Arthur Miller Biography Information

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Arthur Miller Biography Information October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005 11/25/2009 Mrs. Billet pg 1252-1255 The Crucible

Arthur Miller An American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, He wrote dramas that include awards-winning plays such as All My Sons, (1947) Death of a Salesman, (1949) and The Crucible (1953) The Crucible 11/25/2009 Mrs. Billet pg 1252-1255

Arthur Miller Miller was often in the public eye, particularly during the late 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s, a period during which he testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. 11/25/2009 Mrs. Billet pg 1252-1255 The Crucible

Arthur Miller Arthur Miller was the second of three children of Polish-Jewish immigrants. His father, was illiterate but wealthy businessman. (His father owned a successful coat manufacturing business. His father’s company employed 400 people. His mother, Augusta, to whom he was closer, was an educator and an avid reader of novels.) The Crucible 11/25/2009 Mrs. Billet pg 1252-1255

Arthur Miller A native New Yorker, he had a variety of jobs. After graduating in 1932 from Abraham Lincoln High School, he worked at several menial (unskilled) jobs to pay for his college tuition. At the University of Michigan, Miller first majored in journalism and worked as a reporter and night editor for the student paper, the Michigan Daily. Miller switched his major to English The Crucible 11/25/2009 Mrs. Billet pg 1252-1255

Arthur Miller Miller retained strong ties to his alma mater (University of Michigan) throughout the rest of his life, establishing the university's Arthur Miller Award in 1985 and Arthur Miller Award for Dramatic Writing in 1999, lending his name to the Arthur Miller Theatre in 2000. The Crucible 11/25/2009 Mrs. Billet pg 1252-1255

Arthur Miller In 1937, Miller wrote Honors at Dawn, which also received the Avery Hopwood Award. In 1938, Miller received a BA in English. After graduation, he joined the Federal Theater Project, a New Deal agency established to provide jobs in the theater. He chose the theater project although he had an offer to work as a scriptwriter for 20th Century Fox. The Crucible 11/25/2009 Mrs. Billet pg 1252-1255

Arthur Miller However, in 1939 Congress, worried about possible Communist infiltration, closed the project Federal Theater Project, a New Deal agency established to provide jobs in the theater. Miller began working in the Brooklyn Navy Yard while continuing to write radio plays, some of which were broadcast on CBS. 11/25/2009 Mrs. Billet pg 1252-1255 The Crucible

Arthur Miller On August 5, 1940, he married his college sweetheart, Mary Slattery, the Catholic daughter of an insurance salesman. The couple had two children, Jane and Robert. Miller was exempted from military service during World War II because of a high-school American football injury to his left kneecap. He was married three times. His son, Robert, is a writer and film director, produced the 1996 movie version of The Crucible. 11/25/2009 Mrs. Billet pg 1252-1255 The Crucible

Arthur Miller On August 5, 1940, he married his college sweetheart, Mary Slattery, the Catholic daughter of an insurance salesman. The couple had two children, Jane and Robert. Miller was exempted from military service during World War II because of a high-school American football injury to his left kneecap. He was married three times. His son, Robert, is a writer and film director, produced the 1996 movie version of The Crucible. 11/25/2009 Mrs. Billet pg 1252-1255 The Crucible

Arthur Miller Son-in-law is Daniel Day Lewis (Academy Award Winner) He played John Proctor in the Movie 11/25/2009 Mrs. Billet pg 1252-1255 The Crucible

Arthur Miller He was married to the movie star Marilyn Monroe for five years. 11/25/2009 Mrs. Billet pg 1252-1255 The Crucible