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Mark Larrimore, Associate Professor of Religious Studies   
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Won Oscar as Bigoted Sheriff in “Heat of the Night”

Posted on Monday, April 23, 2018
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Arts
Students
Theater

Of all the Method actors who evolved from the Actors Studio and its tentacles, Rod Steiger, who died on July 9th aged 77, was arguably the most intense. “It encompasses anything that gets you involved personally in a part so that you can communicate in human terms with the audience.”

Source

The Irish Times (13 July 2002): 14

Rod Steiger

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Editors   
Julia L. Foulkes, Professor of History   
Mark Larrimore, Associate Professor of Religious Studies   
Wendy Scheir, Director, New School Archives and Special Collections

Connections   
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Digital Collections from the Archives  
Public Seminar  
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We invite contributions to this site! Contact us at archivist@newschool.edu.

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