Michael Chekhov

Acting

Michael Chekhov

Born 1891-08-28 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire 18 films

Michael Chekhov (29 August 1891 – 30 September 1955) was a Russian-American actor, director, author, and theatre practitioner. His acting technique has been used by actors such as Clint Eastwood, Marilyn Monroe, Yul Brynner, and Robert Stack. Constantin Stanislavski referred to him as his most brilliant student. He was a nephew of the playwright Anton Chekhov. Although mainly a stage actor, he made a few notable appearances on film, perhaps most memorably…

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Filmography

18 films
Rhapsody poster

A rich, young beauty, Louise Durant, follows the man she loves and hopes to marry to Zurich where h…

Rhapsody

★ 6.6 1954

Cross My Heart poster

A compulsive liar admits to a killing she didn't commit so her husband, a lawyer, can clear her and…

Cross My Heart

★ 9.0 1946

Spellbound poster

When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital dir…

Spellbound

★ 7.4 1945

In Our Time poster

It is early 1939 in Poland when Mrs. Bromley and Jennifer come to buy antiques for her business in…

In Our Time

★ 6.4 1944

Song of Russia poster

American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the Naz…

Song of Russia

★ 6.2 1944