Biography

Alvin Epstein was born on May 14, 1925 in Bronx, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Beauty and the Beast (1991), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Synecdoche, New York (2008). He died on December 10, 2018 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA.

Lifelong fascination for the great stage designer and theorist Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966) who he was able to meet while serving in United States Army during World War II in Paris.

Studied briefly at Fordham and with Martha Graham.

Studied under the father of modern mime Etienne Decroux (1898-1991) with fellow classmate Marcel Marceau. This led to a position as mime teacher and actor with Habima, the national theatre of the newly founded state of Israel.

Appeared in the American debut of Marcel Marceau, with Orson Welles in King Lear, the New York premiere of Waiting For Godot which featured Bert Lahr and E.G. Marshall as Gogo and Didi.

Son of a doctor.