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Lee Strasberg

1901 - 1982

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Lee Strasberg (born Israel Strassberg; November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982) was an American acting coach and actor. He co-founded, with theatre directors Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford, the Group Theatre in 1931, which was hailed as "America's first true theatrical collective". In 1951, he became director of the nonprofit Actors Studio in New York City, considered "the nation's most prestigious acting school," and, in 1966, he was involved in the creation of Actors Studio West in Los Angeles. Although other highly regarded teachers also developed versions of "The Method," Lee Strasberg is considered to be the "father of method acting in America," according to author Mel Gussow. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Strasberg is the 573rd most popular actor (down from 499th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 110th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Actor.

Lee Strasberg is most famous for being a pioneer of the "method acting" technique. This technique is based on the idea that actors should draw from their own personal experiences to create a character.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lee Strasberg ranks 573 out of 13,578. Before him are Jacques Perrin, Vyjayanthimala Bali, Pamela Anderson, Carroll O'Connor, Charles Laughton, and Sylva Koscina. After him are Cillian Murphy, Linda Hunt, Emmy Göring, Bette Midler, Wentworth Miller, and Kirstie Alley.

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Among people born in 1901, Lee Strasberg ranks 55. Before him are Henri Lefebvre, Walter Hallstein, Eisaku Satō, José Nasazzi, Carl Barks, and Nikolai Vatutin. After him are Louis Kahn, Luis Monti, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Manly P. Hall, Mildred Harris, and Stefan Wyszyński. Among people deceased in 1982, Lee Strasberg ranks 41. Before him are Curd Jürgens, Walter Hallstein, Cevdet Sunay, Hans Selye, Ivan Bagramyan, and Jiro Horikoshi. After him are Varlam Shalamov, Walther Wenck, Ahmad al-Khatib, John Belushi, Peter Weiss, and Hermann Balck.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Lee Strasberg ranks 115 out of 1,365. Before him are Dmitry Bortniansky (1751), Mikhail Ostrogradsky (1801), Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904), Roald Hoffmann (1937), Sofia Rotaru (1947), and Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640). After him are Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580), Sergei Bondarchuk (1920), Stepan Makarov (1848), Yevgeny Primakov (1929), Emil Gilels (1916), and Władysław Tarnowski (1836).

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Among ACTORS In Ukraine

Among actors born in Ukraine, Lee Strasberg ranks 2. Before him are Mila Kunis (1983). After him are Olga Kurylenko (1979), Milla Jovovich (1975), Ida Rubinstein (1883), Paul Muni (1895), Lyudmila Gurchenko (1935), Mark Bernes (1911), Ida Kamińska (1899), Zbigniew Cybulski (1927), Anna Sten (1908), and Elisabeth Bergner (1897).

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