An influential, eccentric stage and screen actor--perhaps the most influential and respected of his generation--Marlon Brando first made his name as an exponent of 'The Method', an acting style based on the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky. Method acting rejected the traditional techniques of stagecraft in favor of an emotional expressiveness ideally suited to the angst-ridden atmosphere of postwar American society. Brando studied the Stanislavsky technique in the 1940s, first at the New School and later at the Actors Studio.The Nebraska native made his Broadway debut in the sentimental
Worked as an elevator operator at Best & Company in New York for one week
1943
Acted in little scenes to illustrate Dramatic Workshop teacher John Gassner's lectures
1944
Debut stage performance in the dual roles of a school teacher and a dark angel in Erwin Piscator's production of Gerhardt Hauptman's "Hannele's Way to Heaven"
1944
Appeared with a troupe of Dramatic Workshop students in summer stock in Sayville, New York
