Yves Montand
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
Series
Apostrophes
Self
1975
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage)
1974
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Numéro un
Self
1975
Series
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Series
Le Grand Échiquier
Self - Main Guest
1972
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
Discorama
Self
1959
Series
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Series
Victoires de la musique
Self
1985
Series
Stars 90
Self
1990
Einer wird gewinnen
Self
1964
Series
Cérémonie des César
Self - President
1976
Series
Reflets de Cannes
Self
1954
Series
À bout portant
Self
1968
Film
The Wages of Fear
Mario Livi
1953
Film
Grand Prix
Jean-Pierre Sarti
1966
Film
Is Paris Burning?
Sgt. Marcel Bizien
1966
Film
Jean de Florette
César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'
1986
Film
Lovers Like Us
Martin
1975
Film
Le Cercle Rouge
Jansen
1970
Film
Napoleon
Lefebvre
1955
Film
Manon of the Spring
César Soubeyran, aka "le Papet"
1986
Film
Z
Z
1969
Film
Let's Make Love
Jean-Marc Clement / Alexander Dumas
1960
Film
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Dr. Marc Chabot
1970
Film
All Fired Up
Victor Valance
1982
Film
Sanctuary
Candy Man
1961
Film
The Sleeping Car Murders
L'inspecteur Grazzi
1965
Film
Delusions of Grandeur
Blaze, Don Sallust's valet
1971
Film
Cesar and Rosalie
César
1972
Film
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
Film
The Law
Matteo Brigante
1959
Film
Choice of Arms
Noel Durieux
1981
Film
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Film
Goodbye Again
Roger Demarest
1961
Film
Trintignant by Trintignant
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Waiter!
Alex, head waiter
1983
Film
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
The Lovely Month of May
Narrator (French version) (voice)
1963
Film
La Menace
Henri Savin
1977
Film
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
Self
1966
Rendez-vous de l'espérance
Self
1950
Film
My Geisha
Paul Robaix
1962
Film
Police Python 357
Inspecteur Marc Ferrot
1976
Film
The War Is Over
Diego Mora / Carlos / Domingo
1966
Film
Mr. Freedom
Capt. Formidable (uncredited)
1969
Film
I... for Icarus
Henri Volney
1979
Film
The Confession
Gérard
1970
Film
Womanlight
Michel Follin
1979
Film
A Grin Without a Cat
Narrator (voice)
1977
Film
Lost Souvenirs
Raoul, street singer (segment "Le violon")
1950
Film
Making 'The Misfits'
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Self
1984
Film
Live for Life
Robert Colomb
1967
Film
State of Siege
Philip Michael Santore
1972
Film
The Devil by the Tail
Le baron César Maricorne
1969
Film
Three Seats for the 26th
Yves Montand
1988
Film
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Vincent, entrepreneur
1974
Film
Special Section
Un milicien
1975
Film
Chance and Violence
Laurent Bermann
1974
Film
The Idol
Fontana
1948
Film
Tout Va Bien
Him, Jacques
1972
Film
Gates of the Night
Jean Diego
1946
Film
The End of a Beautiful Epoch
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
Film
Hollywood Invasion
archive footage
2011
Film
Nostalgia for the Future
Self (Archive footage)
2026
Film
Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
One Night... a Train
Mathias
1968
Film
1958: Those Who Said No
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
The Wind Rose
Yves (archive footage)
1957
Film
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms
Léon Marcel
1992
Film
Marguerite of the Night
M. Léon
1955
Film
The Wide Blue Road
Giovanni Squarciò
1957
Film
Netchayev is Back
Pierre Marroux
1991
Film
The Witches of Salem
John Proctor
1957
Film
The Big Operator
Morland
1976
Film
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Heroes and Sinners
Michel Rivière
1955
Film
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
Film
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable
2022
Film
The Anatomy of Love
Vasco
1954
Film
Les Rois de la comédie
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Film
Roads to the South
Jean Larrea
1978
Film
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
Star Without Light
Pierre
1946
The Force of Destiny
Self
2017
Film
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Paris Still Sings!
Self
1951
Film
Men and Wolves
Ricuccio
1957
T'es fou Marcel
Self
1974
Film
A Butterfly in the Night
Voz
1976
Film
The Son
Ange Orahona
1973
Film
Paris Is Always Paris
Yves Montand
1951
Film
Yves Montand is Singing
Self
1957
Film
Marilyn, dernières séances
Self(archive footage)
2008
Film
J'ai tout donné
Self
1972
Film
Le Parti du cinéma
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
The Red Inn
Singing Commentator (voice)
1951
Film
Mitterrand, président culturel
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Les Deux mémoires
Self
1974
Film
Romy, A Free Woman
archive footage
2022
Film
Premier mai
Jean Meunier
1958
Film
Marilyn, a woman of today
archive footage
2022
Film
You Speak of Prague: The Second Trial of Artur London
Self - Interviewee
1971
Film
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
2012
Film
Rotterdam-Europoort
Narrator (French version) (voice)
1966
Film
Rush - Voyage à Moscou
Self
1990
Film
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer
Self
1974
Film
Signoret and Montand, Monroe and Miller: Two couples in Hollywood
Self(archive footage)
2020
Film
Un matin comme les autres
Yves
1956
Film
Vive la crise !
Self / Self - Presenter
1984
Film
Django Reinhardt
Narrator (voice)
1957
Film
Montand
Self (archive footage)
1994
Film
One Minute for One Image
Self - Narrator
1983
Film
Dans les coulisses: le tournage de 'Trois Places pour le 26'
Self (Archive Footage)
2013