

#DIARY OF ANNE FRANK MOVIE TV#
Strasberg continued to guest star on TV shows like Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Play of the Week (a production of The Cherry Orchard with Hayes), and Our American Heritage. It was another success and ran for 248 performances.

Strasberg's next appearance on Broadway was in Time Remembered (1957–58) by Jean Anouilh with Richard Burton and Helen Hayes. Several reasons have been suggested for this: that Stevens did not want to deal with the influence of Strasberg's mother, Paula, and that Stevens saw Strasberg at the end of the play's run when her performance had become tired. Strasberg was not cast in the George Stevens film version of Anne Frank. According to one obituary, "It had seemed as if the beautiful, dark-haired actress might have an impact equal to that made by Jean Simmons and Audrey Hepburn as ingenues." It was a remake of Morning Glory (1933) with Katharine Hepburn. She decided on the lead in Stage Struck (1958), directed by Sidney Lumet. The success of the play led to numerous film offers. In 1955 she appeared twice on the cover of Life (Jissue Novemissue) and soon after on the cover of Newsweek (Decemissue).ĭuring her run on the show she did The Cradle Song with Helen Hayes on TV. Strasberg was nominated for a Tony Award at the age of 18 and became the youngest actress to star on Broadway with her name above the marquee title. Brooks Atkinson wrote that she was "a slender, enchanting young lady with a heart-shaped face, a pair of burning eyes, and the soul of an actress." Strasberg originated the title role in the Broadway production of The Diary of Anne Frank, directed by Garson Kanin, which ran for 717 performances from 1955 to 1957. Joshua Logan, the director, wrote Strasberg's "incipent beauty and spirit seemed just right for me." The Diary of Anne Frank

Kim Stanley played the role on Broadway but was too old for film. She followed it with a widely praised performance as a teenager in Picnic (1955), playing the younger sister of Kim Novak. Strasberg made her film debut in The Cobweb (1955). It was the first network show broadcast in color. She had a regular role in a short-lived sitcom, The Marriage, playing the daughter of Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. She was in Romeo and Juliet for Kraft Theatre (1954), playing Juliet, and episodes of General Electric Theater and Omnibus.

Her TV debut was in "Catch a Falling Star", an episode of Goodyear Playhouse directed by Delbert Mann the same year. Early roles Īt age 14, Strasberg appeared off-Broadway in Maya in 1953, which ran seven performances.
#DIARY OF ANNE FRANK MOVIE PROFESSIONAL#
Strasberg attended the Professional Children's School, and then spent time at both The High School of Music & Art and the High School of Performing Arts. They were both from Jewish families who emigrated from Europe. Her father was born in what is now Ukraine, and her mother in New York City. If (slot) slot.addService(googletag.Strasberg was born in New York City to theatre director and drama coach Lee Strasberg of the Actors Studio and former actress Paula Strasberg. (function (a, d, o, r, i, c, u, p, w, m) 'Where is Anne Frank': Using animation to tell the story to the young - The Jerusalem Post
