The Resume

(October 13, 1921-November 9, 1991)
Born in Monsummano Terme, Italy
Birth name was Ivo Livi
Grew up in Marseilles, France
Became a naturalized citizen of France (1932)
Actor and singer
Appeared in the films 'Paris Is Always Paris' (1951), 'Wages of Fear' (1953), 'Napoleon' (1955), 'Let's Make Love' (1960), 'My Geisha' (1962), 'Le Guerre Est Finie' (1966), 'Is Paris Burning?' (1966), 'On a Clear Day You Can See Forever' (1970), 'Cesar and Rosalie' (1972), 'Le Sauvage' (1975), 'I as in Icarus' (1979), 'Jean de Florette' (1986), 'Manon of the Spring' (1986) and 'IP5: The Island of the Pachyderms' (1992)
Appeared on Broadway in the one-man show 'An Evening with Yves Montand' (1959,1961)
Jury President at the Cannes Film Festival (1987)

Why he might be annoying:

He got his stage name from his mother calling 'Ivo, monta!' ('Ivo, come upstairs') when he was a child.
He had an affair with Marilyn Monroe despite considering her husband, Arthur Miller, his 'good friend,' and despite being married to actress Simone Signoret.
Before the filming of 'My Geisha,' he bet Shirley MacLaine's husband that he could seduce her. He won the bet.
He toured the Soviet Union shortly after the invasion of Hungary (1956) and called himself a 'fellow traveler.'
His second wife was nearly 40 years his junior.
He was exhumed to provide a DNA sample for a paternity suit (1998).

Why he might not be annoying:

He first became famous as a music hall performer and protege of Edith Piaf.
He was considered the personification of Gallic charm.
He became the first popular singer to perform solo at the Metropolitan Opera House (1982).
Marilyn Monroe called him 'the most exciting man in the world.'
The posthumous DNA test showed he was not the father of the child on whose behalf the paternity suit had been filed.
By his standards he was faithful, since he claimed 'I think a man can have two, maybe three affairs while he is married. But three is the absolute maximum. After that, you are cheating.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Actors Who Think They Can Sing
• Barbara Streisand's Leading Men
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 41]
• Cannes Film Festival Jury Members (Ranked: 1987)
• Cannes Film Festival Jury Presidents (Ranked: 1987)
• Catholics who are Partially Jewish
• Dalida Covered My Song
• Edith Head Models
• I am a Citizen of France
• I am an Adulterer
• I Attended the Premiere of 'Diary of Anne Frank' [1959]
• I Became a Dad in 1988
• I Did Not Graduate High School [J-M]
• I Died in 1991 (Ranked: 70)
• I Died on Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) [November 9]
• I Married in 1987
• I Probably Banged Dalida
• I Probably Banged Marilyn Monroe
• I Recorded ‘Autumn Leaves’
• I'm Buried in the Pere Lachaise in Paris
• Look at Me, Counting Money
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Derby
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Marilyn Monroe's Leading Men
• My Corpse was Exhumed
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Younger than Me
• Olympia Concerts
• Person to Person - Guests [L-Z]
• Profiles 32501-32750 (Ranked: 32540)
• Shirley MacLaine’s Leading Men

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying