Michael Chekhov

Known for ActingBorn 1891-08-28Died 1955-09-30Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

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. Read more

Movies & web series

Cross My Heart

Phantoms of Happiness

When The Heart's Strings Sound

Song of Russia

The Price of Freedom

The Bet

Der Narr seiner Liebe

Spellbound

Abie's Irish Rose

Troika

Invitation

Rhapsody

In Our Time

Holiday for Sinners

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty's Accession

The Man from the Restaurant

Specter of the Rose

Cinema in Russia