Legendary acting teacher Sanford Meisner, whose students included many of Hollywood's biggest stars, including Gregory Peck, Grace Kelly and Robert Duvall, is dead at 91.
Meisner, a Brooklyn-born son of Hungarian immigrants, died at his Sherman Oaks home on Sunday, in the arms of his adopted son Julian Martin, 41.Meisner continued to teach until 1994 and remained involved in his various schools and centers for acting nearly until his death.
Meisner taught for 56 years at The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and also co-founded The Sanford Meisner Center for the Arts.