Lee Strasberg(1901-1982)
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Director
Famed acting teacher Lee Strasberg was born Israel Strassberg in Budzanov,
Austria-Hungary (now Budanov, Ukraine). Brought to America as a child,
he had a brief acting career, before becoming one of the founders of
the Group Theatre in 1931, directing a number of plays there. His
greatest influence, however, was through the Actors Studio, where he
became director in 1950. A proponent of "method" acting, which he
adapted from the "system" brought to America by Konstantin
Stanislavski's disciple--and Marlon Brando's mentor--Stella Adler, he influenced
several generations of actors, from James Dean to Dustin Hoffman. Film audiences
would know him best as gangster Hyman Roth in The Godfather Part II (1974).
