Andreas Voutsinas

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Andreas Voutsinas was a Greek actor, drama coach and stage director. He was born in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 22, 1932.

Andreas Voutsinas learned his trade at the famous Actors' Studio in New York in 1957.

He established himself as an actor with roles in musical "The Producers" and in Luc Besson's "The Big Blue".

In his first play in the United States in 1960, Voutsinas directed a young Jane Fonda, and he went on to stage a host of classic and contemporary theatre works.

later turned drama teacher to pass on his skills to rising stars including Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway and Anne Bancroft.

He relocated to France in 1968 and two years later set up his own dramatic arts school.

He died in Athens on June 8, 2010, at the age of 79.