Utal: Legendary Actor UTA HAGEN Passes Away At 84
Legendary Actor UTA HAGEN Passes Away At 84
According to Variety, legendary actor and teacher Uta Hagen has passed away. She was 84 years old.
Hagen, who is probably best known for her work in the Broadway production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, died from complications from Alzheimer’s disease.
“The theater lost a giant today,” said actor Frank Langella, who appeared in the Tony-winning production with Hagen in 1976. “Uta was one of the most important actors, teachers and influences in all of our lives.”
Langella added that Hagen’s “gift to us all was to make us realize that acting was not only a craft but an art form. She showed us that we had a responsibility to ourselves as artists to be good and truthful . . . we will all miss her.”
In addition to playing Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, she won Tonys for her performances in I Remember Mama and A Taste of Honey. Her other Broadway credits included The Country Girl (1950), The Father (1964), Collected Stories (1997) and Honour (2001). In 2002,
Legendary Actor UTA HAGEN Passes Away At 84
Legendary Actor, Director and Author Uta Hagen died in her New York home on Friday January 14th at the age of 84. Her husband, Bill Craxton was by her side. She had been struggling with Alzheimer’s disease. Hagen is survived by her daughter, Nora Moretti and granddaughters, Julie and Emma Moretti.
The death of this great acting teacher and practitioner has saddened me in the extreme. I have been fortunate enough to study with Uta for many years and to have had the privilege of having her take me under her wing as a student. Her teachings and commitment to the method were unparalleled and will live on forever in all those she touched.
Legendary actor UTA HAGEN passed away on January 15, 2004 after a long illness. She was 84.
A two-time Tony Award winner and three-time nominee, she won her first Tony in 1951 for her performance in Harold Clurman’s production of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and her second for her performance in the original Broadway production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1962. Her other Tony nominations were for The Country Girl (1952), The Great God Brown (1972) and Collected Stories (1997).
In 1972 Ms. Hagen was awarded the prestigious Drama Desk Special Award “For exceptional contributions to the theatre over a lifetime.” In 1993 the League of Professional Theatre Women honored Ms. Hagen with its “Lifetime Achievement Award.” In 1994 Ms. Hagen received the coveted “Ivy Award” from the League of Professional Theatre Women, which honors “an individual who has displayed unwavering commitment through participation, leadership and/or generosity to nurturing and furthering women in theatre.” In 1999 she received honorary doctorates from Emerson College and Brooklyn College, where she earned her BFA in 1938.
In 1985 Ms. Hagen was elected to the National Institute Arts & Letters. Other awards include the
Legendary actress Uta Hagen passed away yesterday at the age of 84, leaving an indelible mark on the world of theater and film.
A true legend, Ms. Hagen won two Tony Awards, one Obie Award, the Drama Desk Lifetime Achievement Award, an Emmy Award and a Grammy nomination. She was considered by many to be the greatest acting teacher of our time, having taught actors including Kevin Kline, Matthew Broderick, Angela Bassett and Robert DeNiro. A tribute written by her husband Herbert Berghof can be found on her website.
Herbert Berghof’s Tribute:
It is with great personal loss that I announce that my wife of 53 years, Uta Hagen, died this afternoon of natural causes at 2:30 p.m. in New York City at Beth Israel Hospital’s intensive care unit after fighting a brief illness. She was 84 years old.
I would like to thank all those who have expressed their love and concern for our family during this difficult time; it has meant the world to us. I will be posting more details in the upcoming days and weeks as we work through these hard times together. We are setting up a memorial fund in Uta’s name for future generations of actors
Uta Hagen, a Tony Award-winning actress who later taught generations of actors about their craft, died on Saturday at her home in Manhattan. She was 84.
Her death was confirmed by her longtime friend and business manager, Robert Whitehead.
Ms. Hagen’s career as a stage actor spanned more than half a century and included some of the most memorable performances of the 20th century, including her acclaimed portrayal of Blanche DuBois in Elia Kazan’s original production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” in 1947 and her replacement of Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan to Patty Duke’s Helen Keller in “The Miracle Worker” in 1959.
In “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” she played opposite Robert Redford in 1962 and opposite George C. Scott in 1976, both on Broadway; her performance as Martha was preserved on film with Mr. Scott in 1966. She also starred on television, winning an Emmy Award for best actress for “Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Member of the Wedding,” a 1973 adaptation of the Carson McCullers novel.
Ms. Hagen began teaching acting more than 40 years ago and remained devoted to it until shortly before her death, giving private lessons and conducting workshops for professional theater
The legendary Uta Hagen, Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress and acting teacher, died today of stroke complications at a New York hospital. She was 84. A spokesperson for the family confirmed her passing.
Born February 12, 1919 in Gottingen, Germany, Ms. Hagen (nee Ute von Haltern) came to the United States with her parents at the age of 3 months. She spent her childhood in Madison, Wisconsin, where she performed on stage for the first time in H.M.S. Pinafore at age 10.
Her first Broadway appearance was in 1935 in What Every Woman Knows and since then she has been seen in over 40 plays on and off-Broadway including The Country Girl (with José Ferrer), Picnic (with Paul Newman), The Seagull (as Arkadina), A Streetcar Named Desire (as Blanche), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (as Martha) and Other People’s Money (as Kate).
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