Biography
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into U.S. drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The tragedy Long Day's Journey into Night is often numbered on the short list of the finest U.S. plays in the 20th century, alongside Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.
O'Neill's plays were among the first to include speeches in American English vernacular and involve characters on the fringes of society. They struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations, but ultimately slide into disillusionment and despair. Of his very few comedies, only one is well-known (Ah, Wilderness!). Nearly all of his other plays involve some degree of tragedy and personal pessimism.
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Filmography
all 55
Movies 54
Writer 43
self 3
TV Shows 1
The Dancing Monkey (2023)
Three Dramas (2020)
Public Speaking (2010)
Ptown Diaries (2009)
Mourning Becomes Electra (2004)
Lovely Child (1990)
Hughie (1983)
Bloody Destinies (1982)
Anna Christie (1980)
Mourning Becomes Electra (1978)
The Face of Genius (1966)
Tran (1965)
O Wildnis (1959)
In the Zone (1946)
The Hairy Ape (1944)
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1888-10-16
Deathday1953-11-27 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, New York, USA
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ChildrenEugene O'Neill, Jr., Oona O'Neill
FatherJames O'Neill
MotherElla O'Neill
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Drama, Nobel Prize in Literature, Laurence Olivier Award
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