The Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, known for The Glass Menagarie, A Streetcar Named Desire, and more, was born March 26, 1911.
Cherry Jones and Celia Keenan-Bolger in The Glass Menagerie Michael J. Lutch
Famed playwright Tennessee Williams was born March 26, 1911. Williams made his Broadway debut in 1945 with The Glass Menagerie, igniting a four-decade career that included seminal works such as A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and more. The writer died February 25, 1983, but his work continues to be a fixture on the Main Stem.
Throughout his career, Williams won a Drama Desk Award, four New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, a Tony Award, and two Pulitzer Prizes.
Williams was last on Broadway with a Trip Cullman-helmed production of The Rose Tattoo, starring Oscar winner Marisa Tomei.
Look Back at Photos of Highlights of Tennessee Williams’ Work on Broadway
Look Back at Photos of Highlights of Tennessee Williams’ Work on Broadway
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Anthony Ross, Laurette Taylor, Eddie Dowling and Julie Haydon in The Glass Menagerie (1945)
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You Touched Me Playbill - Sept 1945
Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, and Jessica Tandy in A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)
Maureen Stapleton and Don Murray in The Rose Tattoo (1951)
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Barbara Bel Geddes, Mildred Dunnock, Madeleine Sherwood, Pat Hingle and Ben Gazzara in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955)
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