Truman Capote

Writer

Born: September 30, 1924
Died: August 25, 1984 (age 59)
From: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Truman Capote was an American author, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics. At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories and screenplays. Capote rose above a childhood troubled by divorce, a long absence from his mother and multiple migrations. He discovered his calling by the age of 11, and for the…

Filmography (18)

The New Yorker at 100 (2025)
Self (archive footage)
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote (2024)
Self (archive footage)
Bad Hostage (2024)
Self (archive footage)
Groucho & Cavett (2022)
Self (archive footage)
The Capote Tapes (2021)
Self (archive footage)
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2021)
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Do I Sound Gay? (2015)
Self (archive footage)
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2012)
Self (archive footage)
Public Speaking (2011)
Self (archive footage)
Annie Hall (1977)
Truman Capote Look-Alike (uncredited)
Murder by Death (1976)
Lionel Twain
Cocksucker Blues (1972)
Self
Beaton by Bailey (1971)
Self
Trilogy (1969)
Narrator (voice)
The Thanksgiving Visitor (1968)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Christmas Memory (1966)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
With Love from Truman (1966)
Self - Writer
David Susskind Archive: Truman Capote Tells All
David Susskind Archive: Truman Capote Tells All