Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge . Miller was often in the public eye, particularly during the late 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s, a period during which he testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Prince of Asturias Award, and was married to Marilyn Monroe. Arthur Asher Miller was born on October 17, 1915, in Harlem, New York City, the...
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quick facts
Birthdate:October 17, 1915
Birthplace:New York City
Date of death:February 10, 2005
Height:6' 1"
Education:University of Michigan, Abraham Lincoln High School
Religion:Judaism
Also known as:Arthur Asher Miller, Arthur Miller, arthur_miller

Honors and Awards

YearAwardWork
1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Death of a Salesman
1941 Academy Award for Best Cinematography How Green Was My Valley
1943 Academy Award for Best Cinematography The Song of Bernadette
1946 Academy Award for Best Cinematography Anna and the King of Siam
1996 Nominated - Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay The Crucible
1997 Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Crucible
1996 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted The Crucible
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Written works by Arthur Miller

Title
Death of a Salesman
The Crucible
A View from the Bridge
Resurrection Blues
The Man Who Had All the Luck
Honors at Dawn
The Creation of the World and Other Business
The Last Yankee
Everybody Wins
No Villain
Finishing the Picture
Incident at Vichy
After the Fall
Incident At Vichy
The American Clock
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
Broken Glass
Mr. Peters' Connections
The Archbishop's Ceiling
Up From Paradise
In Russian
The Price
The Price
A Memory of Two Mondays
Mr. Peters' Connections
Death of a Salesman
The price
Situation normal..
Timebends
enemy of the people
Homely girl, a life, and other stories
Elegy for a lady
Incident at Vichy
Early plays
Everybody wins
Presence
Salesman in Beijing
Eight plays
Focus
Jane's blanket
golden years
Collected plays
Dros Bont Brooklyn
Two-way mirror
Danger, memory!
misfits
Death of the Salesman
American clock
On Social Plays
On politics and the art of acting
After the fall
portable Arthur Miller
I don't need you any more
Some kind of love story
man who had all the luck
Arthur Miller's Playing for time
theater essays of Arthur Miller
Broken glass
Plain girl
Conversations with Arthur Miller
All My Sons
The misfits
After the fall
Arthur Miller and company
The Crucible in history and other essays
Focus
Homely girl
Playing for time
The price
The theatre essays of Arthur Miller
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Arthur Miller quotes

  • If I have any justification for having lived it's simply, I'm nothing but faults, failures and so on, but I have tried to make a good pair of shoes. There's some value in that.

    - Arthur Miller
  • A good newspaper is a nation talking to itself.

    - Arthur Miller
  • Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

    - Arthur Miller
  • I love her too, but our neuroses just don't match.

    - Arthur Miller
  • The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism.

    - Arthur Miller

Movies with appearances by Arthur Miller

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye
Release date:2003
Directed by:Heinz Bütler
Genre:World cinema
The Civil War
The Civil War
Release date:September 23, 1990
Directed by:Ken Burns
Genre:Documentary
Boomerang
Boomerang
Release date:March 5, 1947
Directed by:Elia Kazan
Genre:Film noir

Works by Arthur Miller adapted to film

TitleReleasedRatedGenre
The Crucible 1996 PG-13 (USA) Film adaptation
Les Sorcières de Salem 1957 Period piece
Death of a Salesman 1985 PG (USA) Film adaptation
Death of a Salesman 2000 Drama
Death of a Salesman 1951 Drama
A Memory of Two Mondays 1971 Drama
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Places Arthur Miller has lived

Map showing Places Lived by Arthur Miller
MarkerLocationPopulation
A New York City 8,175,133
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People who influenced Arthur Miller

Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's...
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Personal relationships of Arthur Miller

Significant OtherRelationshipDate StartedDate EndedDuration
Inge Morath Marriage Feb. 17, 1962 Jan. 30, 2002 39 years
Marilyn Monroe Marriage June 29, 1956 Jan. 24, 1961 4 years
Mary Grace Slattery Marriage Aug. 5, 1940 June 11, 1956 15 years
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    What award nominations has Arthur Miller received?
  • A:
    Award nominations include:
    - Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for "The Crucible"
  • Q:
    Where was Arthur Miller born?
  • A:
    Arthur Miller was born in New York.
  • Q:
    What is a well-known quote by Arthur Miller?
  • A:
    One famous quote is, "Nobody dast blame this man. For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to the life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back -- that's an earthquake. And then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you're finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory."
  • Q:
    What was Arthur Miller's profession?
  • A:
    Arthur Miller was an accomplished essayist, writer, playwright and author.
  • Q:
    What was the cause of Arthur Miller's death?
  • A:
    He died in February, 2005 from cardiovascular disease.
  • Q:
    Who was an influence on Arthur Miller?
  • A:
    Henrik Ibsen inspired Arthur Miller.
  • Q:
    Which books have been composed by writer, Arthur Miller?
  • A:
    Well known titles include:
    - The Crucible
    - Finishing the Picture
    - Resurrection Blues
    - Mr. Peters' Connections
    - Broken Glass
    - The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
    - Everybody Wins
  • Q:
    Where did Arthur Miller go to school?
  • A:
    Arthur Miller was a student at the University of Michigan.
  • Q:
    What ethnicity was Arthur Miller?
  • A:
    Arthur Miller was of Polish heritage.
  • Q:
    In which church organization was Arthur Miller a member?
  • A:
    Judaism was Arthur Miller's chosen religion.

Awards & Accolades

  • Pulitzer Prize - Drama
    1949
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