Uta Hagen

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Uta Hagen was a renowned German-American actress and influential acting teacher, best known for her work on stage and her seminal books on acting technique.

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instanceOf acting teacher
author
human
stage actress
activeYearsEnd 2000s
activeYearsStart 1930s
awardReceived Drama Desk Award
National Medal of Arts
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
birthName Uta Thyra Hagen
burialPlace Cremated (ashes scattered)
causeOfDeath stroke
child Leticia Ferrer
citizenship Germany
United States of America
coFounderOf HB Studio
countryOfBirth Germany
dateOfBirth 1919-06-12
dateOfDeath 2004-01-14
employer Herbert Berghof Studio
ethnicOrigin German Americans
surface form: German-American
familyName Hagen
fieldOfWork acting pedagogy
theatre
genre acting technique
givenName Uta
influenced American acting technique
influencedBy Konstantin Stanislavski
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Uta Hagen self-link
notableFor influential acting textbooks
realistic, psychologically grounded acting
notableRole Desdemona (character)
surface form: Desdemona in Othello

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
surface form: Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (stage)

Nina in The Seagull
notableWork A Challenge for the Actor
Respect for Acting
occupation acting teacher
actress
writer
placeOfBirth Göttingen
surface form: Göttingen, Germany
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
residence New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
spouse Herbert Berghof
Josef Schildkraut
taught Al Pacino
Faye Dunaway
Harvey Keitel
Jack Lemmon
Matthew Broderick
Sigourney Weaver
Whoopi Goldberg

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José Ferrer spouse Uta Hagen
Michael Chekhov influenced Uta Hagen
Uta Hagen name Uta Hagen self-link