Armand Mestral

Armand Mestral, born to a father of Russian sculptor Serge Zelikson), began his career as a opera singer (he has a beautiful bass voice), to the church of Saint-Roch in Paris. He is engaged at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique, and then branches to the light music making of cabaret and the stage. It is particularly evident in operettas like land of smiles (Franz Lehár), Colorado, and Song of gypsy (Maurice Yvain), where he is noted for his interpretation of Jealousy and is also an opera singer, known for his slow and powerful bass voice. Always in the song, he recorded several discs and it is for his French versions of Jezebel (Jezebel) and Mississippi (Ol’ Man River) who will be among his greatest successes (the Song of The partisans, The International). He participated in the Resistance. He started work at the cinema after the Second world War, first subscriber to the roles of boys bad life. We will remember his performances in Gervaise by René Clément (1956), Mandrin, bandit gentilhomme by Jean-Paul Le Chanois(1962), La Bande à Bonnot Philippe Fourastié, and My uncle Benjamin, by Edouard Molinaro in 1969 as well as in the diptych by Alexandre Arcady : Le Grand Pardon (1982) - Le Grand Pardon 2 (1992). On television, he frequently participates in shows like The Last Five Minutes, the Brigades of The Tiger, The Investigations of commissioner Maigret (Jean Richard) and acted in many telefilms. Armand Mestral is also a painter.