Arthur Miller

Playwright Arthur Miller, whose death was reported Feb. 11, 2005, walks across the stage at Town Hall in New York City during a celebration of his 80th birthday on Oct. 30, 1995. Miller discussed his play "The Crucible."

Miller was famously wed to actress Marilyn Monroe. Here, they embrace on the lawn of Miller's home in Roxbury, Conn., on June 29, 1956, several hours before they were married in White Plains, N.Y.

Actors Daniel Day-Lewis, center, Camilla Belle, left, and director Rebecca Miller attended the premiere Jan. 23, 2005, of "The Ballad of Jack and Rose" at the Sundance Film Festival. Rebecca Miller is the daughter of Arthur Miller and the wife of Day-Lewis.

Director Elia Kazan, center, poses with playwrights Tennessee Williams, left and Arthur Miller at a book store in New York in February 1967. Kazan directed the original Broadway production of Miller's masterpiece, "Death of a Salesman."

Miller, left, and director Elia Kazan are shown together in this 1963 handout photo.

Arthur Miller in 2002.

Newlyweds Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller are shown after their civil wedding ceremony in White Plains, N.Y., on June 29, 1956.

This is a scene from Arthur Miller's play, "The Crucible" from the 1953 production staged by Jed Harris.

Miller smokes his pipe at the witness table prior to testifying at a hearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, D.C., June 21, 1956.

Miller poses in front of his farmhouse in Woodbury, Conn., Aug. 7, 1958, after hearing news that the U.S. Court of Appeals overturned a 1957 contempt of Congress conviction against him after Miller refused to reveal the names of Communist writers.

Playwright Arthur Miller and actress Marilyn Monroe are protected from the rain as a TWA attendant holds up an umbrella on their way to board a plane at Idlewild airport in New York City, July 13, 1956.

Actress Lauren Bacall and playwright Arthur Miller chat May 17, 2001, at a reception prior to the 52nd annual New Dramatists luncheon in New York, where Miller received the organization's 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Recipients of the seventh annual Kennedy Center Honors pose after the award presentation in Washington, D.C., December 1, 1984. At rear are, from left: composer and director Gian Carlo Menotti, playwright Arthur Miller, and actor Danny Kaye. Seated in the front are: violinist Isaac Stern and singer Lena Horne.

Miller appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill April 28, 2004, to support playwright antitrust legislation. Lyricist Stephen Sondheim is in the center and playwright Wendy Wasserstein at right.

Miller poses at his typewriter in New York City, May 2, 1949.

Cast and principals of "The Misfits", pose together in 1961. Front row, left to right: Montgomery Clift, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable. Back row, left to right: Eli Wallach, playwright Arthur Miller, and director John Huston.

Prominent Jewish-Americans pose for a photograph while standing in a maze on Ellis Island in New York Sept. 18, 1996, as part of a project by Frederic Brenner. Front row from left are; artist Roy Lichtenstein; actress Lauren Bacall; violinist Itzhak Perlman; playwright Arthur Miller; and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.