Michael Chekhov

Also known as Michailas Čechovas

Russian actor and director (1891-1955)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1891
Died: 1955
Works: 22

Top works

Mikhail Chekhov
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Film & TV

Acting · Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

Michael Chekhov (29 August 1891 – 30 September 1955) was a Russian-American actor, director, author, and theatre practitioner. His acting technique has been used by actors such as Clint Eastwood, Marilyn Monroe, Yul Brynner, and Robert Stack. Constantin Stanislavski referred to him as his most brilliant student. He was a nephew of the playwright Anton Chekhov. Although mainly a stage actor, he…

Known for

Cinema in Russia — Film footage1979
Rhapsody — Prof. Schuman1954
Invitation — Dr. Fromm1952
Holiday for Sinners — Dr. Konndorff1952
The Price of Freedom — Johann Vollmer1949
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven — Gaboolian1948
Specter of the Rose — Max Polikoff1946
Cross My Heart — Peter1946
Abie's Irish Rose — Solomon Levy1946
Spellbound — Dr. Alexander Brulov1945

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Active from: 2011

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 4
Total plays: 31

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

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Works: 2
Cited by: 153

Research areas

SociologyEpistemologyArtificial intelligencePhilosophyArchaeology

Most cited works

To the Actor. On the Technique of Acting1954 · 113 cit
To the Actor2002 · 40 cit

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 85,326x
Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,762x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,872x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,536x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,978x

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Key facts

Born: Mikhail Aleksandrovich Chekhov , ( 1891-08-16 ) 16 August 1891, Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire
Died: 30 September 1955 (1955-09-30) (aged 64), Beverly Hills, California , U.S.
Years active: 1913 – 1954
Spouses: Olga Chekhova , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1914 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1917 ) Xenia Karlovna Ziller, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1918 )
Children: Ada Tschechowa
Parent s: Alexander Chekhov , Natalya Golden
Relatives: Anton Chekhov (uncle), Olga Knipper (aunt), Vera Tschechowa (granddaughter)

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Image: Michael Chekhov 1910х.jpg

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date of death: 1955-09-30
Commons category: Michael Chekhov
date of birth: 1891-08-29
start of work period: 1912-00-00
end of work period: 1954-00-00
birth name: Михаил Александрович Чехов

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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Chekhov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Чехов; 16 August 1891 – 30 September 1955), known as Michael Chekhov, was a Russian-American actor, director, author, and theatre practitioner. He was a nephew of the playwright Anton Chekhov and a student of Konstantin Stanislavski. Stanislavski referred to him as his most brilliant student.

Although mainly a stage actor, he made a few notable appearances on film, perhaps most memorably as the Freudian analyst in Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945), for which he received his only Academy Award nomination.