Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955, revised 1956). He wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on The Misfits (1961). The drama Death of a Salesman has been numbered on the short list of finest American plays in the 20th century.
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| Full name at birth | Arthur Asher Miller
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| Claim to fame | All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible
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| Date of birth | 17 October 1915
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| Place of birth | Harlem, New York City, New York USA
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| Date of death | 10 February 2005
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| Age | 89 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Roxbury, Connecticut USA
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| Cause of death | Heart Failure
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| Resting place | Great Oak Cemetery, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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| Occupation | Playwright
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| Height | 6' 1" (185 cm)
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| Pets | Hugo (Basset Hound 1956)
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| Net worth | $10,000,000 USD
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| University | BA Journalism, University of Michigan (1938)
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- After his divorce from Marilyn Monroe, his father was Marilyn`s date to JFK`s birthday party at Madison Square Garden.
- Lived with his girlfriend Agnes Barley at the time of his death. Agnes was approximately 50 years younger than Miller.
- He and his then wife Marilyn Monroe commissioned famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design a home for their Roxbury property in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Although the house was never built by the couple, the plans were purchased many years later by a country club in Hawaii and built as a clubhouse. The scale model is on exhibit at Taliesan West, Wright`s winter compound in Scottsdale, Arizona.
- He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1993 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
- Miller died on the 56th anniversary of the opening night of his greatest success. "Death of a Salesman" opened at the Morosco Theatre on Feb 10, 1949 and closed on Nov 18, 1950, running for a total of 742 performances. The original production won two 1949 Tony Awards for Miller for Best Play and Best Author. It also won Tony Awards for Arthur Kennedy (Best Supporting or Featured Actor-Dramatic), Jo Mielziner (Best Scenic Design), Kermit Bloomgarden and Walter Fried (Producer-Dramatic), and Elia Kazan (Best Director). Cameron Mitchell won a 1949 Theatre World Award for Supporting Actor. Miller also was awarded the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play has been revived three times successfully on Broadway, in 1975, 1984 and 1999.
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