Sanford Meisner
Biography
Sanford Meisner (August 31, 1905 – February 2, 1997) was an American actor and acting teacher who developed an approach to acting instruction that is now known as the Meisner technique. While Meisner was exposed to method acting at the Group Theatre, his approach differed markedly in that he completely abandoned the use of affective memory, a distinct characteristic of method acting. Meisner maintained an emphasis on "the reality of doing", which was the foundation of his approach. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sanford Meisner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (8)
She's The Best Thing in It
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Requiem
as Restaurant Patron
1995
Sanford Meisner Master Class
as Himself
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
1990
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (archive footage)
1989
Mikey and Nicky
as Dave Resnick
1976
Tender Is the Night
as Franz Gregorovious
1962
The Story on Page One
as Phil Stanley
1959
