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Treat Williams Receives Posthumous Nomination For ‘Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans’


The Emmys just paid tribute to Treat Williams: the 71-year-old actor who died in a motorcycle crash last year received a posthumous nomination today.

The Swans'FX The Ryan Murphy miniseries, which is an adaptation of Laurence Leamer’s bestselling book Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era, chronicles the tale of the famous wunderkind author as he stabs several of his female friends — whom he called his “swans” — in the back by publishing a roman à clef short story called “La Côte Basque 1965” in Esquire in 1975. Last June, FX and 20th TV released this statement: “Treat Williams leaves behind a legacy of remarkable performances in film and television, and an indelible mark on the entire industry. Dozens more TV movies followed, including the 1996 The Late Shift, which earned him an Emmy nomination for playing former uber agent Michael Ovitz, as well as the sitcom Good Advice with Shelley Long, which ran on CBS for two seasons from 1993-94, leading to Everwood.

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