Avedikian was born in Yerevan , Armenian SSR . His parents were born in France , children of survivors of the Armenian Genocide . In 1947 , influenced by Joseph Stalin 's and Maurice Thorez 's propaganda , they left to rejoin the motherland , where Avedikian attended the French school of Yerevan . At the age of fifteen along with his family , he returned to France . He had his stage debut in college , in his professor 's amateur theater company
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Serge Avedikian