Born March 28, 1908· Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]
† Died January 8, 1982
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Emerging from an Armenian family either in Switzerland or Constantinople, he entered the entertainment world at eighteen as a singer, trumpeter and drummer with Ray Ventura’s Parisian dance orchestra, later sharing stages with Django Reinhardt and adopting the stage name Coco Aslan for his acting debut. After an uncredited screen turn in 1935, his first credited role arrived in 1939’s Feux de joie…
