Dimitrios Sarrás

Dimitrios Sarrás
Born	1927 Greece
Died	1983 (aged 55–56) Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality	Greek
Other names	Dimitrio Sarrás, Dimitrius Sarras
Occupation(s)	Stage actor and director

James Dimitrios Sarrás León[1] (1927–1983), 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.[2] In New York City he attended the Actors Studio, a prominent acting school directed by Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan.[3] 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.[4]

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)[5] and founded a studio specialized in method acting at Colonia Roma in Mexico City, which he later relocated to La Condesa.[3] Among his most notable alumni were actresses Maricruz Olivier —with whom he forged a close friendship,— Beatriz Sheridan and María Teresa Rivas.[3]

Sarrás staged several plays in the capital city with the National Theater Company (Compañía 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.[3]

He died in Mexico City in 1983 from a myocardial infarction.[6] After his death, actress Adriana Roel overtook the operation of his studio.[7]

Telenovelas

Year	Title
1973	Ana del aire
1977	Rina
1978	Viviana
1980	Colorina
1981	Otra vuelta de tuerca
1981	El hogar que yo robé
1982	Vanessa

External links

• Dimitrios Sarrás at IMDb

References

1. "Declaración de caducidad de reservas de derechos al uso exclusivo" [Revocation of exclusive rights to artistic name]. Diario Oficial de la Federación (in Spanish). 28 January 2000. Retrieved 26 May 2014. Núm. de Reserva: 5072-76. Nombre artístico: Dimitrios Sarrás. Titular: James Dimitrios Sarrás León (364).
2. Name, Faride. "Dimitrios Sarras (el hacedor de figuras) le da 15 consejos probados para ser actriz" [Dimitrios Sarras, the celebrity maker, gives you 15 proven tips to become an actress]. Network54.
3. Breceda Lapeyre, Miguel. "México en la Cultura: Hablando de Dimitri Sarras [sic]". Revista Siempre. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
4. Uriel, Óscar (27 July 2013). Entrevista a Nailea Norvind [Interview with Nailea Norvind]. Taller de Actores Profesionales (in Spanish). Canal Once. Event occurs at 2 minutes, 21 seconds. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
5. Pérez San Vicente, Guadalupe (1979). La extensión universitaria: Notas para su historia [The University's Extension School: Notes on its History] (in Spanish). Mexico City: UNAM. p. 209. ISBN 9789685826754. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
6. Roberto, Luis (29 July 2003). "Biografía de Dimitrio Sarrás" [Biography of Dimitrios Sarrás]. Network54 (in Spanish). Falleció en el año 1983 en México, D.F. a consecuencia de un infarto al miocardio {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
7. Saavedra, Enrique (10 September 2009). "Adriana Roel: los frutos sembrados" [Adriana Roel: The Borne Fruits]. Revista electrónica Imágenes del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas. Diálogos (in Spanish). Mexico City: UNAM. Retrieved 9 March 2014.