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Stella Adler

Stella Adler was for decades America's foremost acting teacher.

Miss Adler was a member of the Adler acting dynasty, the daughter of Jacob and Sarah Adler and the sister of Luther Adler. Miss Adler was the only American actor to be instructed in the art of acting by Constantin Stanislavsky.

She was Marlon Brando's first influential acting teacher. He met her through his sister, who was studying drama with Adler, and decided to take drama as well. (He had been considered unsuitable for the army and had been expelled from the military school that his father had sent him to.) Stella Adler believed when she met him that he would be the best American actor in theater before the end of the year.

Last updated: 05-03-2005 17:50:55