Biography: Arthur Asher Miller was born on October 17, 1915 in Harlem, New York City to Augusta and Isidore Miller. He attended the University of Michigan. He married Mary Grace Slattery, with whom he had his children Jane and Robert. He then married actress Marilyn Monroe. His third marriage was to Inge Morath, with whom he had his children Rebecca and Daniel.

Film/TV Credits: Film credits include: "The Crucible," "Let's Make Love," "The Misfits," "Boomerang!," "An Enemy of the People," "Death of a Salesman," "All My Sons," "Free Zone," "The Real Blonde," and "Focus." Television credits include: "Death of a Salesman," "Playing for Time," "Inside the Actors Studio," "Great Performances," "American Masters," "American Playhouse," "The Crucible," and "BBC Play of the Month."

Other Awards: Received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "Death of a Salesman" in 1949. Primetime Emmy Award for Special Classifications of Individual Achievements for "Death of a Salesman" in 1967. Inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1979. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special for "Playing for Time" in 1981. Kennedy Center honoree in 1984.

Trivia:
He knew that he wanted to be a writer by the age of 16.
The marquees of Broadway theaters were dimmed in his honor on February 11, 2005.