A performer of music-hall and operettas, the "Tenor with the Golden Voice" André
Dassary enjoyed many successes from the early 1940s to the early 1960s. Born in
Biarritz on September 10, 1912, his real name was André Deyhérassary, he
undertook a number of trades before settling on singing. He won first prize in
singing, operetta and comic opera at the conservatory in Bordeaux, where he
entered in 1932, and married his piano accompanist, Marie-Madeleine Bergès, with
whom he had four children, including actress Évelyne Dandry. A keen sportsman,
the university track and field champi...