Sam Chwat was a master of accents who taught Robert De Niro to talk like an Appalachian ex-convict, Olympia Dukakis to talk like a Holocaust survivor and Peter Boyle to talk like a bigot from the Deep ...

Sam Chwat has one of those last names related to what he does for a living. Pronounced with a silent "t," it's a homonym of schwa, which is defined in my dictionary as "the neutral mid-central vowel ...

Speech therapist Sam Chwat, a dialect specialist who worked closely with people in business, politics and the film industry who wanted to lose a regional accent — or pick one up — died last Thursday.

Trying to lose a Bronx accent or gain an Appalachian drawl? Want to acquire a neutral tone for the halls of Congress while keeping the familiar twang for the folks back home? You might consult Sam ...

The newest must-have status symbol in Hollywood isn’t an Oscar or superhero franchise or live-in pilates yogi. It’s a Boston accent. They’ve been showing up — you might say, like a bahstahd — on ...

Dialect coach Sam Chwat, who helped actors and others gain or lose regional accents, as necessary, through his Sam Chwat Speech Center in Manhattan, died March 3 in Manhasset, Long Island, of lymphoma ...