Stella Adler (February 10, 1901 – December 21, 1992) was an American actress, and for decades was regarded as America's foremost acting teacher. February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Media:rofl. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ...

Born in New York City, Adler was a member of the Jewish-American Adler acting dynasty, the daughter of Sara and Jacob P. Adler, the sister of Luther and Jay Adler, and half-sister of Charles Adler. She was the only American actor to be instructed in the art of acting by Konstantin Stanislavski. She was a prominent member of the Group Theatre, but differences of opinion with Lee Strasberg over the correct teaching of Stanislavki's System (later developed into Method acting) contributed to the ultimate break-up of the group. Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Sara Adler (1858–April 28, 1953) was a Ukrainian Jewish actress in Yiddish theater who made her career mainly in the United States. ... Categories: People stubs | Jewish film and theatre | 1855 births | 1926 deaths ... Luther Adler (May 4, 1903 – December 8, 1984) was an American actor best known for his work in theater, but who also worked in film and television. ... Jay Adler (September 26, 1896 – September 23, 1978 was an American actor in theater, television, and film. ... Charles Adler (1886-?) was an American stage and motion picture actor of the 1920s to 1940s. ... A portrait of Konstantin Stanislavski by Valentin Serov. ... The Group Theatre was a left-wing theater collective, formed in New York in 1931 by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg. ... January 20, 1978: Lee Strasberg talks about his craft during a two-week seminar in Germany. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Adler's biggest issue with Strasberg was over the issue of whether an actor should use the technique of substitution, recalling personal experience for a believable result, or living in the moment, using your partner to create a believable result. It's been said that after Strasberg died, Adler asked for a moment of silence in her class for the famous actor. Afterwards she allegedly claimed that it will take a hundred years to repair what Strasberg did to acting.

Adler was Marlon Brando's first influential acting teacher. Brando met her through his sister, Jocelyn, who was studying drama with Adler, and he decided to take drama as well. Brando had been considered unsuitable for the army and had been expelled from the military school that his father had sent him to. Adler believed when she met Brando that he would be the best American actor in theater before the end of the year. Marlon Brando, Jr. ...

From 1926 until 1952 Adler appeared regularly on Broadway. She appeared in only three films, including Shadow of the Thin Man (1941). Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Shadow of the Thin Man was the fourth of the six Thin Man movies. ...

She was three times married, first to Horace Eliascheff, the father of her only child, Ellen, then to Harold Clurman, the famous director and critic, and one of the founders of the legendary Group Theater, and last to Mitchell A. Wilson, the physicist and novelist who died in 1973. Harold Edgar Clurman (September 18, 1901 – September 9, 1980) was an Jewish-American theater director and drama critic, most famous for his work with New York Citys Group Theater. ... The Group Theatre was a left-wing theater collective, formed in New York in 1931 by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg. ... Mitchell A Wilson (June 17, 1913 - February 25th 1973) was an American novelist. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

She died in Los Angeles, California, from heart failure at the age of 91 in 1992, and was interred in the Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, New York.

The acting studio Adler founded still operates in New York City today. Her method, based on use of the actor's imagination, has been studied by many renowned actors, such as Robert De Niro, Martin Sheen, Roy Scheider, Vincent D'Onofrio and Benicio Del Toro, in addition to Brando, who served as the studio's Honorary Chairman until his death. Adler's legacy continues with the work of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Robert Mario DeNiro Jr. ... Martin Sheen (born Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez on August 3, 1940) is an American actor, best known for his role in the film Apocalypse Now and, most recently, as President Josiah Bartlet on the acclaimed television drama The West Wing. ... Roy Richard Scheider (born November 10, 1932) is an American actor. ... Vincent Phillip DOnofrio (born June 30, 1959) is an American actor and producer. ... Benicio Monserrat Rafael Del Toro Sanchez (born February 19, 1967, in San Germán, Puerto Rico) is an Academy Award winning Puerto Rican actor. ...

Career on Broadway

All works are the original Broadway productions unless otherwise noted.

Stage appearances

• The Straw Hat (1926)
• Big Lake (1927)
• The House of Connelly (1931)
• 1931 (1931)
• Night Over Taos (1932)
• Success Story (1932)
• Big Night (1933)
• Hilda Cassidy (1933)
• Gentlewoman (1934)
• Gold Eagle Guy (1934)
• Awake and Sing! (1935)
• Paradise Lost (1935)
• Sons and Soldiers (1943)
• Pretty Little Parlor (1944)
• He Who Gets Slapped — revival (1946)

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As director

• Manhattan Nocturne (1943)
• Sunday Breakfast (1952)

External links

• Stella Adler at the Internet Broadway Database
• Stella Adler at the Internet Movie Database
• Stella Adler Acting

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See also

• Stanislavski
• Mikhail Chekhov
• Lee Strasberg
• Uta Hagen
• Estelle Harman