Hope Arthur(I)
- Actress
Hope Arthur has been working in the theatre for over 40 years and is a graduate of Northwestern University and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, England. She made her New York debut on Broadway in Eduardo De Filippo's The Best House in Naples and continued working in all media (Broadway, Off-Broadway, Stock, Film, TV and Radio). She has also been teaching at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute for nearly 30 years. Among the people with whom she has worked in various capacities-acting with, directing, or teaching-are Albert Finney, Brian Bedford, Peter O'Toole (who honored her by dedicating to her the 2nd book of his memoirs "Loitering with Intent-The Apprentice"), Richard Kavanian (German Film/TV star), Burkhard Kosminski (Co-Director of the German National Theatre), Robert Reed, Alec Baldwin, Bridget Fonda, Chandra Wilson (2007 Emmy Award Winner), Adam Sandler, John Leguizamo, Jamie Gertz, Jesse L. Martin and Kathryn Erby, among others. She is also moderately well known as the co-author, with her ex-husband-Arthur Frommer, of the travel guide series "Europe on $$ A Day". Hope has been working on Entitled: The Story of a Selfish Bastard since 2013 with her student Yitzy Hoppenstein.