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Arthur Miller, who has died aged 89, was famous for writing landmark plays such as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, and his five-year marriage to Marilyn Monroe.

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Born in 1915, Miller was influenced by the Great Depression and World War II and made his name in the late 1940s.

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Miller and Monroe married in 1956 but the pair divorced in 1962. He described her as: "A poet on street corner trying to recite to a crowd pulling at her clothes."

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Miller (back) wrote the screenplay for his wife's 1961 film The Misfits, which also starred Montgomery Clift (front left) and Clark Gable (front right).

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He testified at the McCarthy-era House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee in 1956 but refused to name friends who may have been Communists.

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With fellow playwright Tennessee Williams (left) and director Elia Kazan (centre), Miller was one of the giants of 20th Century US drama.

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The writer was honoured with a Moliere award for theatre achievements in Paris in 1999.

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In 2004, he gave evidence to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the future of theatre, saying younger writers were turning to TV to make more money.