Date of Death: November 27, 1953 (65)
Birth Place: New York, NY, USA
Eugene O'Neill was an American playwright who is widely considered to be one of the greatest dramatists in American history. Born in 1888 in New York City, O'Neill grew up in a family of actors and spent much of his childhood on the road with his father's theater company. Despite this early exposure to the world of theater, O'Neill initially pursued a career as a sailor and spent several years at sea before returning to the stage.
Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Eugene O'Neill, The Iceman Cometh
Eugene O'NeillMourning Becomes Electra
Eugene O'Neill, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Eugene O'Neill, A Touch of the Poet
Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey into Night
Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Eugene O'Neill, The Iceman Cometh
Eugene O'Neill, Strange Interlude
Eugene O'Neill, Anna Christie
Eugene O'Neill, Beyond the Horizon
Eugene O'Neill has written 40 shows including In The Zone (Playwright), Beyond the Horizon (Playwright), The Emperor Jones (Playwright), Diff'rent (Playwright), Gold (Playwright), The Straw (Playwright), The First Man (Playwright), The Hairy Ape (Playwright), Welded (Playwright), Desire Under the Elms (Playwright), Ile (Playwright), The Fountain (Playwright), The Great God Brown (Playwright), Strange Interlude (Playwright), Where the Cross Is Made (Playwright), The Dreamy Kid (Playwright), S. S. Glencairn (Playwright), Dynamo (Playwright), Marco Millions (Playwright), Mourning Becomes Electra (Playwright), Days Without End (Playwright), New Girl in Town (Source Material), Take Me Along (Source Material), Diff'rent (Playwright), The Long Voyage Home (Playwright), Desire Under the Elms (Playwright), Hughie (Playwright), More Stately Mansions (Playwright), All God's Chillun Got Wings (Playwright), Long Day's Journey Into Night / Ah, Wilderness! (Playwright), Ah, Wilderness! (Playwright), Anna Christie (Playwright), The Hairy Ape (Playwright), More Stately Mansions (Playwright), The Iceman Cometh (Playwright), Long Day's Journey Into Night (Playwright), A Touch of the Poet (Playwright), Anna Christie (Source Material), A Moon for the Misbegotten (Playwright), Mourning Becomes Electra (Playwright).
Eugene O'Neill has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. Some of the notable nominations include Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play (Drama League Awards) for "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and "The Iceman Cometh," Best Revival (Olivier Awards) for "Mourning Becomes Electra," Outstanding Revival - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for "A Moon for the Misbegotten," Best Play (Tony Awards) for "A Touch of the Poet" and "Long Day's Journey Into Night," Best American Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for "Long Day's Journey into Night" and "The Iceman Cometh," and The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for "Long Day's Journey Into Night," "Strange Interlude," "Anna Christie," and "Beyond the Horizon."
Eugene O'Neill has won several awards throughout his career. Some of his notable wins include the Best Revival at the Olivier Awards for "Mourning Becomes Electra," Outstanding Revival - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "A Moon for the Misbegotten," Best American Play at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for "Long Day's Journey into Night," the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "Long Day's Journey Into Night," the Best Play at the Tony Awards for "Long Day's Journey Into Night," and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "Strange Interlude," "Anna Christie," and "Beyond the Horizon."
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