Joseph Chaikin was born on September 16, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Tongues (1982), Savage/Love (1981) and Joe Chaikin's Life in the Theatre (2004). He died on June 22, 2003 in New York City, New York.
September 16, 1935, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Died
June 22, 2003, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Profession
Actor
Education
Drake University
Siblings
Miriam Chaikin, Faye Pearl, Ben Chaikin, Shami Chaikin
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
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He was awarded the 1980 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Tongues," at the Mark Taper Forum Lab Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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A guest director/teacher at Columbia University's School of Theater Arts in the last 60s. He was one of the first American directors to incorporate the Polish techniques of the great Polish director Grotowski (sp?) which discovered character through the disciplines of sound and movement. He was an inspiring and innovative soul who influenced all of the actors he worked with.
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Founder of the avant-garde Open Theater, when opened in New York in 1963 and closed in 1973.
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Born in New York City, but raised in Des Moines, Iowa.