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Stella Adler: Awake and Dream! (Season 4, Episode 2)

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TV Episode | 57 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This profile of acting coach Stella Adler includes interviews with Adler and with colleagues, students, and friends, along with clips from her own acting performances as well as from her classes.

Director

Merrill Brockway

Writer

Glenn Berenbeim

Producers

Catherine Tatge | Jack Willis

Cinematographers

Joan Churchill | Dyanna Taylor

Editor

Girish Bhargava

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Edit Released

Updated Jul 10, 1989

Release date

Jul 10, 1989 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 27 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 31 wins & 81 nominations

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25 cast members

Name	Known for
John Abbott Self Self See fewer	The Jungle Book (1967)
Jacob P. Adler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Michael Strogoff (1914)
Luther Adler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Loves of Carmen (1948)
Sarah Adler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sins of the Parents (1914)
Stella Adler Self Self See fewer	Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Alvin Ailey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Turning Point (1977)
Carroll Baker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Baby Doll (1956)
Warren Beatty Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Reds (1981)
Candice Bergen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Miss Congeniality (2000)
Marlon Brando Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Apocalypse Now (1979)
Harold Clurman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Deadline at Dawn (1946)
Robert De Niro Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cape Fear (1991)
Lauren Hutton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	American Gigolo (1980)
Milton Justice Self Self See fewer	ABC Afterschool Specials (1972)
Frank Langella Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Robert Lewis Self Self See fewer	Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Karl Malden Self Self See fewer	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Clifford Odets Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
John Ritter Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sling Blade (1996)
Jerome Robbins Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	West Side Story (1961)
Mark Ruffalo Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Spotlight (I) (2015)
Maurice Schwartz Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Tevya (1939)
Cybill Shepherd Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cybill (1995)
Konstantin Stanislavski Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Na dne (1952)
Lee Strasberg Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Godfather Part II (1974)