Person Details

Birthday: 1888-10-16 05:25:12

Death: 1953-11-27 05:25:12

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 46

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eugene O'Neill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Long Day's Journey Into Night
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
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Desire Under the Elms
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7

Desire Under the Elms

(1958) Writer
The Long Voyage Home
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7

The Long Voyage Home

(1940) Story
Ah, Wilderness!
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6

Ah, Wilderness!

(1935) Writer
Long Day's Journey Into Night
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6
Mourning Becomes Electra
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Mourning Becomes Electra

(1978) Theatre Play
The Iceman Cometh
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6

The Iceman Cometh

(1973) Author

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2010 Self (archive footage)
1966 Self (archive footage)
Himself
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Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Original Story
2020 Original Story
2017 Writer
2014 Writer
1996 Writer
1990 Original Story
1988 Writer
1987 Writer
Theatre Play
1982 Writer
Original Story
1981 Novel
1980 Theatre Play
1978 Theatre Play
1976 Writer
1975 Writer
Writer
1974 Writer
1973 Author
Writer
1968 Writer
1967 Writer
1964 Theatre Play
1962 Theatre Play
Writer
1960 Writer
1959 Writer
1958 Theatre Play
1948 Theatre Play
1947 Theatre Play
1946 Writer
Writer
1944 Theatre Play
1940 Theatre Play
1939 Writer
1935 Theatre Play
1933 Original Story
Theatre Play
1932 Theatre Play
1930 Theatre Play
Theatre Play
1928 Theatre Play
1923 Theatre Play
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Theatre Play
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