1947Winner
Best Performance
Monsieur Verdoux
Robert Lewis
Actor · Director
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
March 16, 1909
Biography
Robert Lewis (1909 – 1997) was an American actor, director, teacher, author and founder of the Actors Studio in New York in 1947. In addition to his accomplishments on Broadway and in Hollywood, Lewis' greatest and longest lasting contribution to American theater may be the role he played as one of the foremost acting and directing teachers of his day. He was an early proponent of the Stanislavski System of acting technique and a founding member of New York's revolutionary Group Theatre in the 1930s. In the 1970s, he was the Head of the Yale School of Drama Acting and Directing Departments.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1944Nominee
Best Performance
Dragon Seed
1945Nominee
Best Performance
Ziegfeld Follies
Career Highlights
1945Highlight
Best Performance
Son of Lassie
1956Highlight
Best Director
Anything Goes
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Monsieur Verdoux
Dragon Seed
Ziegfeld Follies