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12th June 1919 |
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Göttingen, Germany |
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Uta Thyra Hagen (June 12, 1919 - January 14, 2004) was a German-born American actress and acting teacher.
Born in Göttingen, Germany, her family emigrated to the United States during her early childhood. She was raised in Madison, Wisconsin. She studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
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 José Ferrer in 1938; they divorced in 1948. They had one daughter.
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.
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.
She also wrote Respect for Acting, which advocates presentational acting, for example through the use of substitution.
Acting
Stage
- The Seagull - 1938
- The Happiest Days - 1939
- Key Largo - 1939
- Vickie - 1942
- Othello - 1943
- The Whole World Over - 1947
- A Streetcar Named Desire - 1947
- The Country Girl - 1950 (Tony Award)
- Saint Joan - 1951
- In Any Language - 1952
- The Magic and The Loss - 1954
- Island of Goats - 1955
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?- 1962 -(Tony Award)
- The Cherry Orchard - 1968
- You Never Can Tell - 1986
- Charlotte - 1980
- Mrs. Klein
- Collected Stories - 1998
Film
- The Other - 1972
- The Boys from Brazil - 1978
- A Doctor's Story - 1984
- Reversal of Fortune - 1990
- Limón: A Life Beyond Words - 2001
Television
- Victory - 1945
- A Month in the Country - 1959
- The Day Before Sunday - 1970
- Seasonal Differences - 1987
- The Sunset Gang - 1991
- Oz - guest appearance, 1999
External Links
- Uta Hagen at the Internet Movie Database
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