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Actors Studio a famed hangout with no students
The Actors Studio in New York is not a school but a members-only practice space for about 125 actors who audition to join and perform scenes for peers. Founded in 1947 by Cheryl Crawford Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg, it funds itself via donations, holds weekly 5-minute preliminary auditions, and features famous visitors like Marilyn Monroe and Joan Crawford while producing notable actors such as Marlon Brando Eva Marie Saint and David Wayne.
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Cheryl Crawford
Elia Kazan
Kazan
Miss Crawford
Actors’ Studio
Lee Strasberg
Marlon Brando
Montgomery Clift
Tom Ewell
John Forsythe
Julie Harris
Kim Hunter
Karl Malden
E. G. Marshall
Margaret Phillips
Maureen Stapleton
Kim Stanley
Jo van Fleet
Eli Wallach
Ray Walston
David Wayne
Strasberg
Carroll Baker
Joanne Woodward
Marilyn Monroe
Jennifer Jones
Joan Crawford
Gene Kelly
Leslie Caron
Ruth Roman
Miss Monroe
Strasverg
Miss Baker
Brando
Paul Newman
James Dean
Dean
Warner Brothers
Eva Marie Saint
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