Andréas Voutsinas Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Andréas Voutsinas (22 August 1932 – 8 June 2010) was a Greek actor and theater director. In the English-speaking world, he was best known for his roles in three Mel Brooks films, The Producers (1968), The Twelve Chairs (1970) and History of the World, Part I (1980). Andreas Voutsinas was born in Khartoum, Sudan on 22 August 1932 by parents from Farsa and Faraklata in Kefalonia, Greece. Andreas Voutsinas had studied acting and costume design at the Old Vic School and drama and song at the Webber Douglas Academy in New York and attended the school of Lee Strasberg. In 1957 he joined the... MORE

Andréas Voutsinas (22 August 1932 – 8 June 2010) was a Greek actor and theater director. In the English-speaking world, he was best known for his roles in three Mel Brooks films, The Producers (1968), The Twelve Chairs (1970) and History of the World, Part I (1980). Andreas Voutsinas was born in Khartoum, Sudan on 22 August 1932 by parents from Farsa and Faraklata in Kefalonia, Greece. Andreas Voutsinas had studied acting and costume design at the Old Vic School and drama and song at the Webber Douglas Academy in New York and attended the school of Lee Strasberg. In 1957 he joined the Actors Studio. He worked as an actor and director on Broadway in Elia Kazan's films with Jules Dassin and Luc Besson. He directed more than 130 performances of classical and contemporary repertoire in London, Paris, New York, Canada and Greece. Voutsinas became the original Carmen Ghia after befriending Mel Brooks' girlfriend of the time, Anne Bancroft. She recommended him to Brooks and said Voutsinas would be perfect for the part. Voutsinas, a lifetime member of Actor's Studio since 1957, spent many years working in summer stock theater and as an assistant to Elia Kazan, before he met Jane Fonda, LESS