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Full NameIvo Livi RoleActor NameYves Montand
Years active1946–1991 OccupationActor, singer ChildrenValentin Montand
Born13 October 1921 (1921-10-13) Monsummano Terme, Italy DiedNovember 9, 1991, Senlis, France SpouseCarole Amiel (m. 1987–1991), Simone Signoret (m. 1951–1985) MoviesThe Wages of Fear, Let's Make Love, Jean de Florette, Delusions of Grandeur, Manon des Sources
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Ivo Livi, better known as Yves Montand ([iv mɔ̃tɑ̃]; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), was an Italian-French actor and singer.
Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, to Giovanni Livi, a broom manufacturer, and Giuseppina Simoni, a devout Catholic, while her husband held strong Communist beliefs. Montand's family left for France in 1923 because of Italy's Fascist regime. He grew up in Marseille, where, as a young man, he worked in his sister's beauty salon (Salon de Coiffure), and 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 and she made him part of her act.
Career
Montand went on to international recognition as a singer and actor, starring in numerous films. His recognizably crooner songs, especially those about Paris, became instant classics. He was one of the most famous performers at Bruno Coquatrix's famous 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. The composer of this song had him offer also sing C'est si bon he had written but Yves Montand refused. Following the success of the recording of this song by the Sœurs Étienne in 1948, he decided to record it.
During his career, Montand acted in a number of 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 most memorable performances, as the scheming uncle in the two-part film: Jean de Florette, co-starring Gérard Depardieu, and Manon des Sources, co-starring Emmanuelle Béart. The film was a worldwide critical hit and raised Montand's profile in the US, where he made an appearance on Late Night with David Letterman.
Personal life
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-publicized affairs, notably with Marilyn Monroe, with whom he starred in one of her last films, Let's Make Love.
Montand's only child, Valentin, his son by his second wife, Carole Amiel, was born in 1988. In a paternity suit that rocked 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 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 probably not the girl's biological father.
Signoret and Montand had a home in Autheuil-Authouillet, Normandy, where the main village street is named after him.
In his later years he maintained a home in St Paul de Vence, Provence, until his death from a heart attack. In an interview, Jean-Jacques Beineix said, "[H]e died on the set [of IP5: The Island of Pachyderms]... On the very last day, after his very last shot. It was the very last night and we were doing retakes. He finished what he was doing and then he just died. And the film tells the story of an old man who dies from a heart attack, which is the same thing that happened!" Montand is interred next to his first wife, Simone Signoret, in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
In 2004, Catherine Allegret, the daughter of Montand's first wife Simone Signoret, alleged in her autobiography "Un Monde a L'envers" (A World Upside Down), that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather since the age of 5 and that he assaulted her well into adulthood.
Filmography
Actor
1992
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms as
Leon Marcel
1991
Netchaïev est de retour as
Pierre Marroux
1988
Three Seats for the 26th as
Yves Montand
1986
Manon of the Spring as
Cesar Soubeyran dit 'Le Papet'
1986
Jean de Florette as
Cesar Soubeyran dit 'Le Papet'
1983
Waiter! as
Alex
1982
Tout feu tout flamme as
Victor Valance
1981
Choice of Arms as
Noel Durieux
1979
I... For Icarus as
Le procureur Henri Volney
1979
Womanlight as
Michel Follin
1978
Roads to the South as
Jean Larréa
1977
La menace as
Henri Savin
1976
Le grand escogriffe as
Morland
1976
Police Python 357 as
Inspecteur Marc Ferrot
1975
Lovers Like Us as
Martin
1975
Special Section as
Un milicien (uncredited)
1974
Vincent, François, Paul and the Others as
Vincent
1974
Le hasard et la violence as
Laurent Bermann
1973
Le fils as
Ange Orahona
1972
State of Siege as
Philip Michael Santore
1972
Cesar & Rosalie as
César
1972
Tout Va Bien as
Him, Jacques
1971
Delusions of Grandeur as
Blaze
1970
The Red Circle as
Jansen
1970
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as
Dr. Marc Chabot
1970
The Confession as
Gérard
1970
Kelly's Heroes as
German Sturmbannführer (uncredited)
1969
Z as
Z
1969
The Devil by the Tail as
Le baron César Maricorne
1968
One Night... a Train as
Mathias
1968
Mr. Freedom as
Capt. Formidable (uncredited)
1967
Live for Life as
Robert Colomb
1966
Grand Prix as
Jean-Pierre Sarti
1966
Is Paris Burning? as
Sgt. Marcel Bizien
1966
The War Is Over as
Diego Mora
1965
The Sleeping Car Murder as
L'inspecteur Graziani dit Grazzi
1962
My Geisha as
Paul Robaix
1961
Goodbye Again as
Roger Demarest
1961
Sanctuary as
Candy Man
1960
Let's Make Love as
Jean-Marc Clément
1959
The Law as
Matteo Brigante
1958
Premier mai as
Jean Meunier
1957
Django Reinhardt (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1957
La grande strada azzurra as
Giovanni Squarciò
1957
The Crucible as
John Proctor
1957
Men and Wolves as
Ricuccio
1956
Un matin comme les autres (Short) as
Yves
1955
Marguerite de la nuit as
M. Léon
1955
Heroes and Sinners as
Michel Rivière
1955
Napoleon as
Le maréchal Lefebvre
1954
The Anatomy of Love as
Vasco (segment "Vasco")
1953
The Wages of Fear as
Mario Livi
1951
The Red Inn as
Singing Commentator (voice)
1950
Lost Souvenirs as
Raoul, un chanteur des rues (segment "Le violon")
1948
The Idol as
Fontana
1946
Gates of the Night as
Jean Diego
1946
Étoile sans lumière as
Pierre
1941
La prière aux étoiles as
Un gars dans le café (uncredited)
Sound Department
1990
L'héritage de la chouette (TV Mini Series documentary) (sound effects - 4 episodes)
- Nostalgie ou Le retour impossible (1990) - (sound effects: playing cards)
- Démocratie ou La cité des songes (1990) - (sound effects: playing cards)
- Symposium ou Les idées reçues (1990) - (sound effects: playing cards)
- Olympisme ou La Grèce imaginaire (1990) - (sound effects: playing cards)
Music Department
2015
Clichés de Stars (Documentary) (pre-recorded music)
Soundtrack
2022
Devotion (performer: "La Grande Cité", "Cornet de Frites", "À Paris")
2021
Yves Montand entre en scène (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Battling Joe", "Sous le Ciel de Paris", "Bella Ciao", "La Chansonnette", "Luna Park", "Mon Manège à Moi", "Moi, j'm'en Fous", "Les Cireurs de Souliers de Broadway", "Quand un Soldat", "Les Mirettes", "Sir Godfrey", "Grands Boulevards", "Les Routiers", "Mon Frère", "Syracuse", "Le Chat de la Voisine", "Le Chef d'Orchestre est Amoureux", "Ain't We Got Fun", "Car je t'Aime", "Le Jazz et la Java", "À Paris", "Casse-Têtes", "La Bicyclette", "Les Feuilles Mortes", "L'Étrangère")
- Episode dated 14 November 2021 (2021) - (performer: "Le Carrosse", "À Paris", "Les Feuilles Mortes", "La Bicyclette", "Roses de Picardie" (Roses of Picardy), "C'est si bon", "Battling Joe", "Je Vais à Pied", "Du Soleil Plein la Tête")
2021
Chansons! (TV Mini Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Paris (2021) - (performer: "Le Gamin d'Paris")
2021
All About Yves Montand (Documentary) (performer: "L'Addition", "Roses de Picardie" (Roses of Picardy), "La Bicyclette", "Luna Park", "Moi, j'm'en Fous", "Dans les Plaines du Far-West", "Elle a...", "Les Feuilles Mortes", "C'est si bon", "Grands Boulevards", "Coucher avec elle", "En Sortant de l'École", "Je Vais à Pied", "Car je t'Aime", "C'est à l'Aube", "Just In Time", "Let's Make Love", "Incurably Romantic", "Flamenco Blaze", "Le Chant de la Libération", "Joli Mai", "À Paris", "Tournesol", "La Chansonnette", "Sous le Ciel de Paris", "Chanson Perdue")
2021
The Pursuit of Love (TV Mini Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode Three (2021) - (performer: "Rue Saint-Vincent")
2021
Osiecka (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Gdy pada deszcz (2021) - (performer: "Les Feuilles Mortes")
2020
Signoret et Montand, Monroe et Miller: Deux couples à Hollywood (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Grands Boulevards", "À Paris", "L'Étrangère", "Les Routiers", "Ain't We Got Fun", "Let's Make Love", "Incurably Romantic", "Les Feuilles Mortes")
2020
Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Je Cherche après Titine")
2019
Lucky Day (performer: "Trois Petites Notes de Musique")
2017
Les Feuilles Mortes (Short) (performer: "Les Feuilles Mortes")
2017
Un Français nommé Gabin (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Barbara", "Les Feuilles Mortes")
2017
Notre histoire est politique (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- De Gaulle, le dernier roi de France (2017) - (performer: "Que Reste-t-il de nos Amours ?")
2016
L'ombre au tableau (TV Mini Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau (2016) - (performer: "Trois Petites Notes de Musique", "Quand un Soldat", "Grands Boulevards", "C'est si bon", "Les Feuilles Mortes", "C'est à l'Aube", "Le Jazz et la Java", "Un Garçon Dansait")
2016
Du côté de chez Dave (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 21 February 2016 (2016) - (performer: "C'est si bon")
- Episode dated 9 February 2016 (2016) - (performer: "C'est si bon", "La Bicyclette", "Dans les Plaines du Far-West", "À Paris", "Les Feuilles Mortes")
2015
Mad Men (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- New Business (2015) - (performer: "C'est si bon")
2015
Laster meines Lebens (Short) (performer: "Les Feuilles Mortes")
2014
Altman (Documentary) (performer: "C'est si bon")
2013
Bicycling with Molière (performer: "La Bicyclette")
2011
Empreintes (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Brasseur, père et fils (2011) - (performer: "C'est si bon")
2011
Ivo Livi, dit Yves Montand (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "À Paris", "After you've Gone", "Battling Joe", "Bella Ciao", "C'est à l'Aube", "C'est si bon", "Car je t'Aime", "Casse-Têtes", "Le Chant de la Libération", "Clémentine", "Coucher avec elle", "Dans les Plaines du Far-West", "Roses de Picardie" (Roses of Picardy), "Du Soleil Plein la Tête", "Elle a...", "L'Étrangère", "Il Fait des...", "J'Aime t'Embrasser", "Je Vais à Pied", "Je Vends des Hot-Dogs", "Joli Mai", "La Bicyclette", "La Grande Cité", "Le Chef d'Orchestre est Amoureux", "Le Jazz et la Java", "Les Bijoux", "Les Feuilles Mortes", "Grands Boulevards", "Les Mirettes", "Saltimbanques", "Luna Park", "Moi, j'm'en Fous", "Mon Frère", "Mon Manège à Moi", "Quand un Soldat", "Que Reste-t-il de nos Amours ?", "Sanguine, Joli Fruit", "Syracuse", "Tournesol", "Un Garçon Dansait", "Une Demoiselle sur une Balançoire", "Valentin")
Les années bonheur (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 31 May 2008 (2008) - (performer: "La Bicyclette")
2007
Les grands du rire (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 17 November 2007 (2007) - (performer: "Mon Manège à Moi", "Battling Joe", "La Vie en Rose", "Grands Boulevards", "Les Feuilles Mortes")
- Episode dated 20 October 2007 (2007) - (performer: "L'Étrangère")
2007
Hunting and Gathering (performer: "La Bicyclette")
2003
Cuéntame cómo pasó (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Arde París (2003) - (performer: "C'est si bon")
2001
Les refrains de la mémoire (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- C'est si bon- 1947/48 (2001) - (performer: "C'est si bon")
2001
Se souvenir des belles choses (performer: "Je Cherche après Titine")
Konstantinou kai Elenis (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Me tin theia den einai amartia (1999) - (performer: "Les Feuilles Mortes")
1998
Rushmore (performer: "Rue Saint-Vincent")
1997
Monsieur Montand (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "En Sortant de l'École", "La Bicyclette", "Du Soleil Plein la Tête", "Dans les Plaines du Far-West", "Moi, j'm'en Fous", "Luna Park", "Il Fait des...", "Battling Joe", "À Paris", "Quand un Soldat", "L'Âme des Poètes", "Les Jardins de Monte-Carle", "Les Feuilles Mortes", "Grands Boulevards", "Les Routiers", "C'est si bon", "La Marie-Vison", "Car je t'Aime", "Les Cireurs de Souliers de Broadway", "L'Étrangère", "Sanguine, Joli Fruit", "Hollywood", "Casse-Têtes", "Le Chant de la Libération", "Le Chef d'Orchestre est Amoureux", "Quelqu'un", "Le Jazz et la Java", "Au Kabaret de la Dernière Chance", "Je suis Venu à Pieds", "Just in Time", "Toi tu n'Ressemble à Personne", "Valentin", "Mon Manège à Moi", "J'Aime t'Embrasser")
1994
Montand (Documentary) (performer: "En Sortant de l'École", "Les Cireurs de Souliers de Broadway", "Dans les Plaines du Far-West", "Il Fait des...", "À Paris", "Toi, tu n'Ressembles à Personne", "Luna Park", "Cornet de Frites", "Tournesol", "Les Mirettes", "Une Demoiselle sur une Balançoire", "Grands Boulevards", "Bella Ciao", "Saltimbanques", "Les Feuilles Mortes", "Car je t'Aime", "Just in Time", "L'Étrangère", "Le Chat de la Voisine", "Sanguine, Joli Fruit", "Mon Frère", "Le Temps des Cerises", "La Colombe de l'Arche", "Dans ma Maison", "L'Addition", "Moi, j'm'en Fous", "La Bicyclette", "Tea For Two")
1993
The Little Apocalypse (performer: "La Chansonnette", "Luna Park")
1992
La chance aux chansons (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Paris Montand Paris Manèges (1992) - (performer: "Paris Canaille", "Mon Pote le Gitan", "Le Jazz et la Java", "Idylle Philoménale")
1991
Jacquot de Nantes (performer: "Dans les Plaines du Far-West")
1990
Mon zénith à moi (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Juliette Gréco (1990) - (performer: "Le Jazz et la Java")
- Spécial Yves Montand (1989) - (performer: "Roses de Picardie" (Roses of Picardy), "La Chansonnette", "La Bicyclette", "Du Soleil Plein la Tête", "Hollywood", "L'Esprit Frappeur", "Je Vais à Pied", "L'Étrangère", "C'est si bon", "Au Kabaret de la Dernière Chance", "Battling Joe", "À Paris")
1988
Three Seats for the 26th (performer: "Générique Début", "Interview", "Lorsqu'on Revient", "La Parfumerie", "Ciné qui Chante", "Qui Luxure", "L'Esprit Frappeur", "Douce Folie")
1988
Identitats (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 9 April 1988 (1988) - (performer: "Le Temps des Cerises")
1987
Beyond Therapy (performer: "Someone To Watch Over Me")
1983
Montand International (Video) (lyrics: "Leçon d'Anglais", "Histoires de Music-Hall") / (performer: "Je Vais à Pied", "Malgré Moi", "L'Addition", "Battling Joe", "Les Mirettes", "Casse-Têtes", "Ellington Quarante et One", "Sir Godfrey", "Roses de Picardie" (Roses of Picardy), "Hollywood", "Les Bijoux", "L'Étrangère", "Luna Park", "Leçon d'Anglais", "Mon Frère", "Intermède", "Le Carrosse", "Le Chat de la Voisine", "Durango" (Syracuse), "Le Chef d'Orchestre est Amoureux", "Histoires de Music-Hall", "La Chansonnette", "La Bicyclette", "Planter Café", "Les Cireurs de Souliers de Broadway", "Les Feuilles Mortes", "Le Jardin", "À Paris")
1983
One Deadly Summer (performer: "Trois Petites Notes de Musique")
1980
La nuit des Césars (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
Je veux être... toi (TV Series documentary short) (performer - 1 episode)
- Routier (1979) - (performer: "Les Routiers")
1977
À perte de vie... Jacques Prévert (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "En Sortant de l'École", "Sanguine, Joli Fruit")
1976
A Butterfly in the Night (performer: "C'est si bon")
1976
Chantons sous l'occupation (Documentary) (performer: "Le Chant de la Libération")
1974
La solitude du chanteur de fond (Documentary) (performer: "Mon Frère", "L'Étrangère", "Quelqu'un", "Dans ma Maison", "En Sortant de l'École", "Planter Café", "Sanguine, Joli Fruit", "Les Feuilles Mortes", "Le Chant de la Libération", "Sir Godfrey", "Coucher avec elle", "Battling Joe", "Quand un Soldat", "La Colombe de l'Arche", "Luna Park", "Saltimbanques", "Le Temps des Cerises")
1973
Le grand échiquier (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Yves Montand (1973) - (performer: "Je Vais à Pied", "Luna Park", "Clémentine", "Dans les Plaines du Far-West", "Grands Boulevards", "À Paris", "L'Étrangère", "Quand un Soldat", "Mon Frère", "Quelqu'un", "Mon Manège à Moi")
1971
Delusions of Grandeur (performer: "Flamenco Blaze - Zapateado")
1969
France, song (Documentary) (performer: "Les Canuts")
1969
Dieu a choisi Paris (performer: "La Butte Rouge", "Le Temps des Cerises", "À Paris")
1968
Montand chante Prévert (TV Movie) (performer: "Les Enfants qui s'Aiment", "Page d'Écriture", "Le Miroir Brisé", "Et la Fête Continue", "Compagnons des Mauvais Jours", "Sanguine, Joli Fruit", "Paris at Night", "En Sortant de l'École", "Dans ma Maison", "Barbara", "Les Feuilles Mortes")
1968
Dim Dam Dom (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Paris en pantalon (1968) - (performer: "C'est si bon")
1964
Eurovision 10ème anniversaire (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Sous le Ciel de Paris", "Paris Canaille", "À Paris dans chaque Faubourg", "À Paris", "La Vie en Rose", "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", "C'est si bon", "Bella Ciao", "Mon Manège à Moi")
1963
Bébert et l'omnibus (performer: "Rengaine ta Rengaine")
1963
Marilyn (Documentary) (performer: "Let's Make Love")
1962
École des vedettes (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 19 November 1962 (1962) - (performer: "Syracuse")
1962
Cinq colonnes à la une (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 2 November 1962 (1962) - (performer: "Le Jazz et la Java")
1961
Yves Montand on Broadway (TV Special) (performer: "Just in Time", "Let's Buddies", "Friendship", "I've Grown Accustomed to her Face", "Once in Love with Amy", "Take me Along", "They Can't Take Away from Me", "C'est Magnifique", "Autumn Leaves" (Les Feuilles Mortes), "C'est si bon", "I Gave my Love a Cherry", "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", "Skip to my Lou", "Mon Manège à Moi", "Planter Café")
1960
Let's Make Love (performer: "Incurably Romantic")
1959
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Charles Laughton, Yves Montand, Donna Atwood (1959) - (performer: "Le Chef d'Orchestre est Amoureux")
- Episode #4.7 (1959) - (performer: "À Paris", "La Marie-Vison", "Un Garçon Dansait", "Ain't We Got Fun")
1959
La clé des champs (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Les secrets des coulisses (1959) - (performer: "La Marie-Vison", "Grands Boulevards", "Dans les Plaines du Far-West")
- Yves Montand (1958) - (performer: "Le Carrosse", "Luna Park", "À Paris", "Soleil d'Acier", "Il Fait des-", "Planter Café", "Un Garçon Dansait")
1957
Poyet Ives Montand (Documentary) (performer: "Grands Boulevards", "Quand un Soldat", "Saltimbanques", "Les Feuilles Mortes", "La Marie-Vison", "Le Gamin d'Paris", "Les Routiers", "À Paris", "Car je t'Aime", "Les Cireurs de Souliers de Broadway", "C'est si bon", "Une Demoiselle sur une Balançoire", "C'est à l'Aube" - uncredited)
1957
En direct de... (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- En direct du petit conservatoire de la chanson (1957) - (performer: "La Marie-Vison")
1957
Fugitive in Saigon (performer: "Amour, mon Cher Amour")
1956
B comme Bémol (TV Short) (performer: "Ma P'tite Môme", "C'est si bon")
1954
Air of Paris (performer: "La Ballade de Paris")
1954
L'étrange désir de Monsieur Bard (performer: "Car je t'Aime")
1953
La joie de vivre (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Yves Montand (1953) - (performer: "La Grande Cité", "Ah ! Si vous Connaissiez ma Poule", "Ma Prairie", "Quand un Soldat", "Sanguine, Joli Fruit", "Le Chef d'Orchestre est Amoureux", "Du Soleil Plein la Tête")
1953
Saluti e baci (performer: "À Paris")
1953
The Wages of Fear ("Valentine")
1951
Paris chante toujours! (performer: "À Paris")
1951
Parigi è sempre Parigi (performer: "Le Gamin d'Paris", "À Paris", "Les Feuilles Mortes")
1951
The Red Inn (performer: "La Complainte de l'Auberge Rouge")
1950
Lost Souvenirs (performer: "Tournesol", "Compagnons des Mauvais Jours")
1947
Här kommer vi... (performer: "La Légende du Boogie Woogie")
1946
Gates of the Night (performer: "Les Feuilles Mortes")