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Uta Hagen
Germany
Uta Hagen won her first Tony Award in 1950 for Clifford Odets' 'The Country Girl' and a second in 1963 for playing Martha in Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. She became a revered acting teacher at HB Studio and authored the best-selling book 'Respect for Acting'. She received a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1999 and the National Medal of Arts in 2002.
