Judith Malina (June 4, 1926 – April 10, 2015) was a German-born American theater and film actress, writer and director. With her husband, Julian Beck, Malina co-founded The Living Theatre, a radical political theatre troupe that rose to prominence in New York City and Paris during the 1950s and 60s.

Biography

Malina met her long-time collaborator and husband, Julian Beck, in 1943, when she was 17 and he was a student at Yale University. Beck, originally a painter, came to share her interest in political theatre. In 1947 the couple founded The Living Theatre, which they directed together until Beck's death in 1985. Malina's and Beck's marriage was non-monogamous. The bisexual Beck had a long-term male partner, as did Malina. In 1988, following the death of Julian Beck in New York City, she married her long term partner Hanon Resnikov. They co-directed the Living Theatre's activity in the Middle East, Europe and the United States of America, until Resnikov's unexpected death in 2008. The last address of the Theatre was 21 Clinton Street NYC.

Judith Malina died in Englewood, New Jersey, on April 10, 2015. She was survived by two children she had with Julian Beck: a son Garrick and a daughter Isha.