Daria Halprin
- Actress
Dropped out of University of California, where she studied
Anthropology, to make her acting debut in
Zabriskie Point (1970). Following
filming, she lived in the Mel Lyman-led Boston
commune with her
Zabriskie Point (1970) co-star
Mark Frechette who, after robbing a bank,
died in prison. In May 1972, she married
Dennis Hopper.
Halprin studied with Fritz Perls, the
creator of Gestalt Therapy, and she has a Master's in Psychology. She
is co-founder (with her mother,
Anna Halprin, a pioneering dance
therapist/choreographer) and director of The Tamalpa Institute. Her
mother was referred to as "the Martha Graham of the West". Her father,
Lawrence Halprin, was a prominent
landscape architect who hired former Department of the Interior
Secretary Stewart L. Udall into his
firm.
Anthropology, to make her acting debut in
Zabriskie Point (1970). Following
filming, she lived in the Mel Lyman-led Boston
commune with her
Zabriskie Point (1970) co-star
Mark Frechette who, after robbing a bank,
died in prison. In May 1972, she married
Dennis Hopper.
Halprin studied with Fritz Perls, the
creator of Gestalt Therapy, and she has a Master's in Psychology. She
is co-founder (with her mother,
Anna Halprin, a pioneering dance
therapist/choreographer) and director of The Tamalpa Institute. Her
mother was referred to as "the Martha Graham of the West". Her father,
Lawrence Halprin, was a prominent
landscape architect who hired former Department of the Interior
Secretary Stewart L. Udall into his
firm.