Lee Strasberg

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Lee Strasberg


Born
in Budaniv, Ukraine
November 17, 1901

Died
February 17, 1982

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Lee Strasberg was an Academy Award nominated Austro-Hungarian-American director, actor, producer, 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 influenc
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A Dream of Passion: The Dev...

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FAMOUS AMERICAN PLAYS OF TH...

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Le travail à l'Actors Studio

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UN SUEÑO DE PASION: EL DESA...

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Il sogno di una passione. L...

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Schauspielen Und Das Traini...

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“It is not hard to understand and remember. It is hard to feel and to believe.”
Lee Strasberg, A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method

“What you are doing on stage is the most important thing in the world at the present moment; and your memory must tell you how it is to be done.”
Lee Strasberg, A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method

“If a mouse accidentally wanders into a populated area, we see some of the finest acting that human beings are capable of.”
Lee Strasberg, A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method

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