American actor and director (born 1901)

Lee Strasberg

Lee Strasberg was an American acting coach and actor. Born in Budzanów, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he immigrated to the United States in 1909. He co-founded, with theatre directors Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford, the Group Theatre in 1931, which was hailed as "America's first true theatrical collective". In 1951, he became director of the nonprofit Actors Studio in New York City, considered "the nation's most prestigious acting school," and, in 1966, he was involved in the creation of Actors Studio West in Los Angeles.

Born

1901

November 17

Died

1982

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1900s

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The world in 1901

When Lee arrived

april 25 New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
august 10 The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
august 14 The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
august 21 Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.

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Also born in 1901

Walt Disney 1901–1966 American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (born 1901) Adolph Rupp 1901–1977 American basketball player and coach (born 1901) André Malraux 1901–1976 French theorist and author (born 1901) Andreas Embirikos 1901–1975 Greek poet and photographer (born 1901) Art Rooney 1901–1988 American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (born 1901) Charles Brenton Huggins 1901–1997 Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901) Claude Autant-Lara 1901–2000 French director, screenwriter, and politician (died 2000) Ed Begley 1901–1970 American actor (born 1901) Eiji Tsuburaya 1901–1970 Japanese director and producer (born 1901)

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