Chekhov, Michael, 1891-1955

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Mikhail Aleksandrovich "Michael" Chekhov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Чехов, 29 August 1891 – 30 September 1955) was a Russian-American actor, director, author and theatre practitioner. He was a nephew of the playwright Anton Chekhov and a student of Konstantin Stanislavski. Stanislavski referred to him as his most brilliant student. Although mainly a stage actor, he made a few notable appearances on film, perhaps most memorably as the Freudian analyst in Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945), for which he received his only Academy Award nomination.
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referencedIn The Railroad hour, radio program [sound recording], 1948-1954 The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
creatorOf Prey, Deirdre Hurst du, 1906-. Deirdre Hurst du Prey papers, 1977-2002 Houghton Library
creatorOf Singer, Andre, 1907-. Andre Singer Papers, 1907-1996. Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library
creatorOf Adamic, Louis, 1899-1951,. Letters to Alfred Kreymborg [manuscript], 1921-1956. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Prey, Deirdre Hurst du, 1906-. The Actor is the theatre : a collection of Michael Chekhov's unpublished notes and manuscripts on the art of acting and the theatre: typescript, 1977. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Robert Benney research materials, 1926-1978 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Andreĭ Sedykh papers, 1887-1965 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn The Actor is the theatre : a collection of Michael Chekhov's unpublished notes and manuscripts on the art of acting and the theatre: typescript, 1977 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Gorchakov, N. A. (Nikolaĭ Aleksandrovich), b. 1901. Papers, ca.1948-1985. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Hapgood, Elizabeth Reynolds. Papers, 1867-1974. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911- University of Michigan
referencedIn N.A. Gorchakov Papers, ca.1948-1985. Columbia University, Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library,
creatorOf Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911- University of Michigan
referencedIn Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood papers, 1867-1974 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Theatre Arts Monthly, collection of portraits, ca., ca., 1924-1939 (bulk), 1916-1964 (inclusive). Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Straight, Beatrice. Beatrice Straight papers, [ca. 1925]-1990. Cornell University Library
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associatedWith Sedykh, Andreĭ, 1902- person
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Birth 1891-08-29

Death 1955-09-30

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