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Get a closer look at some of Hollywood&#39;s perfect pairs.

See these famous faces in some of their first breakout roles in Hollywood.

Before They Were Famous: Actors' Early Roles

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On the Blue Carpet: 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps'

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Tennessee Williams in Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2020)

Vivien Leigh, Elia Kazan, and Tennessee Williams in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

"Suddenly, Last Summer" (Premiere Party at Chasen's) Laurence Harvey, Tennessee Williams

"Suddenly, Last Summer" (Premiere) Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor, Tennessee Williams

Marlon Brando, Maureen Stapleton, and Tennessee Williams in The Fugitive Kind (1960)

Burt Lancaster, James Wong Howe, and Tennessee Williams

Anna Magnani and Tennessee Williams in The Fugitive Kind (1960)

Tennessee Williams, Elia Kazan, 1967, **I.V.

"Suddenly Last Summer" premiere and party at Chasen's Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie Fisher

Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams in Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2020)

Tennessee Williams met long-term partner Frank Merlo in the summer of 1948 (Merlo died of lung cancer in the fall of 1963). Though separated briefly in 1961 and again in 1962, the two were partners for 15 years. Merlo acted as his personal manager/secretary.

Williams spent much of his most prolific years in Rome, Italy, and his enduring friendship with Italian stage and screen legend Anna Magnani lasted 24 years and inspired both "The Rose Tattoo" and "Orpheus Descending". Magnani realized the lead parts of these two plays, which were written for her, in their film versions. The turbulent and inspirational friendship shared between Williams and Magnani is the subject of the internationally acclaimed play "Roman Nights" by Franco D'Alessandro.

Aside from his published "Memoirs", the only authorized biographical book on Williams is by Bruce Smith, entitled "Costly Performances - Tennessee Williams; The Last Stage." This book deals with the last four years of Williams' life (1979-1983).

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