in 1962. Her net worth was estimated to be around $2 million at the time of her death in 2004. She earned a salary of $1,000 a week for her role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and was one of the highest-paid actresses of her time.
Uta Hagen was a renowned Stage Actress born in Gottingen in 1919. She was best known for her Tony Award-winning performance in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1962. At the time of her death in 2004, her net worth was estimated to be around $2 million. She was one of the highest-paid actresses of her time, earning a salary of $1,000 a week for her role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
Uta Hagen is a member of Stage Actress
Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M
About
One of Broadway's greatest actresses and acting teachers, she won a Tony Award for playing Martha in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Before Fame
She made her professional stage debut in 1937, playing Ophelia in Hamlet. She later starred as Nina in the Broadway production of Chekhov's The Seagull.
Trivia
A respected acting theorist and teacher, she published a famous acting manual entitled Respect for Acting.
Family Life
Her second husband, Herbert Berghof, ran his own acting studio HB Studio. At the studio, Hagen and Berghof taught such renowned actors as Jeff Bridges.
Associated With
She replaced Jessica Tandy in the role of Blanche DuBois in the national tour of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire.
