Yves Montand

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-10-13 (70 years old)

Deathday

1991-11-09

Place of Birth

Monsummano Terme, Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy

Yves Montand

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 ...

Acting

1953

The Wages of Fear

as Mario Livi

2011

D'un film à l'autre

as Self (archive footage)

2015

The End of a Beautiful Epoch

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1972

1969

Z

as The Deputy, a doctor

1957

The Witches of Salem

as John Proctor

1965

The Sleeping Car Murder

as L'inspecteur Grazzi

1966

Is Paris Burning?

as Sgt. Marcel Bizien

1966

The War Is Over

as Diego Mora / Carlos / Domingo

1986

Jean de Florette

as César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'

1986

Manon of the Spring

as César Soubeyran, aka "le Papet"

2018

1958: Those Who Said No

as Self (archive footage)

1966

Grand Prix

as Jean-Pierre Sarti

1979

Womanlight

as Michel Follin

2023

Les Rois de la comédie

as Self (archive footage)

1960

Let's Make Love

as Jean-Marc Clement / Alexander Dumas

1970

1972

Tout Va Bien

as Him, Jacques

1979

I... For Icarus

as Henri Volney

1974

1951

The Red Inn

as Singing Commentator (voice)

1981

Choice of Arms

as Noel Durieux

1971

Delusions of Grandeur

as Blaze, Don Sallust's valet

1974

1970

The Confession

as Gérard (A.L. / Artur London)

1962

My Geisha

as Paul Robaix

1955

Napoleon

as Lefebvre

1946

Gates of the Night

as Jean Diego

1976

Police Python 357

as Inspecteur Marc Ferrot

1968

1966

Rotterdam-Europoort

as Narrator (French version) (voice)

1959

The Law

as Matteo Brigante

2021

Trintignant by Trintignant

as Self (archive footage)

1982

All Fired Up

as Victor Valance

1977

A Grin Without a Cat

as Narrator (voice)

1972

State of Siege

as Philip Michael Santore

1961

Goodbye Again

as Roger Demarest

1977

La Menace

as Henri Savin

1983

Waiter!

as Alex, head waiter

1975

1967

Live for Life

as Robert Colomb

1950

Lost Souvenirs

as Raoul, street singer (segment "Le violon")

1958

Premier mai

as Jean Meunier

1969

The Devil by the Tail

as Le baron César Maricorne

1988

1957

The Wide Blue Road

as Giovanni Squarciò

1976

1946

1994

Montand

as Self (archive footage)

1957

Men and Wolves

as Ricuccio

1973

The Son

as Ange Orahona

1961

Sanctuary

as Candy Man

1955

Heroes and Sinners

as Michel Rivière

1978

Roads to the South

as Jean Larrea

2006

1972

1974

Chance and Violence

as Laurent Bermann

1991

Netchayev is Back

as Pierre Marroux

1957

The Wind Rose

as Yves (archive footage)

1951

Paris Is Always Paris

as Yves Montand

1974

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1963

The Lovely Month of May

as Narrator (French version) (voice)

1975

Special Section

as Un milicien

1969

Mr. Freedom

as Capt. Formidable (uncredited)

2002

Making 'The Misfits'

as Self (archive footage)

1957

Django Reinhardt

as Narrator (voice)

2009

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

as Self (archive footage)

1948

The Idol

as Fontana

2017

The Incredible Mr. Piccoli

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2021

Mitterrand, président culturel

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Le Parti du cinéma

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1954

Air of Paris

as Songs

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