Jack Garfein
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| Born |
Jakob Garfein 2 July 1930 Mukacevo, Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslovakia, now Mukacheve, Ukraine |
| Education | Dramatic Workshop at the New School of New York, American Theater Wing |
| Occupation | Director, Writer, Producer, Professor |
| Spouse(s) | Carroll Baker (m. 1955–69) |
| Children |
Blanche Baker Herschel Garfein Rela Garfein Elias Garfein |
Blanche Baker Herschel Garfein Rela Garfein
Jack Garfein (born July 2, 1930, in Mukacevo, Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslovakia, now Mukacheve, Ukraine) is a key historical figure of the Actors' Studio, director, writer, teacher and producer.
Garfein was once married to actress Carroll Baker with whom we had two children : actress Blanche Baker and Grammy-Award winning American composer, Herschel Garfein. Garfein second marriage was to Anna Laretta with whom he had two children Rela Garfein (scholarship graduate of HEC in Paris), Elias Garfein (scholarship graduate of Sorbonne
He has been living the past four years with his partner, Natalia Repolovsky, a pianist and technical writer.
As a director and an acting teacher, he actively participated in the development of the Actors Studio work and collaborated with famous filmmakers such as Elia Kazan, John Ford, and George Stevens. He was a teacher to actors Sissy Spacek, Ron Perlman, Irène Jacob, James Thierrée, Laetitia Casta, Samuel Le Bihan, Bruce Dern. He directed Uta Hagen, Herbert Berghof, Shelley Winters, Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Ralph Meeker, Mark Richman, Mildred Dunnock, Elaine Strich, Malick Bowens and discovered Ben Gazzara, Steve McQueen, George Peppard, Bruce Dern, Pat Hingle, Albert Salmi, Paul Richards and Susan Strasberg. He also gave his first role to James Dean in the Actors Studio production of End as a Man.
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