Facts: - death place: manhattan , new york city , u.s. - years active: 1937 -- 2001 - caption: hagen ; 1945 theatre guild production of '' othello '' with paul robeson in the 1943 & ndash - birth name: uta thyra hagen - death date: 14 january 2004 - spouse: jose -rrb- herbert berghof -lrb- m. 1957 -- 1990 ; his ferrer death -rrb- -lrb- m. 1938 -- 1948 ; divorced - birth date: 12 june 1919 - name: uta hagen - image size: 200px - image: robeson hagen othello.jpg - birth place: gottingen , germany - occupation: actress Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of uta hagen .
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uta thyra hagen -lrb- 12 june 1919 -- 14 january 2004 -rrb- was a german american actress and drama teacher .she originated the role of martha in the 1962 broadway premiere of '' who 's afraid of virginia woolf ? ''by edward albee -lrb- who called her '' a profoundly truthful actress '' -rrb- .because hagen was on the hollywood blacklist , in part because of her association with paul robeson , her film opportunities dwindled and she focused her career on new york theater .she twice won the tony award for best actress in a play and received a special tony award for lifetime achievement in 1999 .she later became a highly influential acting teacher at new york 's herbert berghof studio and authored best-selling acting texts , '' respect for acting '' , with haskel frankel , and '' a challenge for the actor '' .she was elected to the american theatre hall of fame in 1981 .