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Article: Actress Uta Hagen, A True Believer In Make-Believe
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 17, 2004
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On a stage, in a classroom, in her books, Uta Hagen was earthy, no-
nonsense. Her guidelines for actors doing scene work had the
irresistible ring of common sense. "Just know where you are," she'd
admonish the thirsty acting sponges who soaked up instruction from
her at the famous New York acting emporium, HB Studio, that she ran
for decades with her husband, Herbert Berghof.
Geraldine Page, Jason Robards, Jack Lemmon and Rock Hudson had
sought her wisdom. So did hundreds and hundreds of others, drawn to
her pragmatism about the stage, ideas she'd developed in her own
sterling acting career, that seemed to demystify the process of
pretend. Perpetually dangling a cigarette, she'd urge her ...
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