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Robert Lewis

Robert Lewis

Known for
Acting
Born
March 16, 1909, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died
November 23, 1997
Movies
11

Robert Lewis (1909 – 1997) was an American actor, director, teacher, author and founder of the Actors Studio in New York in 1947.

In addition to his accomplishments on Broadway and in Hollywood, Lewis' greatest and longest lasting contribution to American theater may be the role he played as one of the foremost acting and directing teachers of his day. He was an early proponent of the Stanislavski System of acting technique and a founding member of New York's revolutionary Group Theatre in the 1930s. In the 1970s, he was the Head of the Yale School of Drama Acting and Directing Departments.

Best-Known Movies

Filmography

1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf
1983Montgomery CliftSelf
1947Monsieur VerdouxMaurice Bottello
1945The Hidden EyeStormvig
1945Ziegfeld FolliesGentleman ("Limehouse Blues") / Man (voice) ("Number Please")
1945The Last InstallmentKovak
1945Son of LassieSergeant Schmidt
1944Dragon SeedCaptain Sato
1943Paris After DarkCol. Pirosh

Directing, Writing & Producing

1956Anything GoesDirector
1945Ziegfeld FolliesDirector

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