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Also Known As Helene Weigl
Born May 12, 1900 • Vienna
Died May 6, 1971 (aged 70) • Berlin
Founder Berliner Ensemble
Notable Family Members spouse Bertolt Brecht
Otto Preminger
Otto Preminger
American filmmaker
Joseph Anton Stranitzky
Austrian actor
Judith Malina
American theater director and actress
Emil Poulsen
Danish actor
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
American actor and director
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
American actor, director, and writer
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci
American actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks
American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse
American choreographer and director
Konstantin Stanislavsky
Konstantin Stanislavsky
Russian actor and director
Sir Henry Irving, c. 1900.
Sir Henry Irving
British actor and theatrical manager
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Bahamanian American actor
Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick
American actor
Robert Lepage
Canadian writer, director, designer, and actor
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
American actor
The Insider
Al Pacino
American actor
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist
Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey
American actor
Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor
Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain
Gene Kelly
American actor, dancer, and director

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