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YVES MONTAND

Born: Ivo Livi...Oct 13, 1921 - Died: Nov 9, 1992.......... Though regarded by many fans as a Frenchman through-and-through, Yves Montand was actually born in Italy, just outside Florence. After his anti-fascist parents fled his homeland to avoid the wrath of Mussolini, Montand grew up in the less fashionable sections of Marseilles, where he supported himself as a dock worker. He was discovered in 1944 by singer Edith Piaf, the first of Montand's many celebrity lovers. After working in Piaf's nightclub act and appearing with her in the 1946 film Star Without Light, Montand gained stature as a solo actor/singer, proving his dramatic mettle in Georges Clouzot's The Wages of Fear (1955). In 1951, Montand married actress Simone Signoret, a union that lasted until her death in 1985. Though he'd tended to keep his leftist politics out of his public appearances during the first half of his career, Montand was finally able to espouse his views in films via his many performances in the works of director Costa-Gavras, particularly Z (1968), The Confession (1970) and State of Siege (1973). The actor enjoyed a career rennaissance as a character player in the 1980s. Universally honored as one of the greatest entertainers of his era (an assessment with which he hearily concurred), Yves Montand died at age 70, a scant few years after becoming a father for the first time.
Married to Simone Signoret (1951 - 1985) (her death)
His body was exhumed on 11 March 1998 for a paternity test.
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 mother used to yell at him "Ivo, monta" ("come upstairs, Ivo") when it was time to go home.

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COMPARTIMENT TUEURS............ France: 1965.... Directed by...Costa-Gavras......Starring: Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Pierre Mondy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Piccoli, Charles Denner............ The first film directed by Costa-Gavras, The Sleeping Car Murders was based on a novel by Sebastien Japrisot. During a Marseilles-to-Paris overnight train trip, a girl is found dead in a sleeping car. As Paris detective Yves Montand steps up his investigation, more and more passengers turn up murdered. The unlikely climax is the only sore point of this otherwise well-wrought mystery. Bereft of the politicizing of Costa-Gavras' later works, The Sleeping Car Murders exhibits the director's fondness for American "film noir" thrillers. The film first hit Parisian movie screens under the title Compartiment Tueurs.

LE GRAND ESCOGRIFFE1976 France/Italy..aka: The Big Operator..... Director: Claude Pinoteau....... Starring: Yves Montand, Claude Brasseur............. When he is not working as a stage performer, Emile (Yves Montand) works as a small-time con-man. He has a brand-new plan for a big job and needs the services of one of his former assistants. He also persuades a young actress to help out with part of the plan: kidnapping the child of a very shady arms merchant who will be pressured to keep the police off their backs. Emile is a kindly man with more charm than skill. When his plans go badly awry, he sends the two assistants away as a couple, along with the baby they had planned to substitute for the child in the arms merchant's house.

POLICE PYTHON 357.......... 1976 - France........aka: The Case Against Ferro...... Director: Alain Corneau..... Starring: Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Stefania Sandrelli ..... A tough but honest cop must clear his name after a corrupt colleague implicates him in a murder in this French thriller. ......AVAILABLE......

TROIS PLACES POUR LE 26.... 1988: France...aka: Three Seats For The 26th.... Director: Jacques Demy.... Starring: Yves Montand, Mathilda May , Françoise Fabian....Yves Montand plays himself in this musical romantic comedy by Jacques Demy.. ......AVAILABLE.....

IP5: L'ÎLE AUX PACHYDERMES.......France: 1992........ Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix........ Cast:Yves Montand, Leon Marcel , Olivier Martinez, Sekkou Sall, Géraldine Pailhas.........aka: IP5: The Island of Pachyderms...........Beineix is a genius.. ......AVAILABLE.....