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Date of Birth

13 October 1921, Monsummano Terme, Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy

Date of Death

9 November 1991, Senlis, Oise, Picardie, France (heart attack)

Birth Name

Ivo Livi

Height

6' 2" (1.88 m)

Spouse

Carole Amiel	(1987 - 9 November 1991) (his death) 1 child
Simone Signoret	(22 December 1951 - 30 September 1985) (her death)

Trivia

He had one son, Valentin Montand, with his second wife, Carole Amiel. His first marriage to Simone Signoret was childless. Another woman accused him of being the father of her daughter, and sued him to obtain a DNA sample. He refused, but that woman persisted after his death. She obtained a court ruling, then his body was exhumed. On 11 March 1998, a paternity test showed that he wasn't the girl's father.

Singer, best known for his performance of jazz hit "Autumn Leaves" among other popular songs.

Had a love affaire with Marilyn Monroe during the filming of Let's Make Love (1960).

The name of "Yves Montand" comes from his childhood: his Italian mother used to yell at him "Ivo, monta" ("come upstairs, Ivo" in Tuscan dialect) when it was time to go home.

Adopted Catherine Allégret, the daughter of Simone Signoret from her previous marriage.

Dated famous French singer Édith Piaf from 1944 to 1946.

When he was young, he was a hairdresser in Marseille (France).

In 1987, adopted Catherine Allégret, than orphan of Simone Signoret and Yves Allégret.

Has his look-alike puppet in the French show _"Guignols de l'info, Les" (1988)_.

President of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987

His parents escaped from Italy in 1921, after Mussolini formed the fascist party.

Montand's father, Giovanni Livi, was a locally important figure in the French Communist Party in Marseilles when Montand was in his teens. Montand himself later joined the Communist Party and remained a member until 1968, when he broke with the Party in response to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Admired Fred Astaire.

Like his wife Simone Signoret, he is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Became natural citizen of France in 1932.

Father of Valentin Montand.

Toured as a jazz singer in the Soviet Union in 1956 and in 1963, and met with Nikita Khrushchev. Became critical of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, then made a movie about socialist dictatorship.

Personal Quotes

"I think a man can have two, maybe three affairs, while he is married. But three is the absolute maximum. After that, you're cheating."

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