Sanford Meisner also known as Sandy, was an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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 and acting teacher who developed a form of Method acting

Method acting

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 (based on the 'system' of Constantin Stanislavski) that is now known as the Meisner technique

Meisner technique

The Meisner technique is an acting technique developed by the American theatre practitioner Sanford Meisner.Meisner developed this technique after working with Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler at the Group Theatre and as head of the acting program at New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse and...

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Born in Brooklyn

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, Meisner was the oldest of four children. Sanford, Jacob, Ruth, and Robert were the children of Hermann Meisner, a furrier, and Bertha Knoepfler, both Jewish

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 immigrants who came to the United States from Hungary

Hungary

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