating62% 3.149353.149353.149353.149353.14935
Une star en échec est confrontée à un changement de style de vie lorsque son riche mari meurt soudainement alors qu'ils sont en route pour l'Italie. Elle se lance alors dans une série d'aventures avec des gigolos trouvés pour elle par une vieille contesse. Chaque contact devient de plus en plus incontrôlable, jusqu'à ce qu'elle devienne obsédée par un jeune homme qui la traite d'abord bien, mais ensuite avec dédain.
A Streetcar Named Desire, 2h36
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Alec Baldwin, Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Diane Lane, Frederick Coffin, Carlos Gómez
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.298733.298733.298733.298733.29873
Heureuse en ménage avec un ouvrier d’origine polonaise, Stanley Kowalski, Stella, d’extraction plus noble, voit arriver dans son minable appartement à La Nouvelle-Orléans sa sœur, Blanche DuBois. Ce qui ne devait être qu’une halte de quelques jours se transforme en un long séjour qui n’en finit plus. L’intrusion de cette femme dans la vie si tranquille de Stanley va le pousser à percer à jour les secrets de sa belle-sœur…
Orpheus Descending, 1h57
Directed by Peter Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Vanessa Redgrave, Kevin Anderson, Brad Sullivan, Anne Twomey, Michael Emerson, Miriam Margolyes
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.288633.288633.288633.288633.28863
Lady Torrance (Redgrave) is introduced as a disillusioned character, her Sicilian father was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan and she's been trapped in a miserable marriage for twenty years. Her tyrannical and bigoted husband is struck down by cancer. Then Lady Torrance meets the orpheuse, a young man named Val Xavier (Kevin Anderson), an Elvis Presley-inspired drifter. A romantic entanglement ensues as Lady Torrance puts behind the misery of marriage behind her and finds passion and happiness with Val.
The Glass Menagerie, 2h14
Directed by Paul Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Tennessee Williams
Actors Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen, James Naughton
Roles Writer
Rating70% 3.541613.541613.541613.541613.54161
Introduced by Tom Wingfield as a memory play, it is based on his recollection of his disillusioned and delusional mother Amanda and her shy, crippled daughter Laura. Amanda's husband abandoned the family long ago, and her memory of her days as a genteel Southern belle surrounded by devoted beaux may be more romanticized than real. Tom is an aspiring writer who works in a warehouse to support his family, and the banality and boredom of everyday life leads him to spend most of his spare time watching movies in local cinemas at all hours of the night. Amanda is obsessed with finding a proper "gentleman caller" for Laura, who spends most of her time with her collection of glass animal figurines. To appease his mother, Tom eventually brings Jim O'Connor home for dinner, but complications arise when Laura realizes he is the man she loved in high school and has thought of ever since. He dashes her hopes of a future together when he announces he is engaged. Infuriated, Amanda lashes out at her son for raising his sister's hopes and Tom leaves, never to return to his family.
Black and White, 1h20
Directed by Claire Devers
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, BDSM in films
Actors Francis Frappat, Jacques Martial, Catherine Belkhodja, Joséphine Fresson, Benoît Régent, Marc Berman
Roles Original Story
Rating67% 3.363283.363283.363283.363283.36328
Antoine a pour profession la comptabilité et pour violon d'Ingres le chant choral. Sa vie se déroule sans histoire auprès de sa compagne Édith. Le cabinet d'expertise qui l'emploie l'envoie en mission dans un centre sportif.
A Streetcar Named Desire, 1h59
Directed by John Erman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Ann-Margret, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Dan Hewitt Owens, Erica Yohn
Roles Theatre Play
Rating67% 3.38883.38883.38883.38883.3888
Blanche Dubois va rendre visite à sa soeur enceinte et à son mari Stanley à la Nouvelle-Orléans. Stanley ne l'aime pas, et commence à la pousser pour obtenir des informations sur une propriété qu'il sait avoir été laissée aux sœurs. Il découvre qu'elle a hypothéqué l'endroit et dépensé tout l'argent, et il veut en savoir plus sur elle. Des frictions se développent encore plus entre les deux lorsqu'ils sont dans l'appartement ensemble...
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 2h24
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films based on plays
Actors Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn, Kim Stanley, David Dukes, Macon McCalman
Roles Writer
Rating66% 3.336173.336173.336173.336173.33617
This adaptation revived the sexual innuendos which had been muted in the 1958 film.