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Sandra Seacat

Sandra Diane Seacat (born October 2, 1936), is an American actress, director and acting coach best known for teaching method-style. Known professionally as Sandra Kaufman before 1969, she was the first of three daughters born to Russell Henry and Lois Marion Seacat in Greensburg, Kansas Seacat began acting in theater in the early 1960s. After a summer-stock production of Leonid Andreyev's play The Waltz of the Dogs, The Village Voice described her as "destined to bring many future stages alive." She moved to New York and studied acting with Michael Howard, later becoming a member of the Actors Studio, where she studied method acting under Lee Strasberg, the studio's director. In the early 1970s, she taught at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, City College of New York's Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts, and as a member of the Actors Studio, as well as teaching privately. Steve Railsback and Mickey Rourke, who told New York Magazine that Seacat was his mentor for six years, were among her clients during that period. Seacat worked in both New York and Los Angeles, coaching actors such as Jessica Lange as Lange prepared for her role in the 1982 film Frances. According to The New York Times, Seacat helped pioneer the practice of dream work, where actors study and play characters from their dreams. She also taught the method to her daughter, Greta Seacat, who also became an acting coach. Seacat clients Melanie Griffith and Gina Gershon have publicly credited Seacat's use of the dream method with improving their craft.


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Born:
Oct 2, 1936 In Greensburg, Kansas, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
18
First Appeared:
In the movie Fame 1978-01-02
Latest Project:
Movie The Scarecrow 2015-06-19
Known For
Poster of Palo Alto
Poster of Daddy and Them
Poster of Nailed
Filmography
Movie The Scarecrow Janine 2015-06-19
Movie Alex of Venice Sandra 2015-04-17
Movie Palo Alto Tanya 2014-05-09
Movie The Time Being Annette 2012-09-11
Movie You Don't Know Jack Janet Adkins 2010-06-27
Movie Sympathy for Delicious Mrs. Matilda 2010-04-09
Movie Prey for Rock & Roll Jacki's Mom 2003-09-26
Movie Nailed Sandra the Midwife 2001-04-21
Movie Daddy and Them Elbe Montgomery 2001-10-26
Movie The Baby Dance Doreen 1998-08-23
Movie The New Age Mary Netter 1994-09-16
Movie Wildfire Sissy 1988-09-02
Movie Nobody's Child Barbara 1986-04-05
Movie Country Louise Brewer 1984-09-29
Movie The Golden Seal Gladys 1983-08-12
Movie Frances Drama Teacher 1982-12-03
Movie The Rose Reporter 1979-11-07
Movie Fame Bess 1978-01-02
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