
Lee Strasberg
Acting
Born: 1901-11-17 · Budzanów, Austria-Hungary
Died: 1982-02-17
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lee Strasberg was an American actor, director and acting teacher. He cofounded, with directors Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford, the Group Theatre in 1931, which was hailed as "America's first true theatrical collective". In 1951, he became director of the non-profit Actors Studio, in New York City, considered "the nation's most prestigious acting school". In 1969, Strasberg founded the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City and
🎬 Movies (20)

100 Years of Marilyn Monroe
2026
(archive footage)

Fatal Addiction: Marilyn Monroe
2022

The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016
Hyman Roth

Marilyn despite herself
2012

Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
1997
Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
Self

Night of 100 Stars
1982
Self

Skokie
1981
Morton Weisman

Going in Style
1979
Willie

...And Justice for All
1979
Grandpa Sam

Boardwalk
1979
David Rosen

The Last Tenant
1978
Frank

The Cassandra Crossing
1976
Herman Kaplan

The Godfather Part II
1974
Hyman Roth

The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966

Jane
1962
Self

The Gun Runners
1958
Rhett

China Venture
1953
Patterson

Somewhere in the Night
1946
Adaptation

Parnell
1937
Pat

