Yves Montand

Yves Montand is one of those artists whose sheer range still leaves me a little stunned — born Ivo Livi in a small Italian town, he reinvented himself in France and became, by most accounts, one of the greatest performers that country ever produced. His voice on chanson classics had this lived-in warmth that felt like a confession, and then you'd watch him in something like Z or The Confession and realize the man could carry a politically charged thriller with the same ease. He had a love affair with Edith Piaf who basically launched him, a long marriage to Simone Signoret, and a well-documented relationship with Marilyn Monroe — the guy lived a whole dramatic novel. Even his politics were complicated. He was never just one thing, and that's exactly what made him unforgettable.

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Name (English)

Yves Montand

Name (Japanese)

イヴ・モンタン

Reading

いゔ・もんたん

Born

October 13, 1921 – November 9, 1991

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

Origin

Monsummano Terme, Province of Pistoia, Italy

Occupation

film actor / chansonnier / singer / hairdresser / dancer

Awards & achievements

• 1973 David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor

• Official sitehttps://www.yves-montand-site-officiel.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves%20Montand
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106057

Tags

• Province of Pistoia
• film actor
• chansonnier
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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