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Actor Born: June 4, 1926 in Kiel, Germany Biography:Character actress "Judith Malina" is best known for co-founding the innovative Living Theater in 1946 with "Julian Beck", who would become her husband. Malina is the daughter of an orthodox Jewish-German rabbi who moved to the U.S. in 1928 to escape political oppression. She became friends with "Beck" when she was 17. While "Beck" was interested in painting, Malina wanted to be an actress, and in 1945, she attended Erwin Piscator's Dramatic Workshop at the New School on a partial scholarship. Malina and "Beck"'s Living Theater was closely related to the avant-garde theater movement of the early '40s. Their one-act productions were often improvisational or penned by such esteemed playwrights as Gertrude Stein, "Bertold Brecht", or Paul Goodman. The subject matter of the plays became increasingly political during the '50s and Malina and "Beck" were no strangers to jail as a result of their involvement in... Full Biography
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