Lee Strasberg, Ukrainian-American actor and director (died 1982)

Lee Strasberg

American acting coach and actor (1901–1982)

Lee Strasberg was an American acting coach and actor. He co-founded, with theatre directors Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford, the Group Theatre in 1931, which was hailed as "America's first true theatrical collective". In 1951, he became director of the nonprofit Actors Studio…