Kostas Voutsas
Greek actor and director (1931–2020)
Kostas Voutsas (Greek: Κώστας Βουτσάς; born Konstantinos Savvopoulos, Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Σαββόπουλος; 31 December 1931 – 26 February 2020) was a Greek actor, director, and screenwriter of cinema, theatre, and television.
Biography
Voutsas was born in Vyronas, on 31 December 1931 to a refugee family from Epivates, and moved to Thessaloniki in 1932. He studied drama at the Drama School of the Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki and made his stage and screen debut in 1953. His breakthrough came in 1961, when Giannis Dalianidis gave him a key part in his phenomenally successful youth melodrama Ο Κατήφορος (1961).
He soon became one of the best and most popular comic actors of his generation and created personal groups, starring in many Greek comedies by top play-writers and classics like Aristophanes' "Sfikes" (as Philokleon), Molière's "Le bourgeois gentilhomme" (title role) etc. He also starred in about 60 movies, mostly comedies and musicals of the 'golden era' of Greek commercial cinema and received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1984.
Voutsas had three daughters and a son: Alexandra (Sandra) Voutsa from his marriage with Erika Broyer; Theodora Voutsa and Nikoleta Voutsa from his marriage to Theano Papaspirou; and Fivos Voutsas from his fourth and last marriage in 2016, with Aliki Katsavou. He did not have any children with his 3rd wife Evi Karagianni, but was a stepfather to her son Anthemos Ananiades.
Voutsas died of a lung infection on 26 February 2020 at an Athens hospital, aged 88.
Filmography
Cine movies
Television
Videos
Dubbing
Director
Writer
Honours and awards
In 1984, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival.
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