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Shortly after his birth, Montand's family left Italy for France. (Later, when they applied for French citizenship, his father pretended that they did so in order to escape Mussolini's regime, in fact they emigrated in 1921, whereas Mussolini didn't came to power before 1922.) Montand came to grow up in Marseille, where as a young man he worked in his sister's barber shop, and later on the docks. He began a career in show business as a music-hall singer. In 1944 he was discovered by Edith Piaf in Paris and she made him part of her act, becoming his mentor and lover.
He would go on to international recognition, starring in numerous films. In 1951 Montand married the actress Simone Signoret, co-starring several times with her until her death in 1985. The following year, a 65-year-old Montand gave one of his most memorable performances as the scheming uncle in the two-part film: Jean de Florette co-starring Gerard Depardieu and Manon des Sources co-starring Emmanuelle BéartEmmanuelle Beart (born August 14, 1965) is a French actress. Beart was born in Gassin Var, not far from St. Tropez, on the French Riviera. She is the daughter of the French singer and poet Guy Beart, and an Italian-Greek mother, Genevieve Galea. As an ele.
During his career he acted in a number of American motion pictures as well as on BroadwayThis article is about the street in New York City. For other articles with the name Broadway, see: Broadway (disambiguation). Broadway as the name implies, is a big, wide avenue in New York City, New York, and is one of the main north-south thoroughfares. He was nominated for a Cesar Award for "Best Actor" in 1980 for the film "I comme Icare" and again in 1984 for "Garçon !"
His only child, Valentin Montand, the son of his assistant Carole Amiel, was born in 1988.
In his later years, he maintained a home in ProvenceProvence is a former province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to France's border with Italy. It is now part of the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur. The traditional region of Provenc until his death. He is buried in the Père LachaiseThe Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris, and one of the most famous cemeteries in the world. Located in the 20th arrondissement Pere-Lachaise Cemetery is reputed to be the most visited cemetery in the world, attracting hundreds of Cemetery, Paris, France.
In 2004, his stepdaughter Catherine (Simone Signoret's daughter from her first marriage) published a book titled "World Upside Down" where she revealed that Montand had abused her sexually since she was five years old.