Curt Conway (May 4, 1915 – April 10, 1974) was an American actor. He was sometimes billed as Curtis Conway or Kurt Conway. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Conway appeared in a number of

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plays, had small parts in films. such as ''

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'' (1963), and appeared on TV from 1960 until his death. A member of the Group Theatre, and later the

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, Conway went on to found his own acting school, the Theatre Studio, in 1952. Located at 353 West 48th Street in

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, its faculty included, at one time or another, Nora Dunfee, Robert Alvin, and fellow Actors Studio members

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and

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. The Actors Studio also supplied some of the school's participating directors, namely

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, and

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; also participating were

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and Everett Chambers."Instruction"
''Equity News''. Volumes 42-43. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he taught acting at the School of Performing Arts in San Diego and the University of California at Irvine (UCI). Conway was married three times, including to actress Kim Stanley from 1949 to 1956, with whom he had one daughter. Conway died from a

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at the age of 58.

Partial play credits

* '' Johnny Johnson''* (1936) * ''Marching Song''* (1937) * ''

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''* (1938) * ''

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''* (1938) * '' Quiet City''* (1939) * ''

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'' (1941) * ''

A View from the Bridge ''A View from the Bridge'' is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It was first staged on September 29, 1955, as a one-act verse drama with ''A Memory of Two Mondays'' at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway. The run was unsuccessful, and M ...

''* / ''

A Memory of Two Mondays ''A Memory of Two Mondays'' is a one-act play by Arthur Miller. He began writing the play in 1952, while working on ''The Crucible'', and completed it in 1955. Based on Miller's own experiences, the play focuses on a group of desperate workers e ...

''* (1955) * ''

A Touch of the Poet ''A Touch of the Poet'' is a play by Eugene O'Neill completed in 1942 but not performed until 1958, after his death. It and its sequel, ''More Stately Mansions'', were intended to be part of a nine- play cycle entitled ''A Tale of Possessors Sel ...

''* (1958) * denotes Broadway productions

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Conway, Curt 1915 births 1974 deaths American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors Male actors from Boston 20th-century American male actors