Roses de picardie par yves montand biography marseilles

Yves Montand was born 13 October in Italy. His parents gave him the name Ivo Livi. His father, a broom maker held strong communist beliefs and when Ivo was 2 years old, the family left Italy for Marseilles France to avoid the fascist regime and Ivo took French citizenship at the age of 9. Alongside the numerous jobs he had, he pursued a career as an entertainer and started out as a music-hall singer in Marseilles and then moved to Paris to seek fame and fortune.

In Paris he was spotted by Edith Piaf , who was by then a big star. She arranged for him to appear in films with her — he turned out to be a fine actor and he stayed with her for two years before she dumped him.

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Charismatic, handsome and with a great sense of humour, Yves Montand was certainly a ladies man but in he married the actress Simone Signoret and despite his affairs including with Marilyn Monroe they remained married until her death in But three is the absolute maximum. His songs became classics, often singing about Paris and with a wonderful crooner style.

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