---
name: "Uta Hagen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/uta-hagen"
fi1m_id: "uta-hagen"
imdb_id: "nm0353467"
tmdb_id: 93051
wikidata_id: "Q64260"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 June 1919"
died: "14 January 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T21:46:01.364120+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."
---

# Uta Hagen

## Identity

Uta Hagen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/uta-hagen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** uta-hagen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0353467
- **TMDB ID:** 93051
- **Wikidata ID:** Q64260
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uta_Hagen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64260, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0353467/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93051

Actor. Born 11 June 1919 in Göttingen, Germany. Died 14 January 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 June 1919, Göttingen, Germany
- **Died:** 14 January 2004
- **Active:** 1990–1997
- **Also known as:** Uta Thyra Hagen
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uta_Hagen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64260, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0353467/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93051

## Biography

Uta Hagen was a German-American actress and theatre practitioner. Born in Göttingen, Germany, she moved to the United States as a child and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She made her Broadway debut in 1938 as Nina in *The Seagull*.

Hagen originated the role of Martha in the 1962 Broadway production of Edward Albee's *Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?*, winning a Tony Award. She received another Tony for *The Country Girl* (1950) and a Special Tony for Lifetime Achievement in 1999. She was elected to the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1981.

Owing in part to her appearance on the Hollywood blacklist, Hagen focused primarily on stage work and teaching. She co-founded and taught at New York's Herbert Berghof Studio, and wrote the acting texts *Respect for Acting* and *A Challenge for the Actor*. Her film roles include Maria in *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), as well as appearances in *The Other* (1972) and *The Boys from Brazil* (1978).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Oz* (1997), Fi1m 80, as Mama Rebadow — [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)
- *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), Fi1m 75, as Maria — [page](https://film.one/film/reversal-of-fortune.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Oz* (1997), series, as Mama Rebadow — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)
- *King of the Hill* (1997), series, as Maureen (voice) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/king-of-the-hill-1997.md)
- *The Sunset Gang* (1991), as Sophie (segment "The Home")
- *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), as Maria — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/reversal-of-fortune.md)
- *Seasonal Differences* (1987), as Omi
- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), series, as (segment "The Library")
- *A Doctor's Story* (1984), as Mrs. Hilda Reiner
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Sophie (segment 'The Home')
- *The Boys from Brazil* (1978), as Frieda Maloney
- *Lou Grant* (1977), series, Actor
- *ABC Afterschool Special* (1972), series, as Omi
- *The Other* (1972), as Ada
- *CBS Playhouse* (1966), series, as Annamae Whiteley
- *NET Playhouse* (1966), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Uta Hagen](https://film.one/media/person/77735/gallery-282006e0c9d4.jpg) Uta Hagen — Unknown authorUnknown author, distributed by: 20th Century Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Uta_Hagen_The_Other_1972_photo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Title: [Paul Robeson and Jose Ferrer watching softball with other members of Othello production, Central Park, New York City] Date Created/Published: [1943 or 1 (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/77735/gallery-72d51b16b128.jpg) Title: [Paul Robeson and Jose Ferrer watching softball with other members of Othello production, Central Park, New York City] Date Created/Published: [1943 or 1 (2014) — Office of War Information, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Paul_Robeson_and_Jose_Ferrer_watching_softball_8e07902v.jpg/1280px-Paul_Robeson_and_Jose_Ferrer_watching_softball_8e07902v.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Scene from Othello with Paul Robeson as Othello and Uta Hagen as Desdemona, Theatre Guild Production, Broadway, 1943-44](https://film.one/media/person/77735/gallery-11551335affe.jpg) Scene from Othello with Paul Robeson as Othello and Uta Hagen as Desdemona, Theatre Guild Production, Broadway, 1943-44 — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Robeson_Hagen_Othello.jpg/1280px-Robeson_Hagen_Othello.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Title: [Scene from "Othello" with Paul Robeson (left) as Othello and Uta Hagen as Desdemona, Theatre Guild Production, Broadway, 1943-44] Date Created/Published (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/77735/gallery-dd9501b4ad4f.jpg) Title: [Scene from "Othello" with Paul Robeson (left) as Othello and Uta Hagen as Desdemona, Theatre Guild Production, Broadway, 1943-44] Date Created/Published (2014) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Scene_from_Othello_with_Paul_Robeson_8e07907v.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Uta Hagen](https://film.one/media/person/77735/gallery-f81e84dd124c.jpg) Uta Hagen — Image via TMDB
- ![Title: [Scene from "Othello" with Paul Robeson and Uta Hagen as Desdemona, Theatre Guild production, Broadway, 1943-44] Date Created/Published: [1943 or 1944] M (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/77735/gallery-d37cb2c2178c.jpg) Title: [Scene from "Othello" with Paul Robeson and Uta Hagen as Desdemona, Theatre Guild production, Broadway, 1943-44] Date Created/Published: [1943 or 1944] M (2014) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Scene_from_Othello_with_Paul_Robeson_8e07914v.jpg/1280px-Scene_from_Othello_with_Paul_Robeson_8e07914v.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Title: [Scene from "Othello" with Uta Hagen as Desdemona (left), Margaret Webster as Emilia, and Jack Manning as Roderigo. Theatre Guild Production, Broadway, 1 (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/77735/gallery-f39a99dc18c3.jpg) Title: [Scene from "Othello" with Uta Hagen as Desdemona (left), Margaret Webster as Emilia, and Jack Manning as Roderigo. Theatre Guild Production, Broadway, 1 (2014) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Scene_from_Othello_with_Uta_Hagen_as_Desdemona_8e07908v.jpg/1280px-Scene_from_Othello_with_Uta_Hagen_as_Desdemona_8e07908v.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress 1996: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1963: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1951: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (won)

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

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