Cathy Haase

Cathy Haase is an American stage and film actress, writer and educator. She attended Franconia College. [ [http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu/index.jsp?page_id=313&FID=306401 School of Visual Arts bio] ] Since 1996, she has taught acting at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

In the early 1980's she worked in Germany where she appeared in half a dozen films. She settled in New York where she acted in theatre. Her first important film role in the United States was that of the stripper Danny Lee in the independedent film production "The Kill-Off" (1989), based on the Jim Thompson novel. The film was directed by Maggie Greenwald. Haase later worked for the same director in "The Ballad of Little Jo" (1993) as Mrs. Addie. She made numerous other film appearances, often in minor roles. She recently said, "I'd love to have been one of those Hitchcock blondes. Each female performance seems very original and organic yet very poised and stylized and graceful -- iconic, I suppose, in a way." [Jean Schiffman, [http://www.backstage.com/bso/advice-columns/actors-craft/the-craft/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003615266 "Summer Dreams: Whom Would You Love to Act With?"] "The Actors Resource - Backstage", July 23, 2007]

In 2003 she published a book called "Acting for Film", [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=0p66A3R7fiUC&dq=%22cathy+haase%22&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=atb9cVVsRR&sig=QRTgRZE56DmMYH98LLpjwQScBK0 "Acting for Film" at Google Books] ] a how-to book aimed for would-be actors and teachers.

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External links

* [http://www.cathyhaase.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.mckellen.com/cinema/littlejo/notes.htm Ian McKenllan on filming "The Ballad of Little Jo" with Cathy Haase]
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