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7 unusual facts about Yves Montand

Autheuil-Authouillet

It was the home of Simone Signoret and Yves Montand, after whom the village's main street, the rue Yves Montand, is named.

Hall was supposed to join Papa Bue's Band to tour Germany, he even had signed the contract and despite knowing about his popularity in Germany, Hall ended up touring with Yves Montand through Canada and the US.

John Proctor

In the 1957 screen adaptation of Miller's piece, Proctor was depicted by Yves Montand.

Lefteris Hapsiadis

That novel was later made into a movie as part of a trilogy by Greek Director Costa Gavras, with Yves Montand in the leading role.

Let's Make Love

The plot revolves around billionaire Jean-Marc Clement (Montand) who learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue.

Marc Fosset

He learned to play guitar left-handed after seeing Yves Montand and Didi Duprat perform, and was also influenced by Django Reinhardt's style.

Theophanis Lamboukas

Sarapo was the last in a long line of Piaf discoveries (Yves Montand, Les Compagnons de la chanson, Georges Moustaki, etc.).

Anne Sinclair

She conducted interviews with French cultural figures such as Johnny Hallyday, Alain Delon, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Bernard-Henri Lévy, and Elie Wiesel.

Brigitte Lahaie

In 1980, at the height of her popularity, she decided to put an end to her hardcore career and appear in more traditional films, such as I as in Icarus (1980, with Yves Montand) in which she played a stripper, and Pour la peau d'un flic (1981, with Alain Delon) in which she played a nurse.

Charade Circuit

In 1966, John Frankenheimer made the film Grand Prix in front of 3000 locals who posed as race spectators watching actors like Yves Montand and Françoise Hardy.