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Lee Strasberg

Lee Strasberg

Actor · Born 1901-11-17 · Budzanów, Austria-Hungary

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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Lee Strasberg 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 Aca…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Godfather Part II (1974) — Hyman Roth
  2. ...And Justice for All (1979) — Grandpa Sam
  3. The Cassandra Crossing (1976) — Herman Kaplan
  4. The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) — Hyman Roth
  5. Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television (1977) — Hyman Roth
  6. Going in Style (1979) — Willie
  7. The Gun Runners (1958) — Rhett
  8. The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 (2016) — Hyman Roth
  9. The Merv Griffin Show (1962) — Self
  10. Parnell (1937) — Pat
  11. The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1966)
  12. Film '72 (1971) — Self
  13. Night of 100 Stars (1982) — Self
  14. China Venture (1953) — Patterson
  15. Boardwalk (1979) — David Rosen
  16. Jane (1962) — Self
  17. Skokie (1981) — Morton Weisman
  18. Marilyn despite herself (2012)
  19. 100 Years of Marilyn Monroe (2026) — (archive footage)
  20. Lee Strasberg: The Method Man (1997) — Self
  21. Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989) — Self
  22. The Last Tenant (1978) — Frank
  23. Fatal Addiction: Marilyn Monroe (2022)
  24. The Myth of Marilyn Monroe (2023) — Self (archival footage)
  25. The Prince, The Showgirl and Me (2004) — Self (archive footage)

Directed

  1. Story with Two Endings — Director