Sanford Meisner
August 31, 1905 (119 years old) in New York City, New York, USA
Sanford Meisner (August 31, 1905 – February 2, 1997) was an American actor and acting teacher who developed an approach to acting instruction that is now known as the Meisner technique. While Meisner was exposed to method acting at the Group Theatre, his approach differed markedly in that he completely abandoned the use of affective memory, a distinct characteristic of method acting. Meisner maintained an emphasis on "the reality of doing", which was the foundation of his approach. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sanford Meisner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2022 · The Last Movie Stars as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · She's The Best Thing in It as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 · Requiem as Restaurant Patron
- 1994 · ER as Joseph Klein
- 1990 · Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
- 1990 · Sanford Meisner Master Class as Himself
- 1989 · Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self (archive footage)
- 1976 · Mikey and Nicky as Dave Resnick
- 1962 · Tender Is the Night as Franz Gregorovious
- 1959 · The Story on Page One as Phil Stanley
- 1958 · Naked City as Kip Harris