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Uta Hagen

Television Actress / Film Actress / Stage Actress / Teacher / Actress | * 06/12/1919 († 84, 01/14/2004) | Göttingen (Germany)
Uta Thyra Hagen (12 June 1919 – 14 January 2004) was a German-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 dwindled and she focused her career on New York theatre. She later became a highly influential acting teacher at New York's Herbert Berghof Studio and authored best-selling acting texts, Respect for Acting, with Haskel Frankel, and A Challenge for the Actor. Her most substantial contributions to theatre pedagogy were a series of "object exercises" that built on the work of Konstantin Stanislavski and Yevgeny Vakhtangov. She was elected to the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1981. She twice won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and received a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1999. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Mystery

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Awards & Nominations for Uta Hagen

National Medal of Arts 2x Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences Donaldson Awards Drama League Award
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Movies with Uta Hagen as Actress(8)

as Self / Desdemona in 'Othello' (voice)1999 Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Sophie (segment "The Home")1991 The Sunset Gang
as Maria1990 Reversal of Fortune
as Mrs. Hilda Reiner1984 A Doctor's Story
as Frieda Maloney1978 The Boys from Brazil
as Ada1972 The Other

TV Shows/Series with Uta Hagen as Actress(6)

as Maureen (voice)1997 King of the Hill
as Mama Rebadow1997 Oz

Full Name: Uta Thyra Hagen
Born: Thursday, 06/12 1919 (June) in Göttingen (Germany)
Died: Wednesday, 01/14 2004 (January) in New York City (aged: 84)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Educated at: University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Wisconsin High School
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Spouses (current/former): José Ferrer, Herbert Berghof
Children: Letty Ferrer
Siblings: Holger Hagen
Father: Oskar Hagen
Other names for Uta Hagen (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Uta Thyra Hagen"
Uta Hagen frequently works together with these people:
David Herman (89x, Actor)
Phil Hendrie (19x, Actor)
Scott Klace (17x, Actor)
Phil LaMarr (13x, Actor)
Dave Thomas (10x, Actor)
Rick McKay (10x, Crew)
Randal Reeder (8x, Actor)
James Sie (8x, Actor)
Maurice LaMarche (7x, Actor)
Danny Trejo (6x, Actor)
Tara Strong (6x, Actress)
Beth Grant (6x, Actress)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:725408, Added: 10/31/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024