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Lee Strasberg
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Screenwriter, Actor, Adaptation Born: November 17, 1901 in Budzanow, Austria Death: January 17, 1982 in New York City, NY Biography:European-born "Lee Strasberg" moved to the U.S. with his parents when he was seven. Born into an artistic family, Strasberg began his acting training at age nine; he studied at the Actors Laboratory Theater under such heavyweights as "Richard Boleslawsky" and "Maria Ouspenskaya". A professional actor from 1925 onward, Strasberg was a member for many years of the Theater Guild. Together with fellow "Guild"-ers "Harold Clurman" and Cheryl Crawford, Strasberg broke away to form the Group Theater in 1931, where he would direct such stars-to-be as "John Garfield" and "Luther Adler". In 1949, Strasberg established the Actors Studio in New York, where he became the foremost proponent of "the Method," an introspective, sensory-recall acting technique founded in part on the teachings of Stanislavsky (the most famous disciple of the Method was, of course, "Marlon Brando"). Though extremely influential in the... Full Biography
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