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Actors Studio, Arthur Miller, Augusta Miller, Conversation Piece, Isidore Miller, Joan Copeland, Lee Strasberg, Marilyn Monroe, Middle of the Night, Paddy Chayefsky, Rebecca Miller, The Goddess
Joan Maxine Miller was born to Augusta Barnett, a schoolteacher and housewife, and Isidore Miller, a Polish immigrant and clothing manufacturer, in Manhattan in 1922. She was their youngest child and only daughter, joining her older brothers, nine-year-old Kermit and six-year-old Arthur. While Arthur was his mother’s favourite, Isidore doted on little Joan. “After waiting so long for a girl,” she recalled, “there I was, this pretty angel … I was like a doll.” Continue reading
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