1915 |
October 17 |
Arthur Asher Miller is born in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. |
1936 |
|
His first play, Honors at Dawn, is produced at the University of Michigan and earns him the Avery Hopwood Award. |
1938 |
|
Miller graduates from the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in English. |
1940 |
|
He marries his college sweetheart, Mary Slattery. |
1944 |
November 23 |
His first Broadway production, The Man Who Had All the Luck, opens at the Forrest Theatre. It closes after only 4 performances. |
1947 |
January 29 |
All My Sons opens at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway, earning Miller his first Tony Award. |
1949 |
February 10 |
Death of a Salesman opens at the Morosco Theatre on Broadway, under the direction of Elia Kazan. The play is hailed as a masterpiece of the modern theatre and earns Miller a Pulitzer Prize. The production also wins six Tony Awards. |
1950 |
December 28 |
An Enemy of the People, adapted from a play by Henrik Ibsen, opens at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway. It closes after only 36 performances. |
1953 |
January 26 |
The Crucible opens at the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway, earning Miller another Tony Award for Best Play. |
1955 |
September 29 |
A View From the Bridge and A Memory of Two Mondays open at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway |
1956 |
June 21 |
Miller is called before HUAC (the House Un-American Activities Committee) for attending communist meetings with director Elia Kazan. |
|
June 29 |
Arthur Miller marries Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe. |
1957 |
May 31 |
Miller is found guilty of contempt of Congress for refusing to name names to HUAC as they pursue their anti-communist witch hunt. |
1958 |
August 8 |
His conviction is reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals. |
1961 |
|
The Misfits, a film Miller wrote for Marilyn Monroe as their marriage was collapsing, is released in theaters. The film, directed by John Huston, also features Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift. |
1962 |
February 17 |
Arthur Miller marries Austrian photographer Inge Morath. |
1964 |
January 23 |
After the Fall opens at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre. |
|
December 3 |
Incident at Vichy opens at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre. |
1968 |
February 7 |
The Price opens at the Morosco Theatre on Broadway, earning Miller another Tony Award for Best Play. |
1972 |
November 30 |
The Creation of the World and Other Business opens at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway. |
1980 |
November 20 |
The American Clock opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway. It closes after only 12 performances. |
1985 |
|
A made-for-TV version of Death of a Salesman starring Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich earns 10 Emmy nominations and takes home 3 awards. |
1987 |
|
Miller publishes his autobiography, Timebends. |
1994 |
April 24 |
Broken Glass opens at the Booth Theatre on Broadway, earning Miller another Tony Award for best play. |
1996 |
|
A critically-acclaimed film adaptation of The Crucible is released starring Winona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis. |
|
November 13 |
Miller's daughter Rebecca marries Daniel Day-Lewis who starred in the film adaptation of The Crucible. |
2000 |
April 9 |
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan opens at the Ambassador Theatre on Broadway, earning Miller another Tony Award for Best Play. |
2002 |
January 30 |
Miller's wife, Inge Morath, dies at age 78. |
|
May 1 |
He is awarded Spain's Principe de Asturias Prize for Literature as "the undisputed master of modern drama". |
2004 |
September 21 |
His last play, Finishing the Picture, premieres at Chicago's Goodman Theatre; it is said to be based on the problematic 1961 production of The Misfits which he wrote for Monroe just as their marriage was falling apart. |
|
December |
Miller announces he is planning to marry 34-year-old artist Agnes Barley. |
2005 |
February 10 |
Arthur Miller dies of congestive heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut. |
|
|
Browse Arthur Miller Quotes or Arthur Miller Trivia |