"Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier ""Tennessee"" Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) was an American playwright. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama. After years of obscurity, at age 33 he became suddenly famous with the success of ""The Glass Menagerie"" (1944) in New York City. This play closely reflected his own unhappy family background. It was the first of a string of successes, including ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" (1947), ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" (1955), and ""Sweet Bird of Youth"" (1959). With his"
"The Big White The Big White is a 2005 black comedy film directed by Mark Mylod starring Robin Williams, Holly Hunter, Giovanni Ribisi, Woody Harrelson, Tim Blake Nelson, W. Earl Brown and Alison Lohman. Travel agent Paul Barnell (Robin Williams) finds a body in a dumpster that, unbeknownst to him, was left there by Mafia hitmen. Heavily in debt and attempting to find a cure for his wife Margaret's (Holly Hunter) apparent Tourette Syndrome, he stages a disfiguring animal attack with the body in order to cash in his missing brother's life-insurance policy, for which a corpse is required. Local"
"Williams Jr.'s song ""All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"". In 2014, he appeared on ""Community"" as an illegal textbook dealer who declines to purchase a batch of misprinted chemistry textbooks. Williams appeared in the 2017 film ""Baby Driver"" as the Butcher, an arms dealer. He portrayed the character of Little Enos Burdette in ""Smokey and the Bandit"" (1977), ""Smokey and the Bandit II"" (1980), and ""Smokey and the Bandit Part 3"" (1983). He has a recurring role as a former lawyer and information source in 2018's season 2 of ""Goliath"". Williams has been married three times. He has"
"and in January 2011, a production to mark Williams' 100th birthday was presented at Vienna's English Theatre, Vienna, Austria. The play was performed at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada in 2011 and in 2012 at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. A 2013 Broadway revival featured Ciarán Hinds as Big Daddy, Debra Monk as Big Mama, Benjamin Walker as Brick, George Porteous as Sonny, and Scarlett Johansson as Maggie. A 2014 production played at Royal & Derngate, Royal Exchange Theatre and Northern Stage, with original music by White Lies. It featured Mariah Gale, Charles Aitken, Daragh O'Malley and Kim Criswell"
"Jeffrey Finn. In February 2008, he starred on Broadway as Big Daddy in a limited-run, all-African-American production of Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"", directed by Debbie Allen and mounted at the Broadhurst Theatre. In November 2009, James reprised the role of Big Daddy in ""Cat On A Hot Tin Roof"" at the Novello Theatre in London's West End. This production also stars Sanaa Lathan as Maggie, Phylicia Rashad as Big Mamma, and Adrian Lester as Brick. In October 2010, Jones returned to the Broadway stage in Alfred Uhry's ""Driving Miss Daisy"" along with Vanessa"
"Chris Williams (actor) Christopher James Williams (born November 2, 1967) is an American actor, voice actor and comedian. He starred as ""Eddie"" on the CBS series ""The Great Indoors"". He is the younger brother of Vanessa Williams. Williams is African American. He was raised Roman Catholic. He is the great-great-grandson of Republican politician William A. Feilds. He is a graduate of Georgetown University. Williams has made appearances on numerous television shows such as """", ""JAG"", ""The Shield"", ""Weeds"", ""Reno 911!"", ""Californication"", and popularly as fictional rap artist Krazee-Eyez Killa on ""Curb Your Enthusiasm"". In 2007, he guest starred on ""Monk"""
"is the birthplace of famous playwright Tennessee Williams, author of ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" and ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". His birthplace, formerly the rectory of nearby St. Paul's Episcopal Church, is now the welcome center for Columbus (300 Main St., Columbus). Columbus is also the birthplace of baseball announcer Red Barber; boxing's first three-time world heavyweight champion, Henry Armstrong; rock singer Andrew Wood; the parents of Grammy-award-winning bluegrass musician Alison Krauss; American Idol contestant Jasmine Murray; and bluegrass musician Ruby Jane Smith. Lenny Fant, award-winning basketball coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe from 1957–1979, graduated from"
"long afterwards, Shirley's brother, Max, was appointed as Northern area booker with Joint Promotions and began to transform Crabtree into the persona for which he would be best remembered. Based originally on the character of the same name played by actor Burl Ives in the first screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams' ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"" (1958), 'Big Daddy' was first given life by Crabtree in late 1974, initially still as a villain. The character's leotards were emblazoned with just a large ""D"" and were fashioned by his wife Eunice from their chintz sofa. The character first gained attention"
"William Katt William Theodore Katt (born February 16, 1951) is an American film and television actor, voice artist and musician best known as the star of the television series ""The Greatest American Hero"". He first became known for playing Tommy Ross, the ill-fated prom date of Carrie White in the film version of ""Carrie"" (1976) and subsequently starred in films such as ""First Love"" (1977), ""Big Wednesday"" (1978) and """" (1979). Between 1985 and 1988, he starred in nine Perry Mason television films alongside his mother Barbara Hale, who reprised her role as Della Street from the television series ""Perry"
"the head of the military on the planet Titan in the Adult Swim animated series ""Titan Maximum"". In July 2010, Williams appeared in the animated series ""The Boondocks"", where he voiced a fictionalized version of himself in the episode ""The Story of Lando Freeman"". In February 2011, Williams appeared as a guest star on USA Network's ""White Collar"" as Ford, an old friend of Neal Caffrey's landlady June, played by Diahann Carroll. In February 2012, Williams was the surprise guest during a taping of ""The Oprah Winfrey Show"" spotlighting Diana Ross. Ross and Williams were reunited after having not seen"
"all-African-American Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"", starring stage veterans James Earl Jones (Big Daddy), her sister Phylicia Rashad (Big Mama) and Anika Noni Rose (Maggie the Cat), as well as film actor Terrence Howard, who made his Broadway debut as Brick. The production, with some roles recast, had a limited run (2009 – April 2010) in London. Allen has released two solo albums, 1986's ""Sweet Charity"" and 1989's ""Special Look"" which also had several singles off the album. In 1995, Allen lent her voice (as well directing the voice cast) to"
"Big (film) Big is a 1988 American fantasy comedy film directed by Penny Marshall, and stars Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin, a young boy who makes a wish ""to be big"" and is then aged to adulthood overnight. The film also stars Elizabeth Perkins, David Moscow as young Josh, John Heard, and Robert Loggia, and was written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg. Twelve-year-old Josh Baskin, who lives with his parents and infant sister in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, is told he is too short for a carnival ride called the Super Loops, while attempting to impress Cynthia Benson, an"
"Michelle Pfeiffer. He used to host a ""Celebrity Brunch"" and once owned a restaurant in the Plaza Hotel & Casino, which was owned by his friend D.W. Barrick of Barrick Gaming Corporation. Larry Manetti Lawrence Francis Manetti (born July 23, 1947) is an American actor best known for his role as Orville Wilbur Richard ""Rick"" Wright on the CBS television series ""Magnum P.I."" which starred Tom Selleck as the title character. He also starred in ""Baa Baa Black Sheep"" as 1LT Robert A. ""Bobby"" Boyle, a pilot in the VMF-214 squadron headed by Greg ""Pappy"" Boyington (played by Robert Conrad)."
"(Robin Williams), a successful California beverage company executive, is struggling with a dysfunctional family, with his materialistic wife Jamie (Cheryl Hines), his sharp-tongued teenage daughter Cassie (Joanna ""JoJo"" Levesque), and his son Carl (Josh Hutcherson), who is an adolescent weightlifter and likes hip hop. At a company picnic, Bob is embarrassed in front of his self-absorbed boss Todd Mallory (Will Arnett) by Cassie's militant friend Gretchen, who hurls a bottle of slimy fat all over Todd for putting unhealthy drinks in schools. Looking forward to a big family vacation in Hawaii, their trip is cancelled when Todd, out of spite,"
"Big Mama to spare the aging couple from pain on the patriarch's birthday but, throughout the course of the play, it becomes clear that the Pollitt family has long constructed a web of deceit for itself. Maggie, determined and beautiful, has escaped a childhood of poverty to marry into the wealthy Pollitts, but finds herself unfulfilled. The family is aware that Brick has not slept with Maggie for a long time, which has strained their marriage. Brick, an aging football hero, infuriates her by ignoring his brother Gooper's attempts to gain control of the family fortune. Brick's indifference and his"
"Casey Sander Clinton O. ""Casey"" Sander (born July 6, 1956) is an American actor known as the character ""Captain"" Jimmy Wennick on the short-lived TV series ""Tucker"". His television credits also include ""Criminal Minds"", ""The Golden Girls"",""Grace Under Fire"", ""Home Improvement"", ""Malcolm in the Middle"", ""Rules of Engagement"", ""Sons of Anarchy"", ""Mad Men"", ""Silicon Valley"", ""The Newsroom"", ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"" (on which he portrayed the father of Xander Harris), ""Hunter"", and ""Marvin Marvin"", among other shows. He has a recurring role on the TV sitcom ""The Big Bang Theory"" as Bernadette's father, Mike. Sander was born in Washington, D.C."
"Tennessee Williams' ""Twenty-Seven Wagons Full of Cotton"". She headed her own improv comedy trio, Zaniac, and performed as a vocalist, singing backup for John Mellencamp and in her play, ""Honk Tonk Angels"". Bennett's favorite non-writing activities are reading (memoirs, medical mysteries, and show-biz stories), film, theater, cooking, politics, and Internet shopping. She lives in Los Angeles with her son. Her pseudonyms are C.J. Anders, and Carrie Austen. For many years, she wrote frequently with Jeff Gottesfeld, with whom she shared the Zoey Dean pseudonym. Her father was a writer for such shows as ""The Twilight Zone"", ""Route 66"", and Sid"
"of roles in Broadway productions during the 1930s, Dunnock won praise for her performance as a Welsh school teacher in ""The Corn is Green"" in 1940. The 1945 film version marked her screen debut. During the 1940s she performed mainly on stage, in such dramas as ""Another Part of the Forest"" (1946) and ""Death of a Salesman"" (1949) and in the musical ""Lute Song"" (1946). In 1947, Dunnock became a founding member of the Actors Studio. Dunnock reprised her ""Salesman"" role in the 1951 film version. She originated the role of Big Mama in the Tennessee Williams' ""Cat on a"
"in ""Just Write"" with Jeremy Piven. In 2005, she appeared in the Drew Barrymore-Jimmy Fallon baseball comedy ""Fever Pitch"". In October 2011, she appeared with Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, Rashida Jones, and Jack Black in the bird-watching comedy ""The Big Year"" for Twentieth Century Fox. Williams has also gained critical acclaim for a number of performances in notable television movies, including the nuclear holocaust film ""The Day After"" (1983), ""Murder Ordained"" (1987), as Lois Burnham Wilson in ""My Name is Bill W."" (1989), and the critically acclaimed ""Masterpiece Theatre"" presentation of ""The Ponder Heart"" (2003) for director Martha Coolidge. She"
"episode of ""Sabrina the Teenage Witch"" titled ""Sabrina in Wonderland"", he appeared as Potsie in a fantasy sequence. He also joined his fellow ""Happy Days"" cast members for two reunion specials: ""The Happy Days Reunion Special"" (1992) and ""Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion"" (2005). Williams is also a businessman. In 1987, fellow ""Happy Days"" cast member Al Molinaro and he opened a chain of diners called Big Al's; the business went defunct. He founded Starmaker Products, a cosmetics company, and was a featured speaker at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's National Trademark Expo in April 2008, at which he"
"Big Fish Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy comedy-drama film based on the by Daniel Wallace. The film was directed by Tim Burton and stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, and Marion Cotillard. Other roles are performed by Steve Buscemi, Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew McGrory, Alison Lohman, and Danny DeVito among others. Edward Bloom (Finney), a former traveling salesman in the Southern United States with a gift for storytelling, is now confined to his deathbed. Will (Crudup), his estranged son, attempts to mend their relationship as Bloom relates tall tales of his eventful life as a"
"Grand Pictures, and began filming in early 2012 on location in Boyle and Dublin, Ireland. He also returned with his character Alan Partridge, in ""Alan Partridge – Welcome to the Places of My Life"", which aired on Sky Atlantic. It was stated, by several critics and news papers, that the show has been highly anticipated, and was generally well received. Notable film roles include Factory Records boss Tony Wilson in the film ""24 Hour Party People"", Mole in Terry Jones' ""The Wind in the Willows"", Phileas Fogg in a comical version of Jules Verne's ""Around the World in 80 Days"""
"the NBC television network aired a TV series loosely based on the school and book. Roy Williams, formerly of the Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys, and Chicago Bears, went to school at Permian and portrayed an assistant coach for Midland Lee in the movie. The team, whose rallying cry is ""Mojo"", won the Texas state championship in the 4A classification (the state's largest until 1980) in 1965 and 1972 and the 5A classification in 1980, 1984 (a co-championship with French High School, located in Beaumont, Texas the last time that a football co-championship was awarded by the UIL; it would later"
"in a 13-month run of Jean Giraudoux's ""The Madwoman of Chaillot"", Lycus in a 15-month run of ""A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"", and DeLacey in the expensive one-night flop ""Frankenstein"" in 1981. He also toured in road companies of such shows as ""Tobacco Road"" and ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,"" in which he was properly emaciated as the cancer-ridden Big Daddy, a part, he said, which Tennessee Williams wrote for him. Carradine claimed to have appeared in more than 450 movies, but only 225 movies can be documented. His count is closer to fact"
"the director's intention. The DVD was released on December 8, 2009 and featured an audio commentary track with the director, deleted scenes, outtakes, and a making of featurette. World's Greatest Dad World's Greatest Dad is a 2009 American satirical black comedy-drama film, written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. It stars Robin Williams, Daryl Sabara, and Alexie Gilmore. The film was released on July 24, 2009 on video on demand providers before its limited theatrical release on August 21, 2009. Lance Clayton (Robin Williams) is a single father and high school English teacher whose biggest fear is that he will one"
"in the episode ""Mr. Monk and the Really, Really Dead Guy"". On February 3, 2010, Williams made an appearance on his older sister Vanessa Williams' series ""Ugly Betty"" playing Wilhelldiva Hater, a female impersonator of her character Wilhelmina Slater. In 2012, he was featured in an Apple commercial. Chris Williams (actor) Christopher James Williams (born November 2, 1967) is an American actor, voice actor and comedian. He starred as ""Eddie"" on the CBS series ""The Great Indoors"". He is the younger brother of Vanessa Williams. Williams is African American. He was raised Roman Catholic. He is the great-great-grandson of Republican"
"the film's title card says ""Tennessee Williams' Baby Doll"", and the film is based on Williams' one-act play ""27 Wagons Full of Cotton"", in his autobiography director Elia Kazan claimed that Williams was only ""half-heartedly"" involved in writing the screenplay, of which Kazan himself actually wrote the majority. The film was shot in Benoit, Mississippi in the J.C. Burrus house, built 1858 to 1861, the only antebellum house in Bolivar County. Other locations were Greenville, Mississippi and New York City. According to Kazan, Williams did not stay long while the film was shooting in Benoit, because of the way people"
"Roosevelt is the stuffed toy bears—teddy bears—named after him following an incident on a hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902. Roosevelt has been portrayed in films and television series such as ""Brighty of the Grand Canyon"", ""The Wind and the Lion"", ""Rough Riders"", ""My Friend Flicka"","" and Law of the Plainsman."" Robin Williams portrayed Roosevelt in the form of a wax mannequin that comes to life in ""Night at the Museum"" and its sequels """" and """". In 2017, it was announced that Leonardo DiCaprio will portray Roosevelt in a biopic to be directed by Martin Scorsese. Moreover, Theodore Roosevelt"
"transferred to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios where he became the general music director and composed the theme for ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"". The remaining songs on the soundtrack are composed by a variety of artists such as Andre Previn, Daniel Decatur Emmett and Ludwig van Beethoven. Tennessee Williams was reportedly unhappy with the screenplay, which removed almost all of the homosexual themes and revised the third act section to include a lengthy scene of reconciliation between Brick and Big Daddy. Paul Newman, the film's star, had also stated his disappointment with the adaptation. The Hays Code limited Brick's portrayal"
"MTA AWard. In 2015, O'Malley was nominated for an MTA Award and STAGE Best Actor Award for his performance as Big Daddy in Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. In 2017, O'Malley was nominated for a West End Offie Award for his performance as the crooked police chief Ivan in the UK Premiere of Maxine Gorky's ""The Last Ones"" at The Jermyn Street Theatre. O'Malley was founder of The Sharpe's Children Foundation, a charity designed to fight poverty with education and take orphaned and destitute children off the streets of the third world"
"Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Hanks is known for his comedic and dramatic roles in such films as ""Splash"" (1984), ""Big"" (1988), ""Turner & Hooch"" (1989), ""A League of Their Own"" (1992), ""Sleepless in Seattle"" (1993), ""Apollo 13"" (1995), ""You've Got Mail"" (1998), ""The Green Mile"" (1999), ""Cast Away"" (2000), ""Road to Perdition"" (2002), ""Cloud Atlas"" (2012), ""Captain Phillips"" (2013), ""Saving Mr. Banks"" (2013), and ""Sully"" (2016). He has also starred in the ""Robert Langdon"" film series, and voices Sheriff Woody in the ""Toy Story"" film series. Hanks has collaborated"
"in the episode ""Exposé"". He also appears regularly on short clips on the ""Jimmy Kimmel Live!"" as a semi-parody of himself. In February 2006, he guest starred as himself in the season 5 episode ""Her Story II"" of ""Scrubs"", where he plays the godfather of Julie (Mandy Moore). Turk hugs him, calling him ""Lando"", even though he prefers to be called Billy Dee. Williams played Toussaint Dubois for """" in 2007 and 2008. Williams reprised his role as Toussaint on ""General Hospital"" beginning in June 2009. Also in 2009, he took on the role of the voice of Admiral Bitchface,"
"with his own combos, which between 1970 and 1990 usually included the pianist Norman Simmons, and often had Henry Johnson on guitar. Williams sang with the Basie orchestra in two films, ""Jamboree"" in 1957 and ""Cinderfella"" in 1960. He sometimes worked as an actor, and in 1985 took the rôle of ""Grandpa Al"" Hanks in Bill Cosby's popular ""The Cosby Show"". Williams appeared several times on ""Sesame Street"" in the 1980s and early 1990s. In later life Williams often worked in hotels and clubs in Las Vegas, but also sang at festivals and worked on cruise ships. He toured again"