Sanford Meisner, American actor and coach (born 1904)

Sanford Meisner

American actor and acting teacher (1905–1997)

Sanford Meisner 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…