Liliane Montevecchi

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Liliane Montevecchi (October 13, 1932 – June 29, 2018) was a French-Italian actress, dancer, and singer. Montevecchi took her first dance classes at 8 with Pierre Duprez, primo ballerino.of the Opera in Paris, France. She entered the Conservatoire and completed her training for two years, with Jeanne Schwarz and Mathilde Kschessinska, on the stage of the Opéra Comique. She appeared for the first time on a stage at the Champs Elysées theater in a ballet of David Lichine. She then worked with Léonide Massine and danced in Monte Carlo for the crowning of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, in 1949. She also made her first steps at the Casino de Paris with Jean Guélis. Montevecchi began her international career as a prima ballerina in Roland Petit's dance company. She appeared in The Glass Slipper with Michael Wilding and Daddy Long Legs (with Fred Astaire), in both of which she was acting with leading lady Leslie Caron. In the mid-1950s she was signed to a contract by MGM, which cast her in various roles in such films as Moonfleet with Stewart Granger and Meet Me in Las Vegas with Cyd Charisse and John Brascia. She then played in the Jerry Lewis vehicle The Sad Sack, King Creole with Elvis Presley, and The Young Lions with Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin and Marlon Brando. She knew Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor and Clark Gable, and she took classes at the Actors Studio in New York, alongside Marilyn Monroe. Montevecchi replaced Colette Brosset in the 1958 Broadway revue La Plume de M

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Nine (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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Grand Hotel

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Follies in Concert

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Nine (Expanded Edition)

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Grand Hotel: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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Follies (New York Philharmonic Concert Cast Recording (1985))

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Grand Hotel - Broadway Cast Recording

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Follies [1998 NJ Cast Recording] (Disc 1)

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Follies

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Follies [1998 NJ Cast Recording] [Disc 1]

On the Boulevard (Original Cast Recording)

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Nine

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