Harold Guskin

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Harold Guskin
Born
Harold Saul Guskin

(1941-05-25)May 25, 1941
New York City
DiedMay 10, 2018(2018-05-10) (aged 76)
Park Ridge, New Jersey
OccupationActor, acting coach
Partner(s)Sandra Jennings

Harold Saul Guskin (May 25, 1941 – May 10, 2018) was an American actor and acting coach.[1] He coached Glenn Close, James Gandolfini and Gabriel Macht.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Early life[]

He learned playing the trombone in high school but replaced it with theatre, then he started attending acting classes and did bachelor's degree in drama at Rutgers University, then earned a master's from Indiana University.[8]

Career[]

In 1970, Guskin began teaching at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, then moved to the New York University Tisch School of the Arts,[9] where he was not happy with academic world. In the 1980 he joined the Public Theater for three years where he did workshops to introduced his acting techniques.[10]

He published a book "How to Stop Acting" (2003) a book about acting techniques.[5]

Death[]

On May 10, 2018, he died in Park Ridge, New Jersey. His wife reported the cause of death as a pulmonary embolism. He had contracted primary progressive aphasia, a rare form of dementia, over decade before his death.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ LLC, New York Media (1989-06-19). New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC.
  2. ^ Rooney, David (2011-12-09). "Glenn Close as a Man in 'Albert Nobbs'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  3. ^ Lee, Luaine. "'Suits' star Gabriel Macht reveals his struggling years - News". The Star. Malaysia. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  4. ^ Guskin, Harold (2003). How to stop acting (1st ed.). New York: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0571199992. OCLC 51753323.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Sandomir, Richard (2018-05-16). "Harold Guskin, Acting Coach Who Nurtured Stars, Is Dead at 76". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  6. ^ Russonello, Giovanni (2017-06-11). "Speeches From Cynthia Nixon and Others at the Tony Awards". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  7. ^ "From supporting actor to star, Richard Jenkins steps up in 'The Visitor'". Los Angeles Times. 2008-04-06. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  8. ^ "THE GREAT GUSKIN". The New Yorker. 1995-03-13. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  9. ^ "The New Yorker Digital Edition : Mar 20, 1995". archives.newyorker.com. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  10. ^ Brown, John Russell (2012-05-23). The Routledge Companion to Actors' Shakespeare. Routledge. ISBN 9781136720376.
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