Uta Hagen

Uta Thyra Hagen (June 12 1919 - January 14 2004) was a German-born stage actress and acting teacher.

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She was born in G?ttingen in Germany and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. She studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.

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She was primarily noted for stage roles, although she appeared in some movies. Because of blacklisting, she had more limited output in film, not making her cinematic debut until 1972. She married Jos? Ferrer in 1938; they divorced in 1948. They had one daughter.

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She taught at HB Studios, a well-known New York City acting school, starting in 1957, and married its co-founder, Herbert Berghof, on January 25, 1957. After his death in 1990 she became the school's chairman.

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Ms. Hagen was an influential acting teacher who taught, among others, Matthew Broderick, Christine Lahti, Jason Robards, Sigourney Weaver, Whoopi Goldberg, Jack Lemmon, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Benicio Del Toro. While being profiled in Premiere Magazine, actress Amanda Peet said of her mentor Hagen, that she was a woman whose class you didn't want to miss.

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She also wrote Respect for Acting, which advocates presentational acting, for example through the use of substitution.

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June 12: June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining....

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