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Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Robert Lewis (1909 – 1997) was an American actor, director, teacher, author and founder of the Actors Studio in New York in 1947. In addition to his accomplishments on Broadway and in Hollywood, Lewis' greatest and longest lasting contribution to American theater may be the role he played as one of the foremost acting and directing teachers of his day. He was an early proponent of the…
Known for
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre — Self1989
- Montgomery Clift — Self1983
- Monsieur Verdoux — Maurice Bottello1947
- The Hidden Eye — Stormvig1945
- Ziegfeld Follies — Gentleman ("Limehouse Blues") / Man (voice) ("Number Please")1945
- The Last Installment — Kovak1945
- Son of Lassie — Sergeant Schmidt1945
- Dragon Seed — Captain Sato1944
- Paris After Dark — Col. Pirosh1943
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Lewis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Yale University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Student of
- Michael Chekhov
- Field of work
- television
- Image
- Robert Lewis.jpeg
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1909-03-16
- date of death
- 1997-11-23
- different from
- Robert A. Lewis
- student
- Mildred Dunnock
- start of work period
- 1931-00-00
- cause of death
- heart failure
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
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