American Masters Sanford Meisner: The Theatre's Best Kept Secret (Season 5, Episode 8)
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TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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American Masters

Sanford Meisner: The Theatre's Best Kept Secret (Season 5, Episode 8)

TV-14

TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A leading acting teacher who trained some of the most famous performers of the stage and screen, Sanford Meisner was a founding member of the Group Theatre a leading force in the theater world of the 1930's.

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Updated Aug 27, 1990

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Aug 27, 1990 (United States)

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Won 27 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 31 wins & 81 nominations

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Susan Boehm Self Self See fewer	Ghostbusters II (1989)
Robert Duvall Self Self See fewer	The Apostle (1997)
Peter Falk Self Self See fewer	Columbo (1971)
Bob Fosse Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cabaret (1972)
Lee Grant Self Self See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Stephen Harvey Self - Interviewer Self - Interviewer See fewer	A Very Natural Thing (1974)
Anne Jackson Self Self See fewer	The Shining (1980)
Elia Kazan Self Self See fewer	On the Waterfront (1954)
David Mamet Self Self See fewer	House of Games (1987)
Vivian Matalon Self Self See fewer	ITV Play of the Week (1955)
Sanford Meisner Self Self See fewer	Tender Is the Night (1962)
Gregory Peck Self Self See fewer	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Suzanne Pleshette Self Self See fewer	The Birds (1963)
Sydney Pollack Self Self See fewer	Tootsie (1982)
Tony Randall Self Self See fewer	The Odd Couple (1970)
Mark Rydell Self Self See fewer	The Long Goodbye (1973)
José Angel Santana Self Self See fewer	Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Mary Steenburgen Self Self See fewer	Last Vegas (2013)
Frances Sternhagen Self Self See fewer	Outland (1981)
Gwen Verdon Self Self See fewer	Cocoon (1985)
Jon Voight Self Self See fewer	Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Eli Wallach Self Self See fewer	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Joanne Woodward Self Self See fewer	Rachel, Rachel (1968)