Stella Adler

Stella Adler

female, deceased (1992)
Konstantin Stanislavski, Acting theorist, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Broadway theatre, Broadway, actress…Jewish film and theatre, GroupTheatre
Stella Adler was an American actress, and for decades was regarded as America's foremost acting teacher. Born in New York City, Adler was a member...
Cheryl Crawford

Cheryl Crawford

female, deceased (1986)
Men in White, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Smith College alumni, autobiography, Golden Boy, The Brothers Karamazov…Theatre Guild, The Group Theatre, GroupTheatre, Theatre director, Theatre Producer
Cheryl Crawford (September 24 1902 - October 7 1986) was an American theatre producer and director. Born in Akron, Ohio, Crawford majored in drama...
Robert Lewis

Robert Lewis

male, deceased (1997)
Acting theorist, From Brooklyn, death from cardiovascular disease, stage actor, actor, American…GroupTheatre
Robert Lewis was an American actor, director, drama teacher, author and founder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947. In addition...
Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

male, deceased (1976)
Jewish, New York University, death by myocardial infarction, Our Man Flint, Anna and the King of Siam, GroupTheatre
Lee J. Cobb (December 8, 1911 - February 11, 1976) was an American actor. Born Leo Jacoby to a Jewish family in New York City, Cobb studied at New...
Luther Adler

Luther Adler

male, deceased (1984)
Johnny Johnson, Golden Boy, Voyage of the Damned, D.O.A, Awake and Sing!, Russian American…GroupTheatre, The Group Theatre, Broadway theatre
Luther Adler (May 4, 1903 - December 8, 1984) was an American actor best known for his work in theatre, but who also worked in film and television....

Michael Gordon

male, deceased (1993)
stage actor, Theatre director, Jewish person, American, communist, UCLA…GroupTheatre
Michael Gordon was an American stage actor and stage and film director. Born in Baltimore of Jewish heritage, he was a member of the Group Theatre...

Rupert Doone

male, deceased (1966)
dancer, diaghilev, English, Ballets Russes, Premier Danseur, Morley College…GroupTheatre
Rupert Doone (1903-1966), English dancer, choreographer, theatre director, and teacher. Rupert Doone was born from a Worcestershire family in...
James Young

James Young

male, deceased (1974)
comedian, Stand-up comedian, stand-up comedy, belfast, ballymoney, From Belfast…GroupTheatre
James Young (1918 - July 5 1974), also known as Jimmie Young, was a comedian from Ballymoney, Northern Ireland who later lived in Belfast. He...
J. Edward Bromberg

J. Edward Bromberg

male, deceased (1951)
Hollywood blacklist, film actor, from New York City, character actor, naturalized citizen of the United States, Broadway…Broadway theatre, GroupTheatre, Actors' Laboratory Theatre, Civic Repertory Theatre
Joseph Edward Bromberg was an American actor who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during McCarthyism. Born Josef Bromberger in...
Hedli Anderson

Hedli Anderson

female
Cabaret, kinsale, actress, English, actor, British…GroupTheatre
Antoinette Millicent Hedley Anderson was an English singer and actor. Known as Hedli Anderson, she studied singing in England and Germany before...