Line #30 Creator/YvesMontand


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3	Ivo Livi, [[StageNames better known as]] Yves Montand (October 13, 1921 - November 9, 1991), was an UsefulNotes/{{Ital\|y}}ian[=-born=] French singer and actor.
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5	He was born in Monsummano Terme, [[UsefulNotes/TheBraveRegionsOfItalia Tuscany]]. His parents fled UsefulNotes/FascistItaly and settled in Marseille, where he grew up. He was particularly fond of American [[TheMusical musicals]] of UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, especially those with Creator/FredAstaire and tap dancing. He made himself a name singing in cabarets in Marseille, and, with the help of Music/EdithPiaf who saw great potential in him, he reached national fame in music halls, with songs like "Les Feuilles mortes", "C'est si bon", "Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai?", "Rien dans les mains, rien dans les poches" and "La Bicyclette".
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7	His musical success opened him the gates of the film industry. He hit it big with his first headlining role in ''Film/TheWagesOfFear'' in 1953, and on stage as well with Creator/ArthurMiller's ''Theatre/TheCrucible'' in 1955, which led him to Broadway, and from there to Hollywood, where he played in ''Let's Make Love'' with Creator/MarilynMonroe. Three acclaimed films of Creator/CostaGavras from 1969 to 1972 -- ''Film/{{Z}}'', ''The Confession'' and ''Film/StateOfSiege'' -- cemented him as a politically engaged actor (left-leaning).
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9	He married actress Creator/SimoneSignoret in 1951, and together they became one of French cinema's most famous couples. Both Signoret and Montand are buried in the same grave at the Père Lachaise cemetery in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}.
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11	!!Selected filmography:
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13	* ''Film/TheWagesOfFear'' (1953) as Mario
14	* ''[[Film/Napoleon1955 Napoléon]]'' (1955) as Marshal François Joseph Lefebvre
15	* ''Theatre/TheCrucible'' (1957) as John Proctor
16	* ''Film/TheVikings'' (1958) - Narrator in the French dub
17	* ''Film/GrandPrix'' (1966) as Jean-Pierre Sarti
18	* ''Film/IsParisBurning'' (1966) as Marcel Bizien
19	* ''Film/LiveForLife'' (1967) as Robert
20	* ''Film/{{Z}}'' (1969) as Deputy Z aka "The Doctor"
21	* ''Theatre/OnAClearDayYouCanSeeForever'' (1970) as Dr. Marc Chabot
22	* ''Film/LeCercleRouge'' (1970) as Jansen
23	* ''Film/DelusionsOfGrandeur'' (1971) as Blaze
24	* ''Film/StateOfSiege'' (1972) as Philip Michael Santore
25	* ''[[Film/ManonDesSources Jean de Florette / Manon des Sources]]'' (1986) as César Soubeyran aka "Le Papet"
26	* ''Film/ThreeSeatsForThe26th'' (1988) {{as himself}}
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28	!!Tropes & Trivia in his works:
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30	* [[invoked]]RomanceOnTheSet: He had an affair with Creator/MarilynMonroe on the set of the aptly named ''Let's Make Love'', while both were married (to Creator/SimoneSignoret and Creator/ArthurMiller respectively). The resulting scandal also partly caused issues with the production of ''Film/TheMisfits'' (which starred Marilyn) the same year.
31	* StageNames: The "Montand" part of his name comes from his childhood, when he played in the streets with his friends and his mother yelled "Ivo, monta!" ("Ivo, get back up here!") from a window to order him to come back to their apartment.
32	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role he played in ''Film/DelusionsOfGrandeur'', Blaze, was originally written for Creator/{{Bourvil}}, who passed away before filming began.

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