Tennessee Williams

Career Overview

Tennessee Williams has 80 screen credits in a career dating back to 1950. Signature works include A Streetcar Named Desire, Sweet Bird of Youth, Suddenly, Last Summer. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

80

Birth Date

1911-03-26 00:00:00

Birth Place

Columbus, Mississippi, USA

Known For

• 

  A Streetcar Named Desire
• 

  Sweet Bird of Youth
• 

  Suddenly, Last Summer
• 

  A Streetcar Named Desire
• 

  The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
• 

  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Frequent Collaborators

• Vivien Leigh (2 collaborations)
• Paul Newman (2 collaborations)
• Madeleine Sherwood (2 collaborations)
• Elizabeth Taylor (2 collaborations)
• Mavis Villiers (2 collaborations)
• Marlon Brando (1 collaborations)
• Kim Hunter (1 collaborations)
• Karl Malden (1 collaborations)
• Rudy Bond (1 collaborations)
• Nick Dennis (1 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (70 credits)

  • National Theatre at Home: Suddenly Last Summer

    writer

    writing
    2027
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    theatre play

    writing
    2026
  • Camino Real

    story

    writing
    2026
  • A Streetcar Named Desire: Cameri

    writer

    writing
    2025
  • The Glass Menagerie

    writer

    writing
    2021
  • National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    writer

    writing
    2018
  • National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire

    theatre play

    writing
    2014
  • Le Paradis sur terre

    writer

    writing
    2011
  • Here Without Me

    theatre play

    writing
    2011
  • The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

    writer

    writing
    2008
  • Suddenly, Last Summer

    writer

    writing
    2007
  • Akale

    theatre play

    writing
    2004
  • The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

    novel

    writing
    2003
  • The Yellow Bird

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • Desire

    idea

    writing
    2002
  • A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere

    writer

    writing
    1998
  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    theatre play

    writing
    1995
  • Suddenly, Last Summer

    author

    writing
    1993
  • Rubber Woman

    author

    writing
    1991
  • The Night of the Iguana

    author

    writing
    1991
  • Lady Vaselina

    theatre play

    writing
    1990
  • Orpheus Descending

    writer

    writing
    1990
  • Een vreemde liefde

    theatre play

    writing
    1990
  • 27 Wagons Full of Cotton

    writer

    writing
    1990
  • Sweet Bird of Youth

    writer

    writing
    1989
  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    writer

    writing
    1989
  • The Drift

    novel

    writing
    1989
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    original story

    writing
    1989
  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    novel

    writing
    1987
  • The Glass Menagerie

    writer

    writing
    1987
  • Orpheus Descends to Hell

    writer

    writing
    1986
  • Alfarysa

    writer

    writing
    1986
  • Noir et blanc

    original story

    writing
    1986
  • The Piper

    novel

    writing
    1985
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    theatre play

    writing
    1984
  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    theatre play

    writing
    1984
  • Bourbon Street Blues

    writer

    writing
    1979
  • Sweet Bird of Youth

    author

    writing
    1978
  • Cat on Fire

    original story

    writing
    1977
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    writer

    writing
    1976
  • Talk to Me Like the Rain

    writer

    writing
    1976
  • The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

    writer

    writing
    1976
  • O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro

    theatre play

    writing
    1976
  • The Migrants

    story

    writing
    1974
  • The Glass Menagerie

    theatre play

    writing
    1973
  • Monday's Theater

    - Episode 2 (1976) ... writer writing
    1972
  • Dragon Country

    theatre play

    writing
    1970
  • Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

    theatre play

    writing
    1970
  • The Glass Menagerie

    novel

    writing
    1969
  • Boom!

    screenplay

    writing
    1968
  • Hilsen fra Bertha

    writer

    writing
    1968
  • The Glass Menagerie

    writer

    writing
    1966
  • Ten Blocks on the Camino Real

    writer

    writing
    1966
  • This Property Is Condemned

    theatre play

    writing
    1966
  • Orpheus steigt herab

    writer

    writing
    1965
  • BBC Play of the Month

    - Summer and Smoke (1972) ... writer writing
    1965
  • The Night of the Iguana

    theatre play

    writing
    1964
  • Period of Adjustment

    theatre play

    writing
    1962
  • Sweet Bird of Youth

    theatre play

    writing
    1962
  • The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

    novel

    writing
    1961
  • Summer and Smoke

    theatre play

    writing
    1961
  • The Fugitive Kind

    theatre play

    writing
    1960
  • Suddenly, Last Summer

    screenplay

    writing
    1959
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    theatre play

    writing
    1958
  • Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

    writer

    writing
    1958
  • Baby Doll

    theatre play

    writing
    1956
  • The Rose Tattoo

    theatre play

    writing
    1955
  • Senso

    dialogue

    writing
    1954
  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    theatre play

    writing
    1951
  • The Glass Menagerie

    theatre play

    writing
    1950

• actors (10 credits)

  • Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation

    Self - Playwright (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Beautiful Darling

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • The Yellow Bird

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Midi Première

    - Episode 54 (1976) ... Self actor actors
    1975
  • Tennessee Williams' South

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Begegnung mit Tennessee Williams

    Self - Interviewee

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The Dick Cavett Show

    - Tennessee Williams, Carrie Nye (1974) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Tennessee Williams, Janet Suzman, Ann Farady (1972) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1968
  • The Rose Tattoo

    Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Screen Director

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951