1921-10-13 Monsummano Terme, Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
Ivo Livi (13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), better known as Yves Montand, was an Italian-born French actor and singer. He is said to be one of France's greatest 20th-century artists. Montand was born Ivo Livi in Stignano, a small village in the hills of Monsummano Terme, Italy, to Giovanni Livi, a broom manufacturer. Montand's mother Giuseppina Simoni was a devout Catholic. The family left Italy for France in 1923 following fascist Benito Mussolini's rise to power. He grew up in Marseille, where, as a young man, he worked in his sister's beauty salon (Salon de Coiffure), as well as later on the docks. He began a career in show business as a music-hall singer. In 1944, he was discovered by Édith Piaf in Paris; she made him part of her act. Montand achieved international recognition as a singer and actor, starring in many films. He is recognised for crooner style songs, with those about Paris becoming instant classics. He was one of the best known performers at Bruno Coquatrix's Paris Olympia music hall, and toured with musicians including Didi Duprat. In October 1947, he sang "Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai?" (music by Henri Betti and lyrics by Édith Piaf) at the Théâtre de l'Étoile. Betti also asked him to sing "C'est si bon" but Montand refused. Following the success of the recording of this song by the Sœurs Étienne in 1948, he decided to record it. Montand was also very popular in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, where he did a concert tour in 1956-57. During his career, Montand acted in American motion pictures as well as on Broadway. He was nominated for a César Award for Best Actor in 1980 for I comme Icare and again in 1984 for Garçon! In 1986, after his international box-office draw power had fallen off considerably, the 65-year-old Montand gave one of his best remembered performances, as the scheming uncle in Jean de Florette, co-starring Gérard Depardieu, and Manon des Sources (both 1986), co-starring Emmanuelle Béart. The film was a worldwide critical hit and revived Montand's profile in the United States, where he made an appearance on Late Night with David Letterman. In 1951, he married Simone Signoret, and they co-starred in several films throughout their careers. The marriage was, by all accounts, fairly harmonious, lasting until her death in 1985, although Montand had a number of well-publicised affairs, notably with American actress Marilyn Monroe, with whom he starred in one of her final films, Let's Make Love. He was the stepfather to Signoret's daughter from her previous marriage, Catherine Allégret. Montand's only child, a son named Valentin, by his second wife, Carole Amiel (b. 1960), was born in 1988. In a paternity suit that caused commotion across France, another woman accused Montand of being the father of her daughter and went to court to obtain a DNA sample from him. Montand refused, but the woman persisted even after his death. In a court ruling that made international headlines, the woman won the right to have Montand exhumed and a sample taken. The results indicated that he was not the girl's biological father. He supported left-wing causes during the 1950s and 1960s, and attended Communist festivals and meetings. ... Source: Article "Yves Montand" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Les Rois de la comédie | Self (archive footage) | 2023-01-01 |
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Le Parti du cinéma | Self (archive footage) | 2021-02-01 |
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Trintignant par Trintignant | Self (archive footage) | 2021-10-11 |
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Mitterrand, président culturel | Self (archive footage) | 2021-05-12 |
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Signoret et Montand, Monroe et Miller : Deux couples à Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2020-12-07 |
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1958, ceux qui ont dit non | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-06 |
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Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres | Self (archive footage) | 2017-11-12 |
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L'Extravagant Monsieur Piccoli | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2017-05-28 |
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Конец прекрасной эпохи | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2015-06-07 |
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Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui | 2014-12-13 | |
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Dans les coulisses: le tournage de 'Trois Places pour le 26' | Self (Archive Footage) | 2013-01-01 |
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Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres | Self (archive footage) | 2011-05-13 |
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D'un film à l'autre | Self (archive footage) | 2011-04-13 |
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Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) | Self (archive footage) | 2009-10-13 |
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Pushing the Limit : The Making of Grand Prix | Self (archive footage) | 2006-03-01 |
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Making 'The Misfits' | Self (archive footage) | 2002-10-02 |
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Montand | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-25 |
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IP5: L'île aux pachydermes | Léon Marcel | 1992-06-12 |
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Netchaïev est de retour | Pierre Marroux | 1991-01-23 |
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Rush - Voyage à Moscou | Self | 1990-02-03 |
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Trois Places pour le 26 | Yves Montand | 1988-11-23 |
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Manon des sources | César Soubeyran, aka "le Papet" | 1986-11-19 |
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Jean de Florette | César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet' | 1986-08-27 |
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Good Morning, Mr. Orwell | Self | 1984-01-01 |
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Une minute pour une image | Narrator | 1983-01-31 |
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Garçon ! | Alex, head waiter | 1983-11-09 |
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Tout feu, tout flamme | Victor Valance | 1982-01-13 |
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Le choix des armes | Noel Durieux | 1981-08-19 |
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I… comme Icare | Henri Volney | 1979-12-19 |
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Clair de femme | Michel Follin | 1979-08-29 |
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Les Routes du sud | Jean Larrea | 1978-04-28 |
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Le fond de l'air est rouge | Narrator (voice) | 1977-11-23 |
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La Menace | Henri Savin | 1977-09-28 |
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Le Grand Escogriffe | Morland | 1976-11-27 |
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Police Python 357 | Inspecteur Marc Ferrot | 1976-03-31 |
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Una mariposa en la noche | Voz | 1976-01-01 |
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Section spéciale | Un milicien | 1975-04-23 |
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Le Sauvage | Martin | 1975-11-26 |
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T'es fou Marcel | Self | 1974-01-01 |
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Le hasard et la violence | Laurent Bermann | 1974-02-04 |
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La Solitude du chanteur de fond | Self | 1974-12-19 |
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Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1974-04-11 |
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Vincent, François, Paul… et les autres | Vincent, entrepreneur | 1974-10-23 |
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Les Deux mémoires | Self | 1974-02-27 |
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Le Fils | Ange Orahona | 1973-03-30 |
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Tout va bien | Him, Jacques | 1972-04-28 |
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César et Rosalie | César | 1972-10-11 |
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J'ai tout donné | Self | 1972-06-21 |
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État de siège | Philip Michael Santore | 1972-12-30 |
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La Folie des grandeurs | Blaze, Don Sallust's valet | 1971-12-08 |
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On vous parle de Prague : Le Deuxième Procès d'Artur London | Self - Interviewee | 1971-06-15 |
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L'Aveu | Gérard (A.L. / Artur London) | 1970-04-29 |
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Le Cercle rouge | Jansen | 1970-10-19 |
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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Dr. Marc Chabot | 1970-06-17 |
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Mr. Freedom | Capt. Formidable (uncredited) | 1969-01-08 |
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Le diable par la queue | Le baron César Maricorne | 1969-02-07 |
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Z | The Deputy, a doctor | 1969-02-26 |
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Un soir, un train | Mathias | 1968-09-06 |
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Vivre pour vivre | Robert Colomb | 1967-09-13 |
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Grand Prix | Jean-Pierre Sarti | 1966-12-21 |
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Rotterdam-Europoort | Narrator (French version) (voice) | 1966-04-29 |
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La guerre est finie | Diego Mora / Carlos / Domingo | 1966-05-11 |
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Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions | Self | 1966-12-21 |
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Paris brûle-t-il? | Sgt. Marcel Bizien | 1966-10-26 |
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Compartiment tueurs | L'inspecteur Grazzi | 1965-11-17 |
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Le Joli Mai | Narrator (French version) (voice) | 1963-05-01 |
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My Geisha | Paul Robaix | 1962-03-09 |
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Sanctuary | Candy Man | 1961-04-18 |
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Goodbye Again | Roger Demarest | 1961-05-23 |
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Let's Make Love | Jean-Marc Clement / Alexander Dumas | 1960-09-08 |
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La Legge | Matteo Brigante | 1959-01-25 |
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Premier mai | Jean Meunier | 1958-03-25 |
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Django Reinhardt | Narrator (voice) | 1957-01-01 |
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Les Sorcières de Salem | John Proctor | 1957-04-26 |
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Поёт Ив Монтан | Self | 1957-04-01 |
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La grande strada azzurra | Giovanni Squarciò | 1957-11-22 |
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Uomini e lupi | Ricuccio | 1957-02-08 |
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Die Windrose | Yves (archive footage) | 1957-03-08 |
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Un matin comme les autres | Yves | 1956-01-01 |
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Marguerite de la nuit | M. Léon | 1955-12-29 |
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Napoléon | Lefebvre | 1955-03-25 |
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Les héros sont fatigués | Michel Rivière | 1955-09-12 |
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Tempi nostri - Zibaldone n. 2 | Vasco | 1954-03-16 |
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Le Salaire de la peur | Mario Livi | 1953-04-22 |
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Paris chante toujours ! | Self | 1951-11-28 |
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Parigi è sempre Parigi | Yves Montand | 1951-11-15 |
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L'Auberge rouge | Singing Commentator (voice) | 1951-10-19 |
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Rendez-vous de l'espérance | Self | 1950-06-26 |
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Souvenirs perdus | Raoul, street singer (segment "Le violon") | 1950-11-11 |
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L'Idole | Fontana | 1948-02-13 |
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Étoile sans lumière | Pierre | 1946-04-03 |
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Les Portes de la nuit | Jean Diego | 1946-12-03 |
