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Yves Montand

Yves Montand

Acting
13 Oct 1921
09 Nov 1991
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, wh...

Also Known As

Ivo Livi, Yves Livi, Yves Montant, ایو مونتان

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