Biography of congar yves montand

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Nationality: French. Born: Ivo Livi in Monsummano Alto, Tuscany, Italy, 13 October ; raised in Marseilles, France, from age two. Family: Married the actress Simone Signoret, (died ), stepdaughter (adopted following Signoret's death): the actress Catherine Allégret; son with Carole Amiel: Valentin.

Career: Left school at age 11, and worked at a variety of jobs before becoming a singer in Marseilles and Paris; —performed at Moulin Rouge; Edith Piaf helped him in his career; —feature film debut in Étoile sans lumière with Piaf; –51—six-month musical tour of Europe and North Africa; —breakthrough role in Le Salaire de la peur; —appeared with Signoret in stage play The Crucible, and in film version, ; —highly publicized and criticized tour of Soviet Union and Eastern-bloc countries, with Signoret; —one-man show on Broadway; —co-starred with Signoret in Compartiment tueurs, first of several films by Costa-Gavras; —acclaimed oneman show in Paris; late s—re