ACTORS Flashcards
Uta Hagen
Acting technique of character analysis
Constantin Stanislavski
Developed the “Stanislavski method”
Marilyn Miller
Follies girl known for the “Cinderella” type roles
Al Jolson
Comedian who did blackface and performed in vaudeville and minstrel shows
Fanny Brice
Follies girl who could do comedy and drama
Bert Williams
Black man who performed doing blackface
George M. Cohan
Wrote Yankee Doodle and is the only man who has a statue in Times Square
Marx Brothers
Team of sibling comedians who used fake names in their vaudeville performances
Stella Adler
Vaudeville performer and an acting teacher
Ethel Merman
Her belting voice
Ethel Waters
First black woman to be nominated for an Emmy
Betty Comden
Provided lyrics, books, and screen play to most successful musicals
Ed Sullivan
Hosted the Sunday night show “toast of the town”
Charlie Chaplin
Silent film actor
Bob Fosse
Director and Choreographer