Tracey Roberts

Tracey Roberts was an American actress who later turned to acting coaching. Born in Little Falls, New York, she studied at Cornell University and then the University of Michigan, and moved to New York City for training at the Actors Studio after working as a model for illustrators. She took the female lead in Fort Defiance (1951) and appeared in Hollywood or Bust (1956), Anything Goes and Actors in Sin (1952). On stage she appeared in Hedda Gabler, The Seagull, Orpheus Descending, The Women, Winter Kill, Paradise Lost and It's Been Wonderful. As roles grew harder to find, she began teaching acting on a friend's advice, becoming coach and artistic director of the Tracy Roberts Actors Studio. A Drama-Logue Award went to her production of Shadowinds, and she produced or directed An Evening With Clifford Odets and The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit. She directed The Art of Dining and produced A Woman's Place on Desilu Playhouse in 1960.