- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- October 16, 1888
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- November 27, 1953
Eugene O'Neill
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!). Ne…
Filmography
movieLong Day's Journey into Night
2025 · Theatre Play
movieThe Dancing Monkey
2023 · Original Story
movieThree Dramas
2020 · Original Story
movieLong Day's Journey Into Night
2017 · Writer
movieLong Day's Journey Into Night
2014 · Writer
moviePublic Speaking
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieMourning Becomes Electra
2004 · Original Story
movieLong Day's Journey Into Night
1996 · Writer
movieLovely Child
1990 · Original Story
movieLong Day's Journey Into Night
1989 · Author
tvStrange Interlude
1988 · Theatre Play
movieLong Day's Journey Into Night
1987 · Writer, Theatre Play
Hughie
movieHughie
1983 · Theatre Play
movieLong Day's Journey Into Night
1982 · Writer
movieBloody Destinies
1982 · Original Story
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Writer, Theatre Play
movieSleepless Eyes
1981 · Novel
Anna Christie
movieAnna Christie
1980 · Theatre Play
tvMourning Becomes Electra
1978 · Theatre Play
movieViaje por una larga noche
1977 · Script
movieAh, Wilderness!
1976 · Writer
movieO Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro
1976 · Theatre Play
movieBeyond the Horizon
1975 · Writer
movieA Moon for the Misbegotten
1975 · Writer
movieA Touch of the Poet
1974 · Writer
movieThe Iceman Cometh
1973 · Theatre Play
movieLong Day's Journey Into Night
1973 · Writer
tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Writer
movieFast ein Poet
1968 · Writer
Alle Reichtümer der Welt
movieAlle Reichtümer der Welt
1967 · Writer
movieThe Face of Genius
1966 · Self (archive footage)
Der Strohhalm
movieDer Strohhalm
1964 · Theatre Play
movieLong Day's Journey Into Night
1962 · Theatre Play, Writer
movieThe Iceman Cometh
1960 · Writer
tvThe Iceman Cometh
1960 · Writer
O Wildnis
movieO Wildnis
1959 · Writer
movieEmperor Jones
1958 · Original Concept
movieDesire Under the Elms
1958 · Theatre Play
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Writer
movieSummer Holiday
1948 · Theatre Play
movieMourning Becomes Electra
1947 · Theatre Play
All God's Chillun' Got Wings
movieAll God's Chillun' Got Wings
1946 · Writer
In the Zone
movieIn the Zone
1946 · Writer
movieThe Hairy Ape
1944 · Theatre Play
movieThe Long Voyage Home
1940 · Theatre Play
Marco Millions
movieMarco Millions
1939 · Writer
movieAh, Wilderness!
1935 · Theatre Play
movieEmperor Jones
1933 · Original Story
movieThe Constant Woman
1933 · Theatre Play
movieStrange Interlude
1932 · Theatre Play
movieAnna Christie
1930 · Theatre Play
movieAnna Christie
1930 · Theatre Play
movieDesire Under the Elms
1928 · Theatre Play
movieAnna Christie
1923 · Theatre Play
Foggy Harbour
movieFoggy Harbour
1923 · Theatre Play
movieThe Monte Cristo Cottage: Boyhood Home of Eugene O'Neill
— · Himself