Michael Chekhov (29 August 1891 – 30 September 1955) was a Russian-American actor, director, author, and theatre practitioner. His acting technique has been used by actors such as Clint Eastwood, Marilyn Monroe, Yul Brynner, and Robert Stack. Constantin Stanislavski referred to him as his most brilliant student. He was a nephew of the playwright Anton Chekhov. Although mainly a stage actor, he made a few notable appearances on film, perhaps most memorably as the Freudian analyst in Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Chekhov, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Michael Chekhov was a pioneering Russian-American actor, director, and teacher who developed a globally influential acting methodology.
He is best known for his Academy Award-nominated role in Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound and for training generations of prominent film stars.
He was a celebrated member of the Moscow Art Theatre before emigrating to establish his own international acting studios.
