Background
Kimbrell, Marketa Antonia was born on August 1, 1928 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Came to the United States, 1948.
Kimbrell, Marketa Antonia was born on August 1, 1928 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Came to the United States, 1948.
Diploma, Theater Academy, Prague.
In 1970, she and actor Richard Levy founded the New York Street Theater Caravan, a theater company which brought stage productions to audiences who otherwise might not have access to theater. Her target audiences included prisoners, coal mining towns, rural communities, Native American reservations, and low income inner city neighborhoods. Kimbrell was born near Prague in 1928 to Alfred and Josefina Nitsch.
She wed an American Army major named George Kimbrell, whom she met at a refugee camp in Germany following World World War World War II She moved to the United States with Kimbrell and was cast in stage, television shows and film.
George Kimbrell died in 1952. She taught as a full-time professor of acting and film directing at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University from 1970 until her retirement in 2006.
Marketa Kimbrell died of complications from Alzheimer"s disease on July 6, 2011, in Sykesville, Maryland, aged 82.
Daughter of Alfred Nic and Josephine Nicova (Souckova) K. Widowed (1952); children: Allen, Mark, Andreas.