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Tennessee Williams
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Tennessee Williams (age 54) photographed by Orland Fernandez in 1965 for the twentieth anniversary of The Glass Menagerie.
Born
Thomas Lanier Williams

(1911-03-26)March 26, 1911
Columbus, Mississippi
United States
Died February 25, 1983(1983-02-25) (aged 71)
New York City, United States
Resting place Bellefontaine and Calvary Cemeteries
Nationality American
Partner(s) Frank Merlo
Pancho Rodríguez y González
Parent(s) Edwina and Cornelius Coffin
Signature
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Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) was an American writer, perhaps best known for his play A Streetcar Named Desire. He was of English, Welsh and Huguenot ancestry. He was gay.

Images for kids

  • Tennessee Williams (age 5) in Clarksdale, MS.

    Tennessee Williams (age 5) in Clarksdale, MS.

  • Tennessee Williams NYWTS 2

    Williams arriving at funeral services for Dylan Thomas, 1953

  • The grave of poet and playwright Tennessee Williams in Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri

    Williams' grave, Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri

  • Vivien Leigh in Streetcar Named Desire trailer 2

    Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)


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