"A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams that received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Jessica Tandy, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, and Kim Hunter. The London production opened in 1949 with Bonar Colleano, Vivien Leigh, Renee Asherson and Bernard Braden and was directed by Laurence Olivier. The drama ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" is often regarded as among the"
"A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film) A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1951 American drama film, adapted from Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 play of the same name. It tells the story of a southern belle, Blanche DuBois, who, after encountering a series of personal losses, leaves her aristocratic background seeking refuge with her sister and brother-in-law in a dilapidated New Orleans tenement. The Broadway production and cast was converted to film with several changes. Tennessee Williams collaborated with Oscar Saul and Elia Kazan on the screenplay. Kazan, who directed the Broadway stage production, also directed the black and white"
"in New York City on September 11, 2002, of a heart attack at the age of 79. She was survived by both her daughter and her son. She was cremated and her ashes given to her daughter. Kim Hunter Kim Hunter (born Janet Cole; November 12, 1922 – September 11, 2002) was an American film, theatre, and television actress. She won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, each as Best Supporting Actress, for her performance as Stella Kowalski in the 1951 film ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". Decades later, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for"
"Blanche DuBois Blanche DuBois (married name Grey) is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' 1947 Pulitzer Prize-winning play ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". The character was written for Tallulah Bankhead. Blanche DuBois arrives, penniless, in New Orleans to stay with her sister Stella and her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski. A former schoolteacher from a wealthy family, she has been evicted from her family home, ""Belle Reve"", after the deaths of several family members wiped out her and Stella's inheritance. It is also later revealed that, years earlier, her husband, Allan Grey, committed suicide after she caught him having sex with another man."
"Times"", ""I had nine months in the theatre of Blanche DuBois. Now she's in command of me."" Olivier accompanied her to Hollywood where he was to co-star with Jennifer Jones in William Wyler's ""Carrie"" (1952). Leigh's performance in ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" won glowing reviews, as well as a second Academy Award for Best Actress, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best British Actress, and a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. Tennessee Williams commented that Leigh brought to the role ""everything that I intended, and much that I had never dreamed"
"The character is reputedly named after theatre critic Blanche Marvin, a former actress and friend of Williams. Blanche DuBois Blanche DuBois (married name Grey) is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' 1947 Pulitzer Prize-winning play ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". The character was written for Tallulah Bankhead. Blanche DuBois arrives, penniless, in New Orleans to stay with her sister Stella and her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski. A former schoolteacher from a wealthy family, she has been evicted from her family home, ""Belle Reve"", after the deaths of several family members wiped out her and Stella's inheritance. It is also later revealed that,"
"Award for her performance. In the 1984 TV movie she was portrayed by Beverly D'Angelo and in the 1995 TV movie she was portrayed by Diane Lane. In the 1951 film adaptation of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"", there is a suggestion that Stella may leave Stanley after she finds out about the rape. Stella Kowalski Stella Kowalski (née DuBois) is one of the main characters in Tennessee Williams' play ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". She is the younger sister of central character Blanche DuBois and wife of Stanley Kowalski. The play begins when Blanche comes to visit Stella and Stanley in"
"by Liv Ullmann. She starred as Blanche DuBois alongside Joel Edgerton as Stanley Kowalski. Ullmann and Blanchett had been meaning to collaborate on a project since Ullman's intended film adaption of ""A Doll's House"" fell by the wayside. Blanchett proposed embarking on ""Streetcar"" to Ullmann, who jumped at the opportunity after initial discussion. ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" production traveled from Sydney to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. It was critically and commercially successful and Blanchett received critical acclaim for her performance as Blanche DuBois. ""The New York Times"" critic Ben"
"making it the fifth biggest hit of the year. In 1999, ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". Under mysterious circumstances, Blanche DuBois, an aging high school teacher, leaves her home in Auriol, Mississippi to travel to New Orleans to live with her sister, Stella Kowalski. She arrives on the train and boards a streetcar named ""Desire"" and reaches her sister's home in the French Quarter where she discovers that her sister and brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski, live in a cramped"
"praise for the film, calling it a ""great ensemble of the movies."" The film currently has a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 50 reviews. ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" won four awards at the 24th Academy Awards. The film set an Oscar record when it became the first film to win in three acting categories (a feat only since matched by ""Network""). The awards it won were for Actress in a Leading Role (Leigh), Actor in a Supporting Role (Malden), Actress in a Supporting Role (Hunter), and Art Direction. American Film Institute recognition A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)"
"24th Academy Awards The 24th Academy Awards honored the best in film in 1951, as recognized by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Best Picture was awarded to ""An American in Paris"", which, like ""A Place in the Sun"", received six Academy Awards. ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" won four Oscars, including three of the acting awards. The film's only unsuccessful acting nomination was that of Marlon Brando, whose performance as Stanley Kowalski was later considered one of the most influential of modern film acting. Humphrey Bogart was the last man born in the 19th century to win"
"a character based on the humanitarian photographer Lisa Kristine. The film presents the issues of child trafficking and sexual slavery in India, and is based on Patricia McCormick's novel of the same name. In July 2014, Anderson gained critical acclaim for her stage performance as Blanche DuBois in ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" by Tennessee Williams at the Young Vic Theatre in London. She won the ""Evening Standard"" Theatre Award for Best Actress and received her second Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress. The production became the fastest-selling show in the theatre's history, and the run was extended by two"
"to supporting appearances in ""The Valley of Decision"" (1945), ""The Green Years"" (1946, as Cronyn's daughter), ""Dragonwyck"" (1946) starring Gene Tierney and Vincent Price and ""Forever Amber"" (1947). Over the next three decades, her film career continued sporadically while she found better roles on the stage. Her roles during this time included """" (1951) opposite James Mason, ""The Light in the Forest"" (1958), and a role as a domineering mother in Alfred Hitchcock's film, ""The Birds"" (1963). On Broadway, she won a Tony Award for her performance as Blanche Dubois in the original Broadway production of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"""
"Emmy Awards. A Streetcar Named Desire (1995 film) A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1995 made-for-television drama film directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Alec Baldwin, Jessica Lange, John Goodman and Diane Lane that first aired on CBS Television. Based on the 1947 play by Tennessee Williams, it follows a 1951 adaptation starring Marlon Brando and a 1984 television adaptation. The film was adapted from a 1992 Broadway revival of the play, also starring Baldwin and Lange. In 1996, Jessica Lange won a Best Actress Golden Globe for her performance in this film. It was nominated for several other awards"
"of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"", opposite Alec Baldwin, Diane Lane, and John Goodman. She received glowing reviews for her performance, which earned her fourth Golden Globe Award and her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. In 1996, Lange made her London stage debut in another performance as Blanche DuBois, which received rave reviews. The following year, she starred opposite Michelle Pfeiffer in a film adaptation of Jane Smiley's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, ""A Thousand Acres"". Lange received her ninth Golden Globe Award nomination and won the Venice Film Festival's Schermi d'Amore award"
"Kim Hunter Kim Hunter (born Janet Cole; November 12, 1922 – September 11, 2002) was an American film, theatre, and television actress. She won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, each as Best Supporting Actress, for her performance as Stella Kowalski in the 1951 film ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". Decades later, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the long-running soap opera ""The Edge of Night"". She also portrayed the character of chimpanzee Zira in the first three installments of the original film adaptation ""Planet of the Apes"". Hunter was born in"
"a leading role Oscar. ""An American in Paris"" became the second color film to win Best Picture, after 1939's ""Gone with the Wind"". Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. These films had multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards. 24th Academy Awards The 24th Academy Awards honored the best in film in 1951, as recognized by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Best Picture was awarded to ""An American in Paris"", which, like ""A Place in the Sun"", received six Academy Awards. ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" won four Oscars, including three of the acting"
"was as a strongly dramatic Blanche DuBois in Valerie Bettis' modern choreography of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"", premiered in Her Majesty's Theatre in Montreal in 1952. She became the prima ballerina of the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1954 – 55. She opened a ballet studio in New York in 1960, then taught at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1969 to 1983 and concurrently at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) from 1970 to 1983. Mia Slavenska Mia Slavenska (February 20, 1916 in Slavonski Brod – October 5, 2002 in Los Angeles), birth name Mia Čorak, was"
"Arletty Léonie Marie Julie Bathiat (15 May 1898 – 23 July 1992), known professionally as Arletty, was a French actress, singer, and fashion model. She was found guilty of treason for an affair with a German officer during WWII, but she continued her career which included playing Blanche in the French version of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". Arletty was born in Courbevoie (near Paris), to a working-class family. After her father’s death, she left home and pursued a modeling career. She took the stage name “Arlette” based on the heroine of a story by Guy de Maupassant. She was not"
"A Streetcar Named Desire (1995 film) A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1995 made-for-television drama film directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Alec Baldwin, Jessica Lange, John Goodman and Diane Lane that first aired on CBS Television. Based on the 1947 play by Tennessee Williams, it follows a 1951 adaptation starring Marlon Brando and a 1984 television adaptation. The film was adapted from a 1992 Broadway revival of the play, also starring Baldwin and Lange. In 1996, Jessica Lange won a Best Actress Golden Globe for her performance in this film. It was nominated for several other awards including four"
"(2017). Aside from film and television, Anderson has taken on the stage and received both awards and critical acclaim. Her stage work includes ""Absent Friends"" (1991) – for which she won a Theatre World Award for Best Newcomer, ""A Doll's House"" (2009) – that earned her a Laurence Olivier Award nomination, and a portrayal of Blanche DuBois in ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" (2014, 2016) – for which she won the ""Evening Standard"" Theatre Award for Best Actress and received her second Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress. Anderson is the co-writer of ""The Earthend Saga"" novel trilogy and the"
"1949, deHavilland took time off from making films to be with her infant. She turned down the role of Blanche DuBois in ""A Streetcar Named Desire"", later explaining that becoming a mother was a ""transforming experience"" and that she could not relate to the character. In 1950, her family moved to New York City, where she began rehearsals for a major new stage production of Shakespeare's ""Romeo and Juliet""; it was her lifelong ambition to play Juliet on the stage. The play opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on March 11, 1951, to mixed reviews, with some critics believing the 35-year-old"
"in ""French Kiss"", with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline. She can be heard on the London cast recordings of ""Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens"" (1993) and ""Fame"" (1995) (as Miss Sherman, the English teacher). Brown played the Negro Woman in the 2001 play ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" at the Royal National Theatre (Lyttelton), in London, directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Glenn Close as Blanche DuBois. She also appeared in the 2001 film ""Wit"", where she has a brief exchange with Emma Thompson (who plays Vivian Bearing), as the second technician. In 2004, Brown appeared as Idella in"
"role of Blanche DuBois in ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" in summer stock in Sea Cliff, New York, in August 1951. Fellow cast member Naomi Caryl (who played Eunice Hubbell) recalled that Twelvetrees had ""the saddest eyes I'd ever seen"" and ""it was also obvious that she had an extremely fragile psyche."" Helen Twelvetrees was married three times. She married her first husband, actor Clark Twelvetrees, in February 1927. During the marriage Clark Twelvetrees attempted suicide by jumping out a window. He was hospitalized for several months afterwards. In March 1930, she filed for divorce, citing mental cruelty. During the divorce"
"Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Grace Lind, who was trained as a concert pianist, and Donald Cole, a refrigeration engineer. She attended Miami Beach High School. Hunter's first film role was in the 1943 film noir, ""The Seventh Victim"", and her first starring role was in the 1946 British fantasy film ""A Matter of Life and Death"". In 1947, she was Stella Kowalski on stage in the original Broadway production of ""A Streetcar Named Desire."" Recreating that role in the 1951 film version, Hunter won both the Academy and Golden Globe awards for Best Supporting Actress. In the interim, however,"
"Stella Kowalski Stella Kowalski (née DuBois) is one of the main characters in Tennessee Williams' play ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". She is the younger sister of central character Blanche DuBois and wife of Stanley Kowalski. The play begins when Blanche comes to visit Stella and Stanley in New Orleans after having lost their family home, Belle Reve, and her job as a teacher in Laurel, Mississippi. We gather that Stella was a Southern belle who left her home town to find work after her family fell on hard times. In New Orleans, she met her soon-to-be husband, Stanley Kowalski, who"
"Ophelia (opposite John Gielgud's legendary Hamlet) and Katherine (opposite Laurence Olivier's Henry V). During this period, she also worked in a number of British films. Following the end of her marriage to the British actor Jack Hawkins, she moved to New York in 1940, where she met Canadian actor Hume Cronyn. He became her second husband and frequent partner on stage and screen. She received the Tony Award for best performance by a Leading Actress in A Play for her performance as Blanche DuBois in the original Broadway production of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" in 1948. Tandy shared the prize"
"She instead studied acting at Michel Saint-Denis's school, and John Gielgud employed her in his London theatre company, but he and others considered her a poor actress. After meeting Tennessee Williams, she moved to New York, where she lived in a small flat in the 1950s and he arranged parts for her in performances of some of his plays; again her performances were not much praised and Williams himself said after her opening performance as Blanche in ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" in Florida, ""I thought I had written a good play till I saw her in it."" She appeared in"
"Award for her performance as Blanche in the original Broadway production. Uta Hagen took over the role of Blanche for the national tour, which was directed by Harold Clurman. Blanche was also portrayed by Vivien Leigh in the London stage production, which was directed by her then-husband Laurence Olivier, She reprised the role in the 1951 film adaptation. The film was directed by Elia Kazan, and Leigh won her second Academy Award for this performance. Tallulah Bankhead portrayed the role in 1956. Bankhead, a close friend of Williams, had been the inspiration for the role, and he wanted her to"
"the film's dialogue is taken from the 1951 film version, not the original stage version. The 1973 Woody Allen film ""Sleeper"" includes a late scene in which Miles (Woody) and Luna (Diane Keaton) briefly take on the roles of Stanley (Luna) and Blanche (Miles). It was noted by many critics that the 2013 Academy Award-winning Woody Allen film ""Blue Jasmine"" had much in common with ""Streetcar"" and is most likely a loose adaptation. It shares a very similar plot and characters, although it has been suitably updated for modern film audiences. In 2015, Gillian Anderson directed and starred in a"
"1989 (""Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series""). Nettleton appeared in a 2006 Christmas TV movie special, ""The Christmas Card"". A life member of the Actors Studio, Nettleton made her Broadway debut in the 1949 production of Dalton Trumbo's play, ""The Biggest Thief in Town"" using the name Lydia Scott. She appeared in a 1959 off-Broadway production of ""Look Charlie"", which was written by her future husband, humorist Jean Shepherd. She received critical praise for her performance as Blanche DuBois in a 1973 revival of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". Nettleton was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as"
"Beverly D'Angelo Beverly Heather D'Angelo (born November 15, 1951) is an American actress and singer, who starred as Ellen Griswold in the ""National Lampoon's Vacation"" films (1983–2015). She has appeared in over 60 films and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her role as Patsy Cline in ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" (1980), and for an Emmy Award for her role as Stella Kowalski in the TV film ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" (1984). Her other film roles include Sheila Franklin in ""Hair"" (1979) and Doris Vinyard in ""American History X"" (1998). D'Angelo was born in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of"
"Katharine Hepburn, whom she admires for playing strong and independent women, as one of her inspirations. Keaton is a 1964 graduate of Santa Ana High School in Santa Ana, California. During her time there, she participated in singing and acting clubs at school, and starred as Blanche DuBois in a school production of ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". After graduation, she attended Santa Ana College, and later Orange Coast College as an acting student, but dropped out after a year to pursue an entertainment career in Manhattan. Upon joining the Actors' Equity Association, she changed her surname to Keaton, her mother's"