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Sanford Meisner

Sanford Meisner

Birthday: 1905-08-31 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1995
Requiem

as    Restaurant Patron

1990
Sanford Meisner Master Class

as    Himself

1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

as    Self (archive footage)

1976
Mikey and Nicky

as    Dave Resnick

1962
Tender Is the Night

as    Franz Gregorovious