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Writing

Tennessee Williams

Career: Active from 1950 to 2027, busiest in 1966 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 1
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: A Streetcar Named Desire
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Tennessee Williams Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
2.4, average 4.8
Physical Comedy
0.8, average 2.4
Situational Comedy
1.3, average 2.7
Scare
1.2, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 5
Social Commentary 5
Tennessee Williams Adaptation 5
Character-Driven 4
Psychological Drama 4
Southern Gothic Drama 4
Social Realism 3
Literary Adaptations 3
Southern Gothic 3
Coming of Age 2
Melancholy 2
Intense Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

68

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Theatre Play

Story

2020s

3 titles

National Theatre at Home: Suddenly Last Summer

Writer

A Streetcar Named Desire

Writer

The Glass Menagerie

Writer

2010s

4 titles · average score 71

National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

58

Writer

National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire

80

Theatre Play, Writer

Here Without Me

75

Theatre Play

Le Paradis sur terre

Writer

2000s

6 titles · average score 55

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

46

Writer

Suddenly, Last Summer

Writer

Akale

81

Theatre Play

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

61

Novel

The Yellow Bird

as Narrator (voice)

Desire

33

Idea

1990s

9 titles · average score 65

A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere

Writer

A Streetcar Named Desire

67

Writer, Theatre Play

Suddenly, Last Summer

72

Author, Writer

Rubber Woman

Author

The Night of the Iguana

Author

Orpheus Descending

56

Writer

27 Wagons Full of Cotton

Writer

Lady Vaselina

Theatre Play

Een vreemde liefde

Theatre Play

1980s

12 titles · average score 61

Sweet Bird of Youth

58

Writer

The Drift

Novel

A Streetcar Named Desire

Writer

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Original Story

The Glass Menagerie

69

Writer

A Streetcar Named Desire

Novel

Noir et blanc

56

Original Story

Orpheus Descends to Hell

Writer

Alfarysa

Writer

The Piper

Novel

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

62

Writer, Theatre Play

A Streetcar Named Desire

63

Theatre Play

1970s

11 titles · average score 64

Bourbon Street Blues

Writer

Sweet Bird of Youth

Author

Cat on Fire

Original Story, Theatre Play

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

70

Writer

The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

Writer

Talk to Me Like the Rain

Writer

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

Theatre Play

The Migrants

Story

The Glass Menagerie

75

Theatre Play

Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

48

Theatre Play

Dragon Country

Theatre Play

1960s

13 titles · average score 56

The Glass Menagerie

Novel

Boom!

38

Theatre Play, Screenplay

Hilsen fra Bertha

Writer

Ten Blocks on the Camino Real

Writer

The Glass Menagerie

Writer

This Property Is Condemned

66

Theatre Play

The Night of the Iguana

75

Theatre Play

Sweet Bird of Youth

57

Theatre Play

Period of Adjustment

56

Theatre Play

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

31

Novel

Summer and Smoke

63

Theatre Play

The Fugitive Kind

61

Screenplay, Theatre Play

1950s

8 titles · average score 75

Suddenly, Last Summer

67

Screenplay, Theatre Play

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

85

Theatre Play

Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

Writer

Baby Doll

77

Screenplay, Theatre Play

The Rose Tattoo

68

as Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)

Senso

79

Dialogue

A Streetcar Named Desire

89

Theatre Play, Screenplay

The Glass Menagerie

63

Screenplay, Theatre Play