Marketa Kimbrell (née Nitschová; August , â€" July , ) was a
Czechoslovakian-born American actress and professor of acting and film
directing.In , she and actor Richard Levy founded the New York Street
Theater Caravan, a theater company which brought stage productions to
audiences who otherwise might not have access to theater. Her target
audiences included prisoners, coal mining towns, rural communities,
Native American reservations, and low income inner city
neighborhoods.Kimbrell was born near Prague in to Alfred and Josefina
Nitsch. She wed an American Army major named George Kimbrell, whom she
met at a refugee camp in Germany in following World War II. She moved
to the United States with Kimbrell and was cast in stage, television
shows and film. George Kimbrell died in . She taught as a full-time
professor of acting and film directing at the Tisch School of the Arts
of New York University from until her retirement in .Marketa Kimbrell
died of complications from Alzheimer's disease on July , , in
Sykesville, Maryland, aged . She was survived by her two sons, seven
grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and a sister.
Czechoslovakian-born American actress and professor of acting and film
directing.In , she and actor Richard Levy founded the New York Street
Theater Caravan, a theater company which brought stage productions to
audiences who otherwise might not have access to theater. Her target
audiences included prisoners, coal mining towns, rural communities,
Native American reservations, and low income inner city
neighborhoods.Kimbrell was born near Prague in to Alfred and Josefina
Nitsch. She wed an American Army major named George Kimbrell, whom she
met at a refugee camp in Germany in following World War II. She moved
to the United States with Kimbrell and was cast in stage, television
shows and film. George Kimbrell died in . She taught as a full-time
professor of acting and film directing at the Tisch School of the Arts
of New York University from until her retirement in .Marketa Kimbrell
died of complications from Alzheimer's disease on July , , in
Sykesville, Maryland, aged . She was survived by her two sons, seven
grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and a sister.
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