![]() Adler would become the most famous and influential member of her family. 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. Jacob and Sara Adler were two of the finest actors of the American Yiddish theatre. ![]() Adler, the sister of Luther and Jay Adler, and half-sister of Charles Adler in fact all her five siblings were actors. During that time, and for years after, Stella Adler taught acting as well.īorn in New York City’s Lower East Side, Adler was a member of the Jewish-American Adler acting dynasty, the youngest daughter of Sara and Jacob P. 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. She founded The Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles and the school continues to florish as an acting studio and houses several theaters. ![]() Her Grandson Tom Oppenheim now runs the school in New York, which boasts Alumni including Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, and more recently Jenny Lumet. ![]() Stella Adler was an American actress and an acclaimed acting teacher, who founded the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City with a long time protege Joanne Linville who continues to teach and furthers Stella Adler’s legacy.
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