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Date of birth
28 Aug 1891
136 years ago at Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

Also Known As

  • Mijaíl Aleksándrovich Chéjov
  • Mikhail Aleksandrovich Chekhov
  • Чехов Михаил Александрович
  • Michael Chekhov

Michael Chekhov

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.

Biography

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.

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