Sandra Seacat
| Sandra Seacat | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sandra Diane Seacat October 2, 1936 Greensburg, Kansas, U.S. |
| Other names | Credited as Sandra Kaufman, her then-married name, before 1969 |
| Occupation | Acting teacher, actor, director |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Ebert (? - January 26, 1978; divorced) Thurn Hoffman (? - present) |
| Children | Greta B. Kaufman (aka Greta Seacat) |
Sandra Diane Seacat (born October 2, 1936) is an American actress, director and acting coach best known for teaching stage-style method acting. Professionally known as Sandra Kaufman before 1969, she was the first of three daughters born to Russell Henry and Lois Marion Seacat in Greensburg, Kansas.
Seacat began acting in theater in the early 1960s. After a summer-stock production of Leonid Andreyev's play The Waltz of the Dogs, The Village Voice described her as "destined to bring many future stages alive."
She moved to New York and studied acting with Michael Howard, later becoming a member of the Actors Studio, where she studied method acting under Lee Strasberg, the studio's director.
In the early 1970s, she taught at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, City College of New York's Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts, as a member of the Actors Studio, and she taught privately. Among her clients were Steve Railsback and Mickey Rourke, who told New York Magazine that Seacat mentored him for six years.
From the late seventies Seacat has worked in both New York and Los Angeles, coaching actors such as Jessica Lange in preparation for her role in the 1982 film Frances. According to The New York Times, she helped pioneer the practice of dream work, where actors study and play characters from their dreams. She also taught the method to her daughter, Greta Seacat, who also became an acting coach. Seacat's clients Melanie Griffith and Gina Gershon publicly credited Seacat's use of the dream method with improving their craft.
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