Liliane Montevecchi Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Liliane Montevecchi (born October 13, 1932 in Paris, France) is a French actress, dancer, and singer.Montevecchi began her career as a prima ballerina in Roland Petit's dance company. In the mid-1950s, MGM signed her to a contract and cast her in secondary roles in such films as The Glass Slipper and Daddy Long Legs, in both of which she was overshadowed by leading lady Leslie Caron, the Jerry Lewis vehicle The Sad Sack, and King Creole with Elvis Presley.After some television work in series such as Playhouse 90 and Adventures in Paradise at the end of the decade, Montevecchi opted to leave Hollywood for a starring position in the Folies Bergère and toured with the company for nine years. Montevecchi replaced Colette Brosset in the 1958 Broadway revue La Plume de Ma Tante.It was not until 1982 that she drew both critical and popular attention for her performance as Lilaine La Fleur in Nine, for which she won both the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Montevecchi portrayed the role of Solange LaFitte for the 1985 production of Follies in Concert at Avery Fisher Hall. In 1989, she starred as Elizaveta Grushinskaya in Grand Hotel, earning a Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.Montevecchi also appeared in the films Wall Street and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Montevecchi has appeared in concert at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and toured internationally with her semi-autobiographical shows On the Boulevard and Back on the Boulevards. Jay Records released her solo album On the Boulevard in 1998.In 1999, she replaced Eartha Kitt as The Wicked Witch of The West in Radio City Entertainment's touring production of The Wizard of Oz co-starring Mickey Rooney as The Wizard and Jessica Grove as Dorothy. Montevecchi appeared as The Witch during the show's limited run at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.In 2007, Montevecchi had a very successful turn as "Madame ZinZanni" at the Teatro ZinZanni in Seattle. She returned to Teatro ZinZanni in June 2009 to reprise the role and in September 2011 for her final bow in the show Bonsoir Liliane, starring alongside Kevin Kent, directed by Tommy Tune and choreographed by Tobias Larsson.In early 2012, she joined with Kaye Ballard and Lee Roy Reams for the musical review Doin' It For Love. The show played Austin, Texas and Los Angeles in February and March 2013.A solo show, Hello, Darlings, ran two nights in April 2013, at the New York City nightclub 54 Below.
Shares a birthday with her two-time Broadway co-star Karen Akers from Nine and Grand Hotel.
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1955 Deb Star.
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Won Broadway's 1982 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "Nine." She was also nominated as Best Actress (Musical) in 1990 for "Grand Hotel, The Musical."
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Of French and Italian extraction.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Playhouse 90
1959
TV Series
Estrella / Carla
Behind Closed Doors
1959
TV Series
Marcella
77 Sunset Strip
1959
TV Series
Tosca
Me and the Colonel
1958
Cosette
King Creole
1958
Forty Nina
Schlitz Playhouse
1958
TV Series
The Young Lions
1958
Françoise
The Sad Sack
1957
Zita
The Living Idol
1957
Juanita
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
Lilli
Moonfleet
1955
Gypsy (as Liliane Montevecchi of the Ballet de Paris: in opening credits)
Daddy Long Legs
1955
College Girl (uncredited)
The Glass Slipper
1955
Tehara
Femmes de Paris
1953
as Montevecchi
Jours de France
2016
Judith Joubert
Comment j'ai accepté ma place parmi les mortels
2009
Short
Mirna
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
2003
Mrs. DeLauer
L'idole
2002
Nicole
Mistinguett, la dernière revue
2001
TV Movie
Mistinguett
An Evening with Rosanne Seaborn
2001
TV Movie
Mrs. Mannering
Of Penguins and Peacocks
2000
TV Movie
Sarah Bernhardt
Wall Street
1987
Woman at 'Le Cirque'
Chobizenesse
1975
Gigi Nietzsche
Au théâtre ce soir
1974
TV Series
Francine
Musidora
1973
TV Movie
Musidora
La vie rêvée de Vincent Scotto
1973
TV Movie
Gay Deslys
It Takes a Thief
1969
TV Series
Madame Tanya Varhos
T.H.E. Cat
1967
TV Series
Countess De Laurent
Mr. Broadway
1964
TV Series
Vici
The Tab Hunter Show
1960-1961
TV Series
Andrea / Maria
The United States Steel Hour
1960
TV Series
Buick-Electra Playhouse
1960
TV Series
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960
TV Movie
Adventures in Paradise
1959
TV Series
Therese Privaux
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Hollywood Palace
1966
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Broadway: The Next Generation
2018
Documentary filming
Herself
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2017
Documentary post-production
Herself
42nd Street: River to River
2009
Documentary
Herself
20h10 pétantes
2004
TV Series
Herself
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Documentary
Herself
Paris dernière
2002
TV Series documentary
Herself
Tout le monde en parle
2001
TV Series
Herself
The 44th Annual Tony Awards
1990
TV Special
Herself - Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
TV Movie
Herself
Champs-Elysées
1990
TV Series
Herself
Great Performances
1986
TV Series
Solange Lafitte
The 37th Annual Tony Awards
1983
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Best Featured Actor in a Musical
The 36th Annual Tony Awards
1982
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Best Featured Actress in a Musical