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Born: 17 October 1915 · Died: 10 February 2005 · Age at death: 89
Arthur Miller died aged 89. He was born on 17 October 1915 and died on 10 February 2005.
American playwright of Death of a Salesman and The Crucible who was married to Marilyn Monroe
Did you know?He was famously married to Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe for five years during the height of her movie career.
Arthur Miller wrote plays that hold America to account. He grew up in New York, where his family's business was ruined in the Depression. Death of a Salesman, about the worn-out Willy Loman, won the Pulitzer Prize. The Crucible used the Salem witch trials to attack McCarthyism. He refused to name names before Congress and was convicted of contempt, later overturned. He was married to Marilyn Monroe from 1956 to 1961. His plays are performed around the world.
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist in 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955).
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American playwright, 1915–2005
Arthur Miller was born in New York City on 17 October 1915.
Death of a Salesman opened in 1949.
The Crucible opened in 1953.
He married Marilyn Monroe in 1956.
Career highlights
Did you know?He wrote The Misfits as a role for Marilyn Monroe.
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