Lisa Loving Dalton appeared in more than 200 films, television shows, and commercials as an actor and stunt player in New York, Hollywood, and Texas. You’ve seen her in ER, HBO’s Carnivale, Dr. Quinn, and Melrose Place, among her many TV credits. She was featured in the cult favorite Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon as a bad gal in Sho’nuff’s Gang. Visit IMDB for a partial listing.
Her stunts were used in such hits as Ghostbusters, Money Pit, Crocodile Dundee, Married to the Mob, FX, Legal Eagles, and Splash. She doubled Cher, Madonna, Kelly McGillis, Grace Jones, and Meryl Streep.
On the other side of the camera, she is an award-winning director/producer of independent fiction and documentary films.
Lisa teaches and performs in Russia, Europe, Iceland, Nepal, and the Americas, on stage and film, since 1976 with BondST.org as a founding member. She serves on the SAG-AFTRA DFW Board, is President of the National Michael Chekhov Association (www.chekhov.net), is a past president of the Tarrant County Live Theatre League, and is a John Maxwell Founders Circle Certified Speaker, Trainer, and Coach.
Through the NMCA, Dalton and Professor Wil Kilroy developed the longest-running Michael Chekhov Teacher certification track globally. Lisa was the 2014 Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) Guest Master Teacher.
In 1998, Lisa co-created the Award-winning documentary From Russia to Hollywood, narrated by Gregory Peck, which aired on PBS. This video, along with the following DVDs she has authored, is available free, 24/7, with an NMCA Online annual membership:
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The Michael Chekhov Actors Workout
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Michael Chekhov: The Dartington Years
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Anthony Quinn’s Life and Encounters with Michael Chekhov
She is the author of:
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Acting the Michael Chekhov Way: Playbook for Healthy, Sequential Training
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Michael Chekhov Technique Playbook: Discovering the Complete Chart of Inspired Action
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Murder of Talent: How Pop Culture Is Killing “IT”, Amazon #1 Best Seller
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Falling For The Stars: A Stunt Gal’s Tattle Tales, Amazon #1 Best Seller
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Stanislavski and Screen Actor Training, Contributing Author
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Michael Chekhov and Sanford Meisner: Collisions and Convergence in Actor Training, Contributing Author
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SynthAnalysis: A Multidimensional Approach to Script Analysis with Stanislavski and Michael Chekhov (in process)
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Foreword: Acting Exercise for Non-Traditional Staging: Michael Chekhov Reimagined by Anjalee Nadkarni (2017) London: Routledge
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Foreword: A Balancing Act by Emmanuelle Chaulet (2008) Maine, Starlight Acting Books
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Articles: Backstage, Soul of the American Theatre, Critical Stages, and Actors Ink
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And personal journals dating back to 1974.