Yves Montand

Acting · Born 1921-10-13 in Monsummano Terme, Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy

Biography

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…

Filmography

• The Wages of Fear as Mario Livi
• The End of a Beautiful Epoch as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Cesar and Rosalie as César
• Z as Z
• The Witches of Salem as John Proctor
• The Sleeping Car Murders as L'inspecteur Grazzi
• Is Paris Burning? as Sgt. Marcel Bizien
• The War Is Over as Diego Mora / Carlos / Domingo
• Jean de Florette as César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'
• Manon of the Spring as César Soubeyran, aka "le Papet"