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Uta Hagen
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German-born American actress and drama teacher (1919–2004)
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Uta Hagen was a German-born American stage, film, and television actor and teacher. Born Thyra Hagen in Göttingen, she held United States citizenship and spoke German and English. She was educated at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her notable works include *Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?*, *Tovarich*, *Saint Joan*, *Respect for acting*, and *A challenge for the actor*.
Hagen received the National Medal of Arts, the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, the Drama League Award, and was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was married to José Ferrer and Herbert Berghof. Her students included Roy London, Steve McQueen, Geraldine Page, and Jason Robards. She died of a stroke in New York City in 2004.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1919
- Died
- 2004
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Tovarich
- Saint Joan
- Respect for acting
- A challenge for the actor
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Film & TV
Acting · Göttingen, Germany
Uta Thyra Hagen (12 June 1919 – 14 January 2004) was a German and American actress and theatre practitioner. She originated the role of Martha in the 1962 Broadway premiere of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee, who called her "a profoundly truthful actress." Because Hagen was on the Hollywood blacklist, in part because of her association with Paul Robeson, her film opportunities…
Known for
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self2021
- Uta Hagen's Acting Class — Self2004
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self2003
- Paul Robeson: Here I Stand — Self / Desdemona in 'Othello' (voice)1999
- Oz — Mama Rebadow1997
- King of the Hill — Maureen (voice)1997
- Intimate Portrait — Self1993
- The Sunset Gang — Sophie (segment "The Home")1991
- Reversal of Fortune — Maria1990
- Seasonal Differences — Omi1987
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 172
- Total plays
- 707
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,382x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,639x
- The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package<sup>*</sup>
· 2018 · cited 7,168x
- 2012 Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides
· 2012 · cited 5,579x
- Does the autistic child have a “theory of mind” ?
· 1985 · cited 5,492x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thyra
- Family name
- Hagen
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Göttingen
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Herbert Berghof
- Father
- Oskar Hagen
- Sibling
- Holger Hagen
- Occupation
- actor
- Position held
- professor
- Languages spoken
- German
- Image
- Uta Hagen The Other 1972 photo.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 1919-06-12
- date of death
- 2004-01-01
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Uta Hagen
- name in native language
- Uta Hagen
- student
- Katie Finneran
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
- birth name
- Uta Thyra Hagen
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