Elia Kazan

AKA:
Elia Kazanjoglou
Nationality:
Greek
Birthdate:
09/07/1909
Birthplace:
Kadi-Kev, Constantinople, Turkey
Death Date:
09/28/2003
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biography
Despite acting in important plays like Clifford Odets' "Waiting for Lefty" and "Golden Boy" and even tackling the movies with roles in "City For Conquest" (1940) and "Blues in the Night" (1941), both helmed by Anatole Litvak, Elia Kazan found he could achieve much greater range by shaping others' acting than by honing his own. The source for his inspired directing was the revolutionary acting technique known as the Method, which he encountered at NYC's influential Group Theatre, and the Greek immigrant who had grown up feeling like an outsider rose to prominence as the preeminent proponent of Continued
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1955
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1955
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Fishing Boat Captain
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milestones
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Milestone
1913 
After brief stay in Berlin, immigrated to the USA with parents
 
Raised in New York
1932 
Theatrical debut as stage manager and understudy for the Theater Guild production, "The Pure in Heart" in Baltimore, Maryland
1932 
Apprenticed with Group Theater
1933 
Broadway acting debut, "Men in White"
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