Marriage and Family
In 1940 Clurman married Stella Adler, a charismatic theatre actress and later a renowned New York acting coach. A member of the Group Theatre since its founding, she was the daughter of the notable actor Jacob Adler. Clurman was her second husband. They divorced in 1960.
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