Michael Chekhov

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Michael Chekhov 29 August 1891 30 September 1955 was a RussianAmerican 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 Hitchcocks Spellbound Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Chekhov licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia