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Michael Chekhov
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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Chekhov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Чехов; 16 August 1891 – 30 September 1955), known as Michael Chekhov, was a Russian-American actor, director, author, and theatre practitioner.[1] He was a nephew of the playwright Anton Chekhov and a student of Konstantin Stanislavski. Stanislavski referred to him as his most brilliant student.
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Born | Mikhail Aleksandrovich Chekhov (1891-08-16)16 August 1891 |
Died | 30 September 1955(1955-09-30) (aged 64) |
Years active | 1913–1954 |
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Children | Ada Tschechowa |
Parent(s) | Alexander Chekhov Natalya Golden |
Relatives | Anton Chekhov (uncle) Olga Knipper (aunt) Vera Tschechowa (granddaughter) |
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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 (1945), for which he received his only Academy Award nomination.