Mira Rostova
Mira Rostova | |
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| Born | April 10, 1909 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | January 28, 2009 (aged 99) New York City, United States |
Mira Rostova (née Rosovskaya; April 10, 1909 – January 28, 2009) was a Russian American actress turned acting teacher, best known for her own variation of method acting that she used in coaching Montgomery Clift. Her other students included Armand Assante, Alec Baldwin, Peter Gallagher, Jessica Lange, Zohra Lampert, Jerry Orbach, A.J. Benza and Madonna (who attended approximately half a dozen class sessions, working on scenes from Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke and Isherwood's I Am a Camera).