Andreas Voutsinas was a Sudanese-Greek actor and theater director.
13 Facts About Andreas Voutsinas
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Andreas Voutsinas's parents hailed from the Ionian Island of Kefalonia.
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Andreas Voutsinas studied acting and costume design at the Old Vic School and drama and song at the Webber Douglas Academy in London, and, in 1957, joined the Actors Studio.
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Andreas Voutsinas directed more than 130 performances of classical and contemporary repertoire in London, Paris, New York, Canada and Greece.
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Andreas Voutsinas worked as an actor and director on Broadway and acted in films by Jules Dassin and Luc Besson.
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Andreas Voutsinas later followed Fonda to Hollywood where he coached her in a number of movies.
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Andreas Voutsinas then started working as a coach for many others, including Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty.
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In 1967, Andreas Voutsinas became the original Carmen Ghia after befriending Mel Brooks's wife, Anne Bancroft.
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Andreas Voutsinas recommended him to Brooks and said Voutsinas would be perfect for the part.
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Andreas Voutsinas had a role in another Brooks feature, History of the World, Part I, playing the role of "Bernaise" in the French Revolution scenes.
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Andreas Voutsinas's productions were staged during summer in the Athens Festival in Herodion, as well as in the Epidaurus Festival.
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Andreas Voutsinas taught acting at the State Theatre of Northern Greece from 2002 to 2009.
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Andreas Voutsinas died of a respiratory tract infection on 8 June 2010 at age 79, after several days of hospitalization in Henry Dunant Hospital in Athens.