Yves Montand
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The ThumbScore for Yves Montand (79.5%) is the average audience approval rating across 8 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Yves's films are well-received by everyday viewers.
Ivo Livi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈiːvo ˈliːvi]; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), better known as Yves Montand (French: [iv mɔ̃tɑ̃]), 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, Tuscany, 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, where, as a young man, he worked in his sister's beauty salon (Salon de Coiffure), as well as later on the docks. He began a career in show business as a music-hall singer. In 1944, he was discovered by Édith Piaf in Paris; she made him part of her act.
Born 1921-10-13 in Monsummano Terme, Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy. Died 1991-11-09.
On ThumbScore, Yves Montand appears in 8 films with an average audience score of 79.5%, most frequently in the Drama genre.
