Fresh Air, Uta Hagen (Nonfiction‪)‬

On this edition of Fresh Air, we remember stage actress and acting teacher Uta Hagen. She died on Wednesday at the age of 84. She taught acting for more than 40 years, teaching such actors as Jack Lemmon, Sigourney Weaver, Matthew Broderick, and the late Geraldine Page. Her first book about acting, Respect for Acting, was published in 1973. She also wrote A Challenge for the Actor. She and her late husband, Herbert Berghof, founded the HB Studio in New York. This interview first aired November 4, 1998. (Broadcast Date: January 16, 2004)