Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama.
- Occupation
- playwright, novelist, screenwriter, poet
- Position held
- President of the Jury at the Cannes Festival
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 26, 1911, March 26, 1914
- Died
- February 25, 1983, February 24, 1983, February 25, 1985
