Lee Strasberg
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Biography
One of America's leading proponents of Method acting. Strasberg arrived in the USA at age nine, co-founded the influential, left-leaning Group Theater in 1930 and became artistic director of the newly formed Actors Studio in 1948. Strasberg and his associates, through their teaching of the Method at the Studio, heavily influenced the course of American screen acting; students included Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Marilyn Monroe, Paul Newman and Shelley Winters. In 1969 he set up the Lee Strasberg Institute, with chapters in Los Angeles and New York. He himself acted in only a handful of films (his first and best part was as a workaday Jewish mobster in 1974's "The Godfather, Part II" for which he received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination).
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1909
Moved to NYC with family
1923
Saw a production of the Moscow Art Theater in NYC and was inspired to pursue a career as an actor
1925
Made stage debut
1931
Co-founded the Group Theatre
1947
With Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford and Robert Lewis, founded the Actors Studio
1948
Became artistic director of the Actors Studio
1966
Founded the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in L.A.
1969
Opened NYC branch of the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute
1974
Film debut, "The Godfather, Part II"; received Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination
1979
Appeared in "Boardwalk" and "Going in Style"
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