| Tennessee Williams  AKA Thomas Lanier Williams
Born: 26-Mar-1911
Birthplace: Columbus, MS
Died: 25-Feb-1983
Location of death: Hotel Elysee, New York City
Cause of death: Accident - Choking
Remains: Buried, Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Gay
Occupation: Playwright Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Glass Menagerie Father: Cornelius Coffin Williams (shoe salesman)
Mother: Edwina Dakin Williams (minister's daughter)
Boyfriend: Frank Merlo
University: University of Missouri (dropped out)
University: Washington University in St. Louis (1936-37, transferred)
University: BA, University of Iowa (1938)
Dramatists Guild of America
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Tony The Rose Tattoo (1951?)
Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1948 for A Streetcar Named Desire
Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1955 for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Kennedy Center Honor 1979
St. Louis Walk of Fame
Tonsillectomy
Appendectomy
Nervous Breakdown
Draft Deferment: World War II 4-F
Risk Factors: Depression, Appendicitis, Hemorrhoids
Wrote plays:
The Glass Menagerie (1945)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1959)
Clothes for a Summer Hotel (1980)
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