---
name: "Stella Adler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stella-adler"
fi1m_id: "stella-adler"
imdb_id: "nm0012245"
tmdb_id: 149089
wikidata_id: "Q32788"
roles: []
born: "10 February 1901"
died: "21 December 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T23:00:32.740125+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Stella Adler

## Identity

Stella Adler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stella-adler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stella-adler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0012245
- **TMDB ID:** 149089
- **Wikidata ID:** Q32788
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Adler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32788, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012245/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/149089

Actor. Born 10 February 1901 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 21 December 1992.

## Details

- **Born:** 10 February 1901, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 21 December 1992
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Adler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32788, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012245/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/149089

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Listen to Me Marlon*](https://film.one/film/listen-to-me-marlon.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Stella Adler was an American actress and acting teacher. Born in New York City on 10 February 1901, she came from a family prominent in the Yiddish theatre and began performing as a child. She studied the Stanislavski system at the American Laboratory Theatre and later met Konstantin Stanislavski in Paris.

Adler appeared in a small number of films, including *Love on Toast* (1937), *Shadow of the Thin Man* (1941) as Claire Porter, and *My Girl Tisa* (1948). She was a member of the Group Theatre before founding the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting in New York in 1949, where she taught for many decades. She died in Los Angeles on 21 December 1992.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Listen to Me Marlon* (2015), Fi1m 76, as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/listen-to-me-marlon.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Suspense* (1949), series, as Mother, Lady Sannox
- *My Girl Tisa* (1948), as Mrs. Faludi
- *Shadow of the Thin Man* (1941), as Claire Porter
- *Love on Toast* (1937), as Linda Craven

## Gallery

- ![Stella Adler](https://film.one/media/person/4167563/gallery-9c9195515fa3.jpg) Stella Adler — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Stella_Adler_in_Shadow_of_The_Thin_Man_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Stella Adler Theatre, 6773 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/4167563/gallery-23171422d004.jpg) Stella Adler Theatre, 6773 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles (2008) — Photo: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Hollywood_Stella_Adler_Theatre.jpg/1280px-Hollywood_Stella_Adler_Theatre.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Publicity photo of Luther and Stella Adler for their appearance in the play Awake and Sing!.](https://film.one/media/person/4167563/gallery-c9766225081f.jpg) Publicity photo of Luther and Stella Adler for their appearance in the play Awake and Sing!. — Vandamm Studio, New York., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Luther_adler_stella_adler_1936.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lobby card for the 1941 film Shadow of the Thin Man.](https://film.one/media/person/4167563/gallery-eee04f9590e3.jpg) Lobby card for the 1941 film Shadow of the Thin Man. — MGM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Shadow_of_the_Thin_Man_lobby_card_3.jpg/1280px-Shadow_of_the_Thin_Man_lobby_card_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stella Adler](https://film.one/media/person/4167563/gallery-9650142e8e4c.jpg) Stella Adler — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 2006: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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