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Biography of Uta Thyra Hagen
Name: Uta Thyra Hagen
Birth Date: June 12, 1919
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Gottingen, Germany
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: actress, writer, drama teacher
Uta Thyra Hagen
From The Sea Gull, her 1938 Broadway debut, to the 1995 off-Broadway hit Mrs. Klein, Uta Hagen (born 1919) keeps bringing down the house. Many critics consider her the first lady of theater.Uta Hagen was born to Oskar Frank Leonard and Thyra A. (Leisner) Hagen in Gottingen, Germany, on June 12, 1919. Her brother, Holger Hagen, later became an actor in Germany. Hagen's father taught art history at the local university and also directed the Gottingen Handel festivals after World War I.In 1924, as a Carl Schurz Foundation Professor, Hagen's father traveled to Wisconsin in the United States. He founded the art history department at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Offered the position as head of the department, he accepted and moved his family to the United States.For many years during her childhood, Hagen had accompanied her parents to the theater both in the United States and abroad since the family made …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…episode of The Twilight Zone television show in 1985, and Reversal of Fortune in 1990. She was also inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981. In 1995 at the age of 76, Hagen again received critical acclaim for her portrayal of psychoanalyst Melanie Klein in the off-Broadway production Mrs. Klein. Lloyd Rose of the Washington Post commented, "A legend is playing a legend when Uta Hagen appears in the title role of `Mrs. Klein.'" She also received critical praise for her performance in Collected Stories (1998), in which she played an author who is betrayed by her young protoge. Further Reading Hagen, Uta, A Challenge for the Actor, Scribner, 1991.Hagen, Uta, Respect for Acting, revised edition, Macmillan General, 1979. Back Stage West, July 10, 1997.People, February 5, 1996.Time, November 20, 1995.Washington Post, September 20, 1996. "Uta Hagen," Internet Movie Database, http://us.imdb.com (May 18, 1998). "WIC Biography - Uta Hagen," Women's International Center, http://www.wic.org/bio/hagen.htm (May 18, 1998).
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