Tennessee Williams Net Worth
Tennessee Williams Net Worth is
$250,000
Tennessee Williams Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) was an American playwright and 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. In 1979, four years before his death, he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. | Full Name | Tennessee Williams |
| Date Of Birth | March 26, 1911 |
| Died | 1983-02-25 |
| Place Of Birth | Columbus, Mississippi, United States |
| Profession | Writer, Actor, Soundtrack |
| Education | University of Missouri, University of Iowa, The New School, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Nationality | American |
| Parents | Edwina and Cornelius Coffin Williams, Edwina and Cornelius Coffin |
| Siblings | Dakin Williams, Rose Williams |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Best Play, Kennedy Center Honors, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play, St. Louis Literary Award, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Play, Drama League Award for Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play, L... |
| Nominations | Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama |
| Movies | A Streetcar Named Desire, Baby Doll, The Fugitive Kind, Suddenly, Last Summer, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, This Property Is Condemned, The Night of the Iguana, The Rose Tattoo, Sweet Bird of Youth, Ten Blocks on the Camino Real, Last of the ... |
| Star Sign | Aries |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) | $500,000 |
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| 1 | [May 1982] I don't understand my life, past or present, nor do I understand life itself. Death seems more comprehensible to me. |
| 2 | [1983] I've gone from good reviews, to bad reviews, to no reviews. |
| 3 | [April 1947] Nobody sees anybody truly. Vanity, fear, desire, competition - all such distortions within our own egos - condition our vision of those in relation to us. Add to those distortions in our own egos, the corresponding distortions in the eyes of the others - and you see how cloudy the glass must become through which we look at each other. |
| 4 | [on celebrity] Being successful,and famous makes such demands! I wanted it and still want it with one part of me, but that isn't the part of me that is important or creative. |
| 5 | [on public acknowledgment of his homosexuality] To feel some humiliation and a great deal of sorrow at times is inevitable. But feeling guilty is foolish. I am a deeper and warmer and kinder man for my deviation. More conscious of need in others, and what power I have to express the human heart must be in large part due to this circumstance. |
| 6 | [re his assignment to write screenplay for Lana Turner] I think that it is one of the funniest but most embarrassing things that ever happened to me, that I should be expected to produce a suitable vehicle for this actress. I feel like an obstetrician required to successfully deliver a mastodon from a beaver. |
| 7 | [on alcoholic episodes in his later years] I was always falling down, and I would always say, 'I'm about to fall down', and almost nobody ever caught me. |
| 8 | Why pick on [Elia] Kazan just because he made a mistake sixteen years ago and joined the Communist Party when he didn't know what it was all about? If you keep it up, there won't be anybody out here but those who know how to make B-pictures. |
| 9 | Eli Wallach has discovered the secret of pissing people off. He's happy. |
| 10 | A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages. |
| 11 | [on Marlon Brando] He loves the light! See how the light shines through him? . . . I shouldn't be partial, but he is my favorite one. |
| 12 | Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory. |
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| 1 | His play, "The Mutilated" at A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago, Illnois was nominated for a 2016 Joseph Jefferson (Equity) Award for Midsize Play Production. |
| 2 | His play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 1983 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Production. |
| 3 | His play, "A Streetcar Named Desire" at the Writers' Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, was nominated for a 2010 Joseph Jefferson Award for Production of a Play (Large). |
| 4 | Williams's first theatrical success, 'The Glass Menagerie', originated from a treatment entitled "The Gentleman Caller" that he submitted to producer Arthur Freed while working as a writer at MGM in 1941. Williams had Ethel Barrymore in mind for Amanda and Judy Garland penciled in for Laura. Freed liked the story, but MGM boss Louis B. Mayer thought it wouldn't translate well to film because it did not have a happy ending. |
| 5 | Tennessee Williams won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "A Streetcar Named Desire" and won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". |
| 6 | His plays, "A Streetcar Named Desire," and "Suddenly Last Summer," were both nominated for the 1973 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Play Production and were both performed at the Ivanhoe Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. |
| 7 | When he wrote "A Streetcar Named Desire" (his 1948 Pulitzer Prize-winning play from which the movie was later adapted), he had Tallulah Bankhead firmly in mind for the role of Blanche DuBois. Bankhead eventually played the role of Blanche in an unsuccessful Broadway revival in 1956. |
| 8 | He met long-term partner Frank Merlo in the summer of 1948 (Merlo died of lung cancer in the fall of 1963). Though separated briefly in 1961 and again in 1962, the two were partners for 15 years. Merlo acted as his personal manager/secretary. |
| 9 | He spent much of his most prolific years in Rome, Italy, and his enduring friendship with Italian stage and screen legend Anna Magnani lasted 24 years and inspired both "The Rose Tattoo" and "Orpheus Descending". Magnani realized the lead parts of these two plays, which were written for her, in their film versions. The turbulent and inspirational friendship shared between Williams and Magnani is the subject of the internationally acclaimed play "Roman Nights" by Franco D'Alessandro. |
| 10 | Aside from his published "Memoirs", the only authorized biographical book on Williams is by Bruce Smith, entitled "Costly Performances - Tennessee Williams; The Last Stage." This book deals with the last four years of Williams' life (1979-1983). |
| 11 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 882-885. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998. |
| 12 | His seventh cousin once removed is novelist and playwright Truman Capote. |
| 13 | Suffered from depression through his entire adult life. |
| 14 | Head of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976 |
| 15 | Won two Tony Awards in 1951 for "The Rose Tattoo:" as Best Author (Dramatic) and as author of the Best Play winner. He was also nominated three times as author of a Best Play nominee: in 1956 for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," in 1962 for "The Night of the Iguana," and, posthumously, in 1999 for "Not About Nightingales." |
| 16 | Claimed he was often mistaken in public for Tennessee Ernie Ford. When his star started declining in the late 1960s, he said being mistaken for the country singer was a relief. |
| 17 | Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 132, pp. 415-428. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005. |
| 18 | The character of Laura in the play "The Glass Menagerie" was based on his sister Rose. His distant cousin Rose Diane Lanier (aka Diane Ladd) is the mother of Laura Dern. |
| 19 | His tragedy "A Streetcar Named Desire" performed at the Royal National Theatre: Lyttelton, was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Revival of 2002. |
| 20 | He was raised in St. Louis, MO. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Iowa. |
| 21 | He won the New York Drama Critics' Circle award for "The Glass Menagerie." He also won two Pulitzer Prizes in Drama - for "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1947) and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1954). |
| 22 | "Clothes for a Summer Hotel" (1980) was based on American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda Sayre. |
| 23 | Pictured on a 32¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the Literary Arts series, issued 13 October 1995. |
| 24 | When his body was discovered in his hotel room, a bottle cap was found lodged in his throat. The most likely cause of death was from choking while intoxicated. |
| 25 | Playwright |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ten Blocks on the Camino Real | 1966 | TV Movie play / screenplay | |
| This Property Is Condemned | 1966 | suggested by a one act play of | |
| Outoa romantiikkaa | 1966 | TV Movie play "The Strangest Kind of Romance" | |
| Teatterituokio | 1966 | TV Series play "Mooney's Kid Don't Cry" - 1 episode | |
| Tervehdys Berthalta | 1965 | TV Movie play "Hello from Bertha" | |
| Torakkanainen | 1965 | TV Movie play "The Lady of Larkspur Lotion" | |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | 1965 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Orpheus steigt herab | 1965 | TV Movie writer | |
| Mooney's jongen huilt niet | 1965 | TV Movie play "Mooney's Kid Don't Cry" | |
| Glasmenagerie | 1964 | TV Movie play | |
| The Night of the Iguana | 1964 | play | |
| ITV Play of the Week | TV Series story - 1 episode, 1964 play - 1 episode, 1964 writer - 1 episode, 1964 | ||
| TV de Vanguarda | 1953-1964 | TV Series play - 4 episodes | |
| Grande Teatro Tupi | TV Series 2 episodes, 1956 play - 2 episodes, 1963 | ||
| Lo zoo di vetro | 1963 | TV Movie play | |
| Playdate | 1963 | TV Series play "The Long Goodbye" - 1 episode | |
| Period of Adjustment | 1962 | play "A Period of Adjustment" | |
| Porträt einer Madonna | 1962 | TV Movie play: Portrait of a Madonna | |
| Sweet Bird of Youth | 1962 | play "Sweet Bird of Youth" | |
| The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | 1961 | novel | |
| Summer and Smoke | 1961 | play | |
| Play of the Week | 1961 | TV Series plays - 1 episode | |
| Talo määrätty hävitettäväksi | 1960 | TV Movie play | |
| The Fugitive Kind | 1960 | play "Orpheus Descending" / screenplay | |
| Suddenly, Last Summer | 1959 | play "Suddenly, Last Summer" / screenplay | |
| Glasmenagerie | 1958 | TV Movie novel "The Glass-Menagerie" | |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | 1958 | play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" | |
| Kraft Theatre | 1958 | TV Series play - 1 episode | |
| Teledrama | TV Series 1 episode, 1957 play - 1 episode, 1957 | ||
| Matinee Theatre | 1957 | TV Series play - 1 episode | |
| Baby Doll | 1956 | screenplay | |
| BBC Sunday-Night Theatre | 1956 | TV Series play - 1 episode | |
| Un tranvía llamado Deseo | 1956 | TV Movie play "A Streetcar Named Desire" | |
| The Rose Tattoo | 1955 | play "The Rose Tattoo" / screenplay | |
| A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 | 1955 | TV Movie play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" | |
| Senso | 1954 | dialogue collaborator | |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | 1951 | original play "A Streetcar Named Desire" / screen play | |
| The Glass Menagerie | 1950 | play / screenplay | |
| Actor's Studio | 1948 | TV Series play - 1 episode | |
| Green Eyes | 2017 | pre-production | |
| The Palooka | 2015 | Short based on a play by | |
| The Lady of Larkspur Lotion | 2014 | Short | |
| National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire | 2014 | TV Movie | |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | 2012 | Video play | |
| Inja bedoone man | 2011 | play "The Glass Menagerie" | |
| Gioia Osthoff Demovideo | 2011 | Short | |
| The Night at Moon Lake Casino | 2010 | Short original story | |
| Orpheus Descending | 2010 | Short story | |
| Rain | 2009 | Video short | |
| The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond | 2008 | screenplay | |
| U & Me & Tennessee: An American Romance... | 2007 | Documentary | |
| Akale | 2004 | play "Glass Menagerie" | |
| The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | 2003 | TV Movie novella | |
| The Yellow Bird | 2001 | Short short story | |
| The Night of the Iguana | 2000 | Short | |
| Great Performances | TV Series play - 2 episodes, 1976 - 1993 based on the play by - 1 episode, 1998 | ||
| Fala Comigo Como a Chuva | 1996 | TV Movie play | |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | 1995 | TV Movie play | |
| Pokoj u trati | 1994 | Short play "The Strangest Kind of Romance" | |
| Navazhdeniye | 1992 | TV Movie novel | |
| Onuitgesproken | 1991 | TV Movie writer | |
| Een vreemde liefde | 1990 | TV Movie play "The Strangest Kind of Romance" | |
| Orpheus Descending | 1990 | TV Movie play | |
| American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts | 1990 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| The Drift | 1989 | Video novel "The Roman Spring of Mrs.Stone" | |
| Sweet Bird of Youth | 1989 | TV Movie play | |
| Leoforeio, o Pothos | 1989 | Video play "A Streetcar Named Desire" | |
| The Glass Menagerie | 1987 | play | |
| Noir et blanc | 1986 | story - uncredited | |
| American Playhouse | 1985 | TV Series play by - 1 episode | |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | 1984 | TV Movie play | |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | 1984 | TV Movie play | |
| Linje Lusta | 1981 | TV Movie play "A Streetcar Named Desire" | |
| Bourbon Street Blues | 1979 | Short play "The Lady of Larkspur Lotion" | |
| Sladkogolosaya ptitsa yunosti | 1978 | TV Movie play | |
| Sirça kümes | 1977 | TV Movie play "The Glass Menagerie" | |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | 1976 | TV Movie by | |
| Hablame como la lluvia | 1976 | Short play | |
| Sprich zu mir wie der Regen | 1976 | Short play "Talk to Me Like the Rain" | |
| El teatro | 1974 | TV Series play - 1 episode | |
| Noche de teatro | 1974 | TV Series play - 1 episode | |
| The Migrants | 1974 | TV Movie story | |
| The Glass Menagerie | 1973 | TV Movie play | |
| Lasinen eläintarha | 1973 | TV Movie play "The Glass Menagerie" | |
| 27 Waggons Baumwolle | 1972 | TV Movie play | |
| BBC Play of the Month | 1972 | TV Series play - 1 episode | |
| Dragon Country | 1970 | TV Movie plays "I Can't Imagine Tomorrow", "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen" | |
| Last of the Mobile Hot Shots | 1970 | play "The Seven Descents of Myrtle" | |
| Die Glasmenagerie | 1969 | TV Movie novel "The Glass-Menagerie" | |
| Glassmenasjeriet | 1969 | TV Movie play | |
| Hora once | 1968 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Hilsen fra Bertha | 1968 | TV Movie play "Hello from Bertha" | |
| Boom! | 1968 | play "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore" / screenplay | |
| Portret van een madonna | 1968 | TV Movie | |
| Glasmenageriet | 1967 | TV Movie | |
| CBS Playhouse: The Glass Menagerie | 1966 | TV Movie by |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Yellow Bird | 2001 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| The Rose Tattoo | 1955 | Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited) |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fugitive Kind | 1960 | lyrics: "Blanket Roll Blues" |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craft & Burn | 2012 | TV Series acknowledgment - 1 episode | |
| I Fight Piranhas | 2009 | Short thanks | |
| The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond | 2008 | dedicatee - as Tennessee | |
| Pool Days | 1993 | Short inspiration |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Time | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
| Seven Portraits | 1983 | Short | Himself |
| The Donsinger Women and Their Handyman Jack | 1983 | Himself | |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1979 | TV Special | Himself - Honoree |
| Everyday | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| A Salute to American Imagination | 1978 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Lively Arts | 1976 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Apropos Film | 1976 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Midi-Première | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards | 1974 | TV Special | Himself - Honoree |
| V.I.P.-Schaukel | 1974 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Tennessee Williams' South | 1973 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| New York, New York | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The David Frost Show | 1970-1972 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 44th Annual Academy Awards | 1972 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Writing Awards |
| The Irv Kupcinet Show | 1971 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| NET Playhouse | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| Today | 1965 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Hollywood and the Stars | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| Small World | 1960 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Faye Emerson Show | 1950 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Donne nel mito: Anna Magnani a Hollywood | 2013 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Beautiful Darling | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| Ptown Diaries | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
| Chris & Don. A Love Story | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| Brando | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Un siècle d'écrivains | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Biography | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| American Masters | 1994 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Screen Director | 1951 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Special Award | Sant Jordi Awards | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | ACE | CableACE Awards | Writing a Theatrical or Dramatic Special | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984) |
| 1957 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Writing, Best Screenplay - Adapted | Baby Doll (1956) |
| 1957 | WGA Award (Screen) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Best Written American Drama | Baby Doll (1956) |
| 1952 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Writing, Screenplay | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) |
| 1952 | WGA Award (Screen) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Best Written American Drama | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) |
Known for movies
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
as Writer
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
as Writer
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
as Writer
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
as Writer