Robert Lewis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 16, 1909
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- November 23, 1997
Biography
Robert Lewis (1909 – 1997) was an American actor, director, teacher, author and founder of the Actors Studio in New York in 1947.
In addition to his accomplishments on Broadway and in Hollywood, Lewis' greatest and longest lasting contribution to American theater may be the role he played as one of the foremost acting and directing teachers of his day. He was an early proponent of the Stanislavski System of acting technique and a founding member of New York's revolutionary Group Theatre in the 1930s. In the 1970s, he was the Head of the Yale School of Drama Acting and Directing Departments.
Movies with Robert Lewis
- Monsieur Verdoux 1947 · ★ 7.7
- Ziegfeld Follies 1945 · ★ 6.0
- Son of Lassie 1945 · ★ 6.2
- Dragon Seed 1944 · ★ 6.8
- Montgomery Clift 1983 · ★ 4.5
- The Hidden Eye 1945 · ★ 7.9
- Paris After Dark 1943 · ★ 6.1
- The Last Installment 1945 · ★ 6.5
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre 1989
Movies directed by Robert Lewis
- Ziegfeld Follies 1945 · ★ 6.0
- Anything Goes 1956 · ★ 6.0