---
name: "Truman Capote"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/truman-capote"
fi1m_id: "truman-capote"
imdb_id: "nm0001986"
tmdb_id: 1930
wikidata_id: "Q134180"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "30 September 1924"
died: "25 August 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T09:42:23.061892+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Truman Capote

## Identity

Truman Capote

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/truman-capote
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** truman-capote
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001986
- **TMDB ID:** 1930
- **Wikidata ID:** Q134180
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Capote, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134180, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001986/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1930

Writer. Born 30 September 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Died 25 August 1984.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 30 September 1924, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- **Died:** 25 August 1984
- **Active:** 1953–1961
- **Also known as:** Truman Garcia Capote, Truman Streckfus Persons
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Capote, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134180, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001986/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1930

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Beat the Devil*](https://film.one/film/beat-the-devil.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Truman Capote was an American writer and screenwriter. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1953 film *Beat the Devil* with director John Huston.

Capote wrote the novels *Breakfast at Tiffany's* (1958) and *In Cold Blood* (1966), both adapted into films in 1961 and 1967 respectively. He also co-wrote the screenplay for *The Innocents* (1961), for which he shared an Edgar Award.

Born Truman Streckfus Persons in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 30 September 1924, he died in Los Angeles on 25 August 1984.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Beat the Devil* (1953), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/beat-the-devil.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Love, Marilyn* (2013), Writer
- *Miriam* (2007), Short Story
- *Children on Their Birthdays* (2002), Writer
- *A Christmas Memory* (1997), Short Story
- *Other Voices Other Rooms* (1997), Writer
- *In Cold Blood* (1996), series, Book
- *The Grass Harp* (1996), Novel
- *One Christmas* (1994), Story
- *Historias Breves 0: Un día con Ángela* (1993), Original Story
- *Hello, Stranger* (1992), Writer
- *Miriam* (1980), Novel
- *Annie Hall* (1977), as Truman Capote Look-Alike (uncredited) — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/annie-hall.md)
- *Murder by Death* (1976), as Lionel Twain
- *The Glass House* (1972), Story
- *The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour* (1971), series, Actor
- *Der kopflose Falke* (1971), Novel
- *Trilogy* (1969), as Narrator (voice) · Story
- *The Thanksgiving Visitor* (1968), as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · Adaptation, Story
- *Laura* (1968), Screenplay
- *In Cold Blood* (1967), Novel
- *A Christmas Memory* (1966), as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · Short Story
- *ABC Stage 67* (1966), series, Writer
- *The Innocents* (1961), Screenplay
- *Breakfast at Tiffany's* (1961), Novel
- *Theatre '70* (1960), series, Writer
- *Beat the Devil* (1953), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/beat-the-devil.md)
- *Indiscretion of an American Wife* (1953), Dialogue
- *David Susskind Archive: Truman Capote Tells All*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Aankomst schrijver Truman Capote (links) en regisseur Richard Brooks op Schiphol voor de première van de film "In Koelen Bloede" ("In Cold Blood") (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/3872393/gallery-f8e1edbd6f28.jpg) Aankomst schrijver Truman Capote (links) en regisseur Richard Brooks op Schiphol voor de première van de film "In Koelen Bloede" ("In Cold Blood") (1968) — Eric Koch for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Truman_Capote_%281968%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Filmpremiere in Du Midi, "In Koelen Bloede" ("In Cold Blood") naar het (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/3872393/gallery-c81f7783be80.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Filmpremiere in Du Midi, "In Koelen Bloede" ("In Cold Blood") naar het (1968) — Eric Koch for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Filmpremiere_in_Du_Midi%2C_In_Koelen_Bloede_%28In_Cold_Blood%29_naar_het_boek_van_%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-1642_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst schrijver Truman Capote (links) en regisseur Richard Brooks o (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/3872393/gallery-0c719a6995d0.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst schrijver Truman Capote (links) en regisseur Richard Brooks o (1968) — Eric Koch for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Aankomst_schrijver_Truman_Capote_%28links%29_en_regisseur_Richard_Brooks_op_Schiphol%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-1634.jpg/1280px-Aankomst_schrijver_Truman_Capote_%28links%29_en_regisseur_Richard_Brooks_op_Schiphol%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-1634.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst schrijver Truman Capote (links) en regisseur Richard Brooks o (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/3872393/gallery-c5c615702bfe.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst schrijver Truman Capote (links) en regisseur Richard Brooks o (1968) — Eric Koch for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Aankomst_schrijver_Truman_Capote_%28links%29_en_regisseur_Richard_Brooks_op_Schiphol%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-1633.jpg/1280px-Aankomst_schrijver_Truman_Capote_%28links%29_en_regisseur_Richard_Brooks_op_Schiphol%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-1633.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Truman Capote](https://film.one/media/person/3872393/gallery-ebb33f46253a.jpg) Truman Capote — Image via TMDB
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Filmpremiere in Du Midi, "In Koelen Bloede" ("In Cold Blood") naar het (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/3872393/gallery-2ab0bfccaeb0.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Filmpremiere in Du Midi, "In Koelen Bloede" ("In Cold Blood") naar het (1968) — Eric Koch for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Filmpremiere_in_Du_Midi%2C_In_Koelen_Bloede_%28In_Cold_Blood%29_naar_het_boek_van_%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-1636.jpg/1280px-Filmpremiere_in_Du_Midi%2C_In_Koelen_Bloede_%28In_Cold_Blood%29_naar_het_boek_van_%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-1636.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst schrijver Truman Capote (links) en regisseur Richard Brooks o (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/3872393/gallery-88cb46242632.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst schrijver Truman Capote (links) en regisseur Richard Brooks o (1968) — Eric Koch for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Aankomst_schrijver_Truman_Capote_%28links%29_en_regisseur_Richard_Brooks_op_Schiphol%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-1631.jpg/1280px-Aankomst_schrijver_Truman_Capote_%28links%29_en_regisseur_Richard_Brooks_op_Schiphol%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-1631.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- O. Henry Award 1948: O. Henry Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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