Harold Guskin
Harold Guskin | |
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| Born | Harold Saul Guskin May 25, 1941 New York City |
| Died | May 10, 2018 (aged 76) |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, acting coach |
| Partner | Sandra Jennings |
Harold Saul Guskin (May 25, 1941 – May 10, 2018) was an American actor and acting coach.[1] He coached Glenn Close, James Gandolfini and Gabriel Macht.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
He also coached BAFTA winning Robert Downey Jr at the beginning of RDJ's career.
Early life
[edit]He learned playing the trombone in high school but replaced it with theatre, then he started attending acting classes and did bachelor's degree in drama at Rutgers University, then earned a master's from Indiana University Bloomington.[8]
Career
[edit]In 1970, Guskin began teaching at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, then moved to the New York University Tisch School of the Arts,[9] where he was not happy with academic world. In the 1980 he joined the Public Theater for three years where he did workshops to introduced his acting techniques.[10]
He published a book "How to Stop Acting" (2003) a book about acting techniques.[5]
Death
[edit]On May 10, 2018, he died in Park Ridge, New Jersey. His wife reported the cause of death as a pulmonary embolism. He had contracted primary progressive aphasia, a rare form of dementia, over decade before his death.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. June 19, 1989.
- ^ Rooney, David (December 9, 2011). "Glenn Close as a Man in 'Albert Nobbs'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ Lee, Luaine. "'Suits' star Gabriel Macht reveals his struggling years - News". The Star. Malaysia. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ Guskin, Harold (2003). How to stop acting (1st ed.). New York: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0571199992. OCLC 51753323.
- ^ a b c Sandomir, Richard (May 16, 2018). "Harold Guskin, Acting Coach Who Nurtured Stars, Is Dead at 76". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ Russonello, Giovanni (June 11, 2017). "Speeches From Cynthia Nixon and Others at the Tony Awards". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ^ "From supporting actor to star, Richard Jenkins steps up in 'The Visitor'". Los Angeles Times. April 6, 2008. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- ^ "The Great Guskin". The New Yorker. March 13, 1995. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- ^ "The New Yorker Digital Edition : Mar 20, 1995". archives.newyorker.com. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ Brown, John Russell (May 23, 2012). The Routledge Companion to Actors' Shakespeare. Routledge. ISBN 9781136720376.
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