Yves Montand belongs to the record of film as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Yves Montand as French-Italian actor and singer (1921–1991).
Yves Montand was born at Monsummano Terme in 1921. His recorded nationality is France.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
He worked as film actor, chansonnier and singer.
Film is a collaborative art in which individual credit is always contested and occasionally deserved.
His recorded fields of work are acting, singing and chanson.
His work was formally recognised with the David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor.
That the work was done from France matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Yves Montand died in 1991, aged 70. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Worked as film actor, chansonnier and singer
