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Voutsinas was born on 22 August 1930 in Khartoum, [1] since there was a sizeable community of Greek settlers in Sudan at the time. His parents hailed from the Ionian Island of Kefalonia. They set up a pasta factory in the Anglo-Egyptian colony, "reputedly supplying spaghetti to Italian forces" during the Fascist invasion of Abyssinia. [2] .
Andreas Voutsinas. Actor. 21 August 1932 to 7 June 2010. A Greek actor who proved an influential teacher to a number of Hollywood stars, Voutsinas worked on stage and made appearances in a number of movies including Mel Brooks’ The Producers (1968), The Twelve Chairs (1970), History of the World: Part 1 (1981) and Luc Besson’s The Big Blue ...
Jun 9, 2010 · Born in Khartoum, Sudan, in 1931, Mr. Voutsinas also played parts in another Mel Brooks film, “History of the World: Part 1,” and in Luc Besson’s “Big Blue.” He directed Ms. Fonda in “The Fun...
Born in Khartoum, Voutsinas studied at the Actors Studio in New York where he worked with director Elia Kazan. The following year he appeared in Kazan's Broadway premiere of Archibald MacLeish's...
The son of a Greek businessman, Andréas Voutsinas was born in Khartoum, Sudan, probably in 1932; possibly 1931. His father made a fortune during the Italo-Abyssinian war in the mid-1930s,...
Voutsinas is a Greek surname, derived from the Greek word "voutia" which means cow or ox. It is believed to have originally been a nickname for someone who worked with or owned cattle. The suffix "-inas" is a common Greek surname ending, indicating a family or ancestral connection.
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Jun 8, 2010 · Greek actor Andreas Voutsinas from “The Producers” and drama coach to iconic Hollywood stars Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, died Tuesday in Athens, aged 77, a former colleague in Paris said. The Khartoum-born Voutsinas learned his trade in New York, where he entered in 1957 the Actors’ Studio, the drama organisation that specialised in method […]
