Background
Chinoy, Helen Krich was born on September 25, 1922 in Newark. Daughter of Benjamin and Anne (Kalen) Krich.
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Now that directors such as Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Ford Coppola are celebrated along-side movie stars, it is hard to imagine that little more than a century ago the director was a nameless, faceless entity-an overseer of workflow in the shuffle of shadows offstage. In surveying the pioneers who transformed theater into the dynamic art form it is today, Directors on Directing presents a timeless collection of writings offering insight into what it means to direct and how to better appreciate theatrical performances.
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Chinoy, Helen Krich was born on September 25, 1922 in Newark. Daughter of Benjamin and Anne (Kalen) Krich.
Bachelor, New York University, 1943. Master of Arts, New York University, 1945. Certified in Elizabethan drama, University Birmingham, England, 1947.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1963.
Born on September 25, 1922, in Newark, New Jersey as Helen Krich, she was awarded bachelor"s and master"s degrees from New York University, where she majored in English. She later earned her doctorate, also in English, from Columbia University. Together with Toby Cole, she co-authored the 1949 book Actors on Acting in 1949 which was a collection of pieces about the theater from Ancient Greece to the modern stage.
She wrote an essay to introduce the book, which has been used over the years as a college textbook.
She and Cole wrote the 1953 compilation Directors on Directing as a followup to their first book, providing a historical perspective on the director"s craft, primarily using their own writings. These two books on acting and directing, which have remained in print since their first publication, were described as "her most influential work".
Before joining the faculty of Smith College in 1953, Chinoy taught at Rutgers University from 1944 to 1948 and Queens College and spent time teaching at the University of Leicester from 1963 to 1964 during a five-year break while she was working on her doctorate. Chinoy spent some 30 years at Smith College, serving as chairwoman of the school"s theater department from 1968 to 1971.
Ar Smith, Chinoy lectured on acting, directing, the history of theater, Shakespeare and the contributions of women on the stage.
Her 1976 book Reunion: A Self-Portrait of the Group Theater focused on the founders of the Group Theatre, and its role in the development of method acting. Together with Linda Walsh Jenkins, Chinoy published the 1981 collection Women in American Theater, which focused on women such as Cheryl Crawford, Ruth Draper and Susan Glaspell, with a revised edition of the book issued in 2005. She was working on a second book about the Group Theatre before her death.
Chinoy died at age 87 on May 24, 2010, in Turners Falls, Massachusetts due to pneumonia and Alzheimer"s disease.
He husband, sociologist Ely Chinoy, died in 1975.
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Fellow American Theatre Association (research commission since 1977). Member American Society Theatre Research (Executive Committee since 1972, program chairman 1973-1974, chairman research committee, American Council Learned Socs. representative 1975, Annual award 1985, Hewitt Award commission 1988), National Theatre Conference, College Fellows of America Theatre, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, League of Professional Theatre Women, League of Women Voters, American Association of University Women. F C.
Married Ely Chinoy, June 6, 1948 (deceased 1975). Children: Michael, Claire Nicole.