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Michael Chekhov

Biography

Michael Chekhov (29 August 1891 – 30 September 1955) was a Russian-American actor, director, author, and theatre practitioner. His acting technique has been used by actors such as Clint Eastwood, Marilyn Monroe, Yul Brynner, and Robert Stack. Constantin Stanislavski referred to him as his most brilliant student. He was a nephew of the playwright Anton Chekhov.

Although mainly a stage actor, he made a few notable appearances on film, perhaps most memorably as the Freudian analyst in Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound.

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Known For

Spellbound
Spellbound
Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty's Accession
Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty's Accession
Specter of the Rose
Specter of the Rose
Rhapsody
Rhapsody
Invitation
Invitation
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Cinema in Russia
Cinema in Russia
Holiday for Sinners
Holiday for Sinners

Filmography

1979 Cinema in Russia
as Film footage
1954 Rhapsody
as Prof. Schuman
1952 Holiday for Sinners
as Dr. Konndorff
1952 Invitation
as Dr. Fromm
1949 The Price of Freedom
as Johann Vollmer
1948 Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Gaboolian
1946 Abie's Irish Rose
as Solomon Levy
1946 Cross My Heart
as Peter
1946 Specter of the Rose
as Max Polikoff
1945 Spellbound
as Dr. Alexander Brulov
1944 In Our Time
as Uncle Leopold Baruta
1944 Song of Russia
as Ivan Stepanov
1930 Troika
as
1930 Phantoms of Happiness
as Jacques Bramard
1929 Der Narr seiner Liebe
as
1927 The Man from the Restaurant
as Skorohodov - The Waiter
1914 When The Heart's Strings Sound
as Fred, Jean's brother
1913 Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty's Accession
as Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich