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12 unusual facts about Lee Strasberg


Allan Stratton

In 1982, he moved to New York, where he was a member of the Playwright/Director Unit of Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio, chaired by Arthur Penn.

André Landzaat

During that time, he acquainted Edward Albee, who pointed him to study with the master of the method acting, Lee Strasberg himself in New York City.

Eddie Hargitay

Continuing his acting lineage, he attended the Lee Strasberg Film and Theatre Institute and was awarded multiple scholarships while in attendance.

Going in Style

Joe (George Burns), Al (Art Carney), and Willie (Lee Strasberg) are three senior citizens who share a small apartment in Brooklyn, New York City.

Holly Solomon

Holly Solomon was an aspiring stage actress and was enrolled at Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio shortly after moving to Manhattan.

Hyman Roth

He is based on Florida-based mobster Meyer Lansky and was played by Lee Strasberg in the movie; John Megna plays a younger version of the character in a deleted scene.

Jenny O'Hara

She spent a year at Carnegie Tech (now part of Carnegie-Mellon University) in Pittsburgh and a summer playing in stock theater, and then came to New York to study with Lee Strasberg and Sanford Meisner.

Marcheline Bertrand

During her early years as an actress, Bertrand studied with Lee Strasberg.

Martin Brest

His major studio debut was 1979's Going in Style, which starred George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg, the first of several films to mix action and comedy to great effect.

Penny Templeton

Her primary focus is teaching an eclectic approach to the craft based on the great master teachers (Stanislavsky, The Method/Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner) that supports modern actors coping with today's fast-paced acting industry.

Raqiyah Mays

A lifelong devotee of the theatrical arts, Mays studied at the renowned Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York, founded by Lee Strasberg, the patriarch of American method acting.

Terry Riordan

In addition to his career in professional lacrosse, Terry pursued professional acting attending the Lee Strasberg institute.


Deirdre O'Connell

When she finished school, she pursued her interest in theatre studying first at Erwin Piscator's Dramatic Workshop, New York, and later at the Actors Studio run by Lee Strasberg.

Forbes March

He soon started working as a model and did print work for Armani, Tommy H. and Marlboro Clothing, later quitting modeling to attend the Lee Strasberg Acting Institute on a full scholarship.

Richard Boleslawski

Among his students were Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler and Harold Clurman, who were all founding members of the Group Theatre (1931–1940), the first American acting ensemble to utilize Stanislavski's techniques.

Ruth Sobotka

After her resignation from the New York City Ballet in 1961, Sobotka choreographed for the American Shakespeare Festival in Stamford, Connecticut and studied acting under Herbert Berghof, Uta Hagen and later Lee Strasberg at The Actor's Studio.