Stella Adler (February 10, 1901Stella Adler 10 Feb 1901 21 Dec 1992 (New York, New York, NY)563-22-9174 California; Social Security Death Index – December 21, 1992) was an American actress and an acclaimed acting teacher,A New Act Unfolds in Drama Dynasty New York Times, April 9, 2008. who founded the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York City (1949), where she taught acting for over four decades. Stella Adler, 91, an Actress And Teacher of the Method New York Times, December 22, 1992.Stella Adler Britannica.com. Her Grandson Tommy Oppenheim now runs the schools in both States, operating from his office within the New York Studio at 31 27th St (at Broadway). She began acting at the age of four as a part of the "Independent Yiddish Art Company" of her parents, and concluded it 55 years later, in 1961. During that time, and for years after, Stella Adler taught acting as well.

Early life

Born in New York City's Lower East Side Adler Stella Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century, by Susan Ware, Stacy Lorraine Braukman, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Harvard University Press, 2004. ISBN 067401488X. Page 9-10, Adler was a member of the Jewish-American Adler acting dynasty, the youngest daughter of Sara and Jacob P. Adler , the sister of Luther and Jay Adler, and half-sister of Charles Adler, in fact all her five siblings were actors. Jacob and Sara Adler were two of the finest actors of the American Yiddish theatre. They were a significant part of a vital ethnic theatrical scene that thrived in New York from the late 19th century well into the 1950s. Adler would become the most famous and influential member of her family.

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