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Lee Strasberg
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Lee Strasberg
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1901-09-17,Budzanów, Austria-Hungary
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

The Godfather Part II

8.6

The Godfather Part II
1974-12-20

The Cassandra Crossing

6.3

The Cassandra Crossing
1976-12-18

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

9.3

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
1981-03-24

6.9

Going in Style
1979-12-25

...And Justice for All

7.1

...And Justice for All
1979-10-19

Lee Strasberg: The Method Man

0

Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
1997-07-23

The Gun Runners

6

The Gun Runners
1958-08-01

6.2

Boardwalk
1979-11-14

6

Skokie
1981-11-17

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989-06-26

The Last Tenant

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The Last Tenant
1978-06-25

6.5

Jane
1962-01-02

7.5

China Venture
1953-09-07

Night of 100 Stars

6.5

Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08

4.6

Parnell
1937-06-04

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

8.6

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977-11-12