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unusual facts about Actors Studio



Allan Stratton

In 1982, he moved to New York, where he was a member of the Playwright/Director Unit of Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio, chaired by Arthur Penn.

Deirdre O'Connell

When she finished school, she pursued her interest in theatre studying first at Erwin Piscator's Dramatic Workshop, New York, and later at the Actors Studio run by Lee Strasberg.

Holly Solomon

Holly Solomon was an aspiring stage actress and was enrolled at Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio shortly after moving to Manhattan.

Inger Stevens

At eighteen, she left Kansas to return to New York City, where she worked as a chorus girl and in the Garment District while taking classes at the Actors Studio.

Luis F Soto

Presently, Luis is a member of The Actors Studio, Playwrights/Directors Unit West, under the artistic direction of Mark Rydell and Martin Landau.

Omid Nooshin

In the late 1990s, Nooshin travelled to New York and spent much of his time at famed method acting institute The Actor’s Studio, watching luminaries such as Arthur Penn take drama classes.

Phyllis Love

Following her graduation in 1948 from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Institute of Technology (which later would merge with Mellon Institute of Industrial Research to form Carnegie Mellon University), Love made her way to New York, where, in short order, she would gain entry into the recently formed Actors Studio.

Samantha Noble

In 2001 Samantha graduated BA in Drama, History and Education from the Australian Catholic University and she has trained at NIDA, Actors Studio New York, Stella Adler Institute Los Angeles, Ivana Chubbick Studio, On Camera Connections and ATYP.

Sarah Biasini

She studied art history at the Sorbonne in Paris and theater at the Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles and the Actors Studio in New York City.

The Long, Hot Summer

Filmed in Clinton, Louisiana, the film's cast was composed mostly of former Actors Studio students, whom Ritt met while he was an assistant teacher to Elia Kazan.


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Antje Nikola Mönning

Mönning studied acting from 1999 until 2002 at the actors' studio Schauspiel München.

Bernard Pivot

Lipton adapted Pivot's use of a Proust Questionnaire to one that he himself used at the end of each episode of Inside the Actors Studio.

Carlotta Montanari

She trained at the international acting school Actor's Center in Rome, and with Actors Studio members Martin Landau, Mark Rydell and Lou Antonio.

Carmen Argenziano

He is also a lifetime member of the Actors Studio and was awarded the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award for his performance as Jack Delasante in Thomas Babe's A Prayer for My Daughter.

Curt Conway

The Actors Studio also supplied some of the school's participating directors, namely Martin Ritt, Alan Schneider, and Joseph Anthony; also participating were Horton Foote and Everett Chambers.