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Arthur Miller’s borned the October 17, 1915 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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he won the Avery Hopwood Award in Drama for "No Villain" in 1937.
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Marries Mary Grace Slatterly
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In 1944, he made his Broadway debut with "The Man Who Had All the Luck", a flop that lasted only four performances
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- "Death of a Salesman". The play was the sensation of the season, winning six Tony Awards, including Best Play and Best Author for Miller.
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It was in 1956 that Miller made his most fateful personal decision, when he divorced his first wife, Mary Slattery Miller, and married Marilyn Monroe. With this marriage Miller achieved a different type of fame, a pop culture status he abhorred. It was a marriage doomed to fail, as Monroe was, in Miller's words, "highly self-destructive"
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"After the Fall," Miller's semi-autobiographical play and a comment on his troubled marriage to Monroe.
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The Price (1971) (a 1971 teleplay) was nominated for six Emmy awards, including Outstanding Single Program-Drama or Comedy, and won three, including Best Actor for George C. Scott, who would later win a 1976 Tony playing Willy Loman in a 1975 Broadway revival.
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Miller never again achieved success on Broadway with an original play
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"Death of a Salesman," revived on Broadway for the play's 50th anniversary, and wins Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play
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Arthur Miller died in Roxbury, Connecticut in 2005, aged 89. He had been suffering from cancer, pneumonia and a heart condition.