James Dimitrios Sarrás León (1927â€"1983), sometimes hispanicized as
Dimitrio Sarrás or Dimitrius Sarrás, was a Greek actor and theater
director who spent the last decades of his life working in Mexico,
where he also founded an acting school and directed several
telenovelas.Sarrás was born in Greece but emigrated with his parents
to the United States just before the outbreak of World War II. In New
York City he attended the Actors Studio, a prominent acting school
directed by Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan. He returned briefly to
Greece and then moved to Mexico in the 1960s, where he lived for some
time with Norwegian actress and photographer Eva Norvind.Although
Sarrás arrived in Mexico as an actor, he soon moved to acting
instruction and stage direction. He taught at the National Autonomous
University's Center for Theater (Centro Universitario de Teatro) and
founded a studio specialized in method acting at Colonia Roma in
Mexico City, which he later relocated to La Condesa. Among his most
notable alumni were actresses Maricruz Olivier â€"with whom he forged
a close friendship,â€" Beatriz Sheridan and MarÃa Teresa
Rivas.Sarrás staged several plays in the capital city with the
National Theater Company (CompañÃa Nacional de Teatro) and started
directing telenovelas for Televisa in the early 1970s; first Ana del
aire (1973), followed by Rina (1977), Viviana (1978) and Colorina
(1980), among others.
Dimitrio Sarrás or Dimitrius Sarrás, was a Greek actor and theater
director who spent the last decades of his life working in Mexico,
where he also founded an acting school and directed several
telenovelas.Sarrás was born in Greece but emigrated with his parents
to the United States just before the outbreak of World War II. In New
York City he attended the Actors Studio, a prominent acting school
directed by Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan. He returned briefly to
Greece and then moved to Mexico in the 1960s, where he lived for some
time with Norwegian actress and photographer Eva Norvind.Although
Sarrás arrived in Mexico as an actor, he soon moved to acting
instruction and stage direction. He taught at the National Autonomous
University's Center for Theater (Centro Universitario de Teatro) and
founded a studio specialized in method acting at Colonia Roma in
Mexico City, which he later relocated to La Condesa. Among his most
notable alumni were actresses Maricruz Olivier â€"with whom he forged
a close friendship,â€" Beatriz Sheridan and MarÃa Teresa
Rivas.Sarrás staged several plays in the capital city with the
National Theater Company (CompañÃa Nacional de Teatro) and started
directing telenovelas for Televisa in the early 1970s; first Ana del
aire (1973), followed by Rina (1977), Viviana (1978) and Colorina
(1980), among others.
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