Lee Strasberg

Lee Strasberg

​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.

  • Title: Lee Strasberg
  • Popularity: 2.159
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1901-09-17
  • Place of Birth: Budzanów, Austria-Hungary
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Lee Strasberg Movies

  • 1974
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    The Godfather Part II

    The Godfather Part II

    8.572 1974 HD

    In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone...

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  • 1976
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    The Cassandra Crossing

    The Cassandra Crossing

    6.263 1976 HD

    Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off the train.

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  • 1981
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    The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

    The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

    9.3 1981 HD

    The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977 television miniseries, "Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The...

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  • 1979
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    ...And Justice for All

    ...And Justice for All

    7.073 1979 HD

    An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat...

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  • 1979
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    Going in Style

    Going in Style

    6.9 1979 HD

    Three senior citizens in their 70s who live together are slowly decaying in endless days with nothing to do but feed the birds. One of them comes up...

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  • 1997
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    Lee Strasberg: The Method Man

    Lee Strasberg: The Method Man

    1 1997 HD

    Documentary about the life of Lee Strasberg and the creation of Actor's Studio and the introduction of The Method in the USA.

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  • 1958
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    The Gun Runners

    The Gun Runners

    6 1958 HD

    Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled...

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  • 1979
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    Boardwalk

    Boardwalk

    6.2 1979 HD

    In this drama, David Rosen and his wife Becky have lived in the same Coney Island neighborhood for nearly all their married life. But the area is not...

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  • 1981
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    Skokie

    Skokie

    6 1981 HD

    A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois.

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

    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

    1 1989 HD

    A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and...

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  • 1978
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    The Last Tenant

    The Last Tenant

    1 1978 HD

    Family members face hard decisions about the care of their elderly father who needs constant care and can no longer safely live alone, which...

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  • 1962
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    Jane

    Jane

    6.5 1962 HD

    Documentary focusing on 25 year-old actress Jane Fonda as she and her director Andreas Voutsinas prepare a stage play called The Fun Couple for...

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  • 1953
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    China Venture

    China Venture

    7.5 1953 HD

    American soldiers undertake a mission to capture a Japanese admiral who has survived an air crash in China during WWII.

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  • 1982
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    Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

    6.5 1982 HD

    The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...

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  • 1937
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    Parnell

    Parnell

    4.6 1937 HD

    Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to...

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  • 1970
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    Story with Two Endings

    Story with Two Endings

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1946
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    Somewhere in the Night

    Somewhere in the Night

    6.8 1946 HD

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

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

    8.537 1977 HD

    An adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, re-edited in chronological order with additional footage not seen...

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