Jack Garfein
Jack Garfein | |
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.png?lang=simple) Garfein in 1957 | |
| Born | Jakob Garfein July 2, 1930 |
| Died | December 30, 2019 (aged 89) United States |
| Occupation(s) | Director, teacher, writer, producer |
| Spouses | Carroll Baker (m. 1955–69) Anna Loretta (m. 2003–07) Natalia Repolovsky (m. 2019) |
| Children | 4, including Blanche Baker and Herschel Garfein |
Jack Garfein (July 2, 1930 – December 30, 2019) was an American director and acting teacher. He was known for his teaching works at the Actors Studio in New York City. He was also known for directing the 1961 sexual-drama Something Wild.
Garfein produced two plays by Arthur Miller, The Price and The American Clock, and went on to direct other Broadway productions such as The Sin of Pat Muldoon, and Girls of Summer.
He directed the French premiere of "Master Harold"...and the Boys in Paris, and the world premiere of Nacht und Träume by Samuel Beckett in Austria.
Garfien was born in Mukacevo, Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslovakia (now Mukacheve, Ukraine). Garfein was deported to Auschwitz at the age of 13 and survived 11 concentration camps. His entire family was killed during the Holocaust. In 1946, as an orphaned teenager, he was among an early group of Holocaust survivors to arrive in the United States, and he got his American citizenship in 1952.
He was married to actress Carroll Baker from 1955 until they divorced in 1969. They had two daughters. Garfien died on December 30, 2019 in Manhattan from leukemia-related problems at the age of 89.[1]
References
[change | change source]Other websites
[change | change source]- Jack Garfein on IMDb
- Jack Garfein at the Internet Broadway Database
- Website of Le Studio Jack Garfein, Paris
- Tribute to Jack Garfein, UCLA Film and Television Archive at the Billy Wilder Theater
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