Cathy Haase
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Cathy Haase is an American stage and film actress, writer and educator. She attended Franconia College
in New Hampshire. Since 1996, she has taught acting at the School of Visual Arts
in New York City.
In the early 1980s she worked in Germany where she appeared in half a dozen films. She settled in New York where she acted in theatre. Her first important film role in the United States was that of the stripper Danny Lee in the independedent film production The Kill-Off
(1989), based on the Jim Thompson
novel. The film was directed by Maggie Greenwald
. Haase later worked for the same director in The Ballad of Little Jo
(1993) as Mrs. Addie. She made numerous other film appearances, often in minor roles. She recently said, "I'd love to have been one of those Hitchcock blondes. Each female performance seems very original and organic yet very poised and stylized and graceful -- iconic, I suppose, in a way."
In 2003 she published a book called Acting for Film, a how-to book aimed for would-be actors and teachers.
Franconia College
Franconia College was a small experimental liberal arts college in Franconia, New Hampshire, United States. It opened in 1963 on the site of The Forest Hills Hotel on Agassiz Road, and closed in 1978, after years of declining enrollment and increasing financial difficulties.A small, eclectic...
in New Hampshire. Since 1996, she has taught acting at the School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
in New York City.
In the early 1980s she worked in Germany where she appeared in half a dozen films. She settled in New York where she acted in theatre. Her first important film role in the United States was that of the stripper Danny Lee in the independedent film production The Kill-Off
The Kill-Off
The Kill-Off is a neo-noir written and directed by Maggie Greenwald, based on a 1957 novel of the same name by Jim Thompson. It was an independent film, executive produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher and shot by Declan Quinn.-Plot:...
(1989), based on the Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson (writer)
James Myers Thompson was an American author and screenwriter, known for his pulp crime fiction....
novel. The film was directed by Maggie Greenwald
Maggie Greenwald
Maggie Greenwald is an American film, television director and screenwriter.She is most recognized for writing and directing Songcatcher and The Ballad of Little Jo...
. Haase later worked for the same director in The Ballad of Little Jo
The Ballad of Little Jo
The Ballad of Little Jo is a 1993 western film inspired by the true story of a society woman who tries to escape the stigma of bearing a child out of wedlock by going out to the West, and living disguised as a man...
(1993) as Mrs. Addie. She made numerous other film appearances, often in minor roles. She recently said, "I'd love to have been one of those Hitchcock blondes. Each female performance seems very original and organic yet very poised and stylized and graceful -- iconic, I suppose, in a way."
In 2003 she published a book called Acting for Film, a how-to book aimed for would-be actors and teachers.