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Lee Strasberg‌

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Lee Strasberg

Budzanów, Austria-Hungary

Lee Strasberg

Budzanów, Austria-Hungary

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1901-09-17

Popularity

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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Lee Strasberg (November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982) was an American actor, director and acting teacher.  He cofounded, with directors Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford, the Group Theatre in 1931, which was hailed as "America's first true theatrical collective".  In 1951, he became director of the non-profit Actors Studio, in New York City, considered "the nation's most prestigious acting school".  In 1969, Strasberg founded the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City and in Hollywood to teach the work he pioneered. He is considered the "father of method acting in America," according to author Mel Gussow, and from the 1920s until his death in 1982 "he revolutionized the art of acting by having a profound influence on performance in American theater and movies".  From his base in New York, he trained several generations of theatre and film's most illustrious talents, including Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Julie Harris, Paul Newman, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and director Elia Kazan.  Former student Elia Kazan directed James Dean in East of Eden (1955), for which Kazan and Dean were nominated for Academy Awards. As a student, Dean wrote that Actors Studio was "the greatest school of the theater [and] the best thing that can happen to an actor".  Playwright Tennessee Williams, writer of A Streetcar Named Desire, said of Strasberg's actors, "They act from the inside out. They communicate emotions they really feel. They give you a sense of life." Directors like Sidney Lumet, a former student, have intentionally used actors skilled in Strasberg's "Method".  Kazan, in his autobiography, wrote, "He carried with him the aura of a prophet, a magician, a witch doctor, a psychoanalyst, and a feared father of a Jewish home.... [H]e was the force that held the thirty-odd members of the theatre together, and made them 'permanent.'"  :61 Today, Ellen Burstyn, Al Pacino, and Harvey Keitel lead this nonprofit studio dedicated to the development of actors, playwrights, and directors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Strasberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II‌
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calendar 1974

The Cassandra Crossing

The Cassandra Crossing‌
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calendar 1976

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic‌
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calendar 1981

Going in Style

Going in Style‌
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calendar 1979

...And Justice for All

...And Justice for All‌
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calendar 1979

Lee Strasberg: The Method Man

Lee Strasberg: The Method Man‌
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calendar 1997

The Gun Runners

The Gun Runners‌
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calendar 1958

Boardwalk

Boardwalk‌
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calendar 1979

Skokie

Skokie‌
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calendar 1981

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre‌
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calendar 1989

The Last Tenant

The Last Tenant‌
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calendar 1978

Jane

Jane‌
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calendar 1962

China Venture

China Venture‌
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calendar 1953

Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars‌
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calendar 1982

Tv Credits

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television‌
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calendar 1977