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Also Known As Helene Weigl
Born May 12, 1900 • Vienna
Died May 6, 1971 (aged 70) • Berlin
Founder Berliner Ensemble
Notable Family Members spouse Bertolt Brecht
Otto Preminger
Otto Preminger
American filmmaker
Christoph Waltz in a tuxedo holding an Oscar statuette and smiling in the press room at the 85th Annual Academy Awards, with a large gold Oscar statue behind him.
Christoph Waltz
Austrian actor
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Joseph Anton Stranitzky
Austrian actor
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Eugene Vakhtangov
Russian actor, director, and producer
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Judith Malina
American theater director and actress
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Emil Poulsen
Danish actor
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
American actor, director, and writer
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci
American actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter
Schlesinger, John
John Schlesinger
English film director
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
American director, producer, and actor
Rob Reiner smiling at an event, wearing a dark jacket, pale pink shirt, and burgundy tie, with a yellow and black background behind him.
Rob Reiner
American actor and director
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Martin Ritt
American director
Mel Brooks in a tuxedo smiles widely and points at his Emmy Award trophy while posing in front of a blue Emmy Awards backdrop.
Mel Brooks
American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
Robert Redford as Bill McKay stands at a microphone in a suit and striped tie, with a large campaign poster of himself in the background, in the film The Candidate.
Robert Redford
American actor and director
Bob Fosse with a beard and open-collared shirt, looking to the side in a black and white publicity still from the film All That Jazz.
Bob Fosse
American choreographer and director
Konstantin Stanislavsky
Konstantin Stanislavsky
Russian actor and director
Sir Henry Irving, c. 1900.
Sir Henry Irving
British actor and theatrical manager
Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich
American director, critic, and actor
Sidney Poitier smiling and wearing a light gray suit, blue shirt, and patterned tie at an event.
Sidney Poitier
Bahamanian American actor

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