1. Liliane Dina Montevecchi was a French actress, dancer, and singer.
23 Facts About Liliane Montevecchi
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Liliane Montevecchi won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in the original Broadway production of Nine, and was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical for Grand Hotel.
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Liliane Montevecchi's parents separated shortly after her birth, and she was raised mainly by her mother.
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Liliane Montevecchi began studying ballet at the age of 8 with primo ballerino Pierre Duprez.
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Liliane Montevecchi finished her training at the Conservatoire de Paris, under Jeanne Schwarz and Mathilde Kschessinska, and performed at the Opera Comique.
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Liliane Montevecchi made her professional debut at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, in a ballet by David Lichine.
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Liliane Montevecchi danced her first steps at the Casino de Paris with Jean Guelis.
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Liliane Montevecchi began her international career as a prima ballerina in Roland Petit's dance company.
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Liliane Montevecchi appeared in The Glass Slipper with Michael Wilding and Daddy Long Legs, in both of which she was acting with leading lady Leslie Caron.
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Liliane Montevecchi 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.
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Liliane Montevecchi knew Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor and Clark Gable, and she took classes at the Actors Studio in New York.
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Liliane Montevecchi replaced Colette Brosset in the 1958 Broadway revue La Plume de Ma Tante.
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Liliane Montevecchi appeared in the films Wall Street and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days with Matthew McConaughey.
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Liliane Montevecchi appeared in concert at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and toured internationally with her semi-autobiographical shows On the Boulevard and Back on the Boulevard.
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Liliane Montevecchi continued with the show until the spring of 1999 and was succeeded by Jo Anne Worley.
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In 2001, Liliane Montevecchi appeared as Mistinguett at the Theatre National de l'Opera Comique in Paris.
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In Seattle, Washington, DC, and San Francisco, Liliane Montevecchi had a very successful turn as Madame ZinZanni at Teatro ZinZanni beginning with the production at its opening, with Frank Ferrante, Michael Davis, Les Castors, Dreya Weber, Mat Plendl and the Steben Twins.
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Liliane Montevecchi took part in the recording of the album The Divas with Joan Baez, Thelma Houston, Sally Kellerman, Christine Deaver, Debbie de Coudreaux, Francine Reed, Juliana Rambaldi and Kristin Clayton in 2006.
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In March 2015, Liliane Montevecchi won critical praise for recreating her Tony-nominated role of Grushinskaya in Grand Hotel: The 25th Anniversary Reunion Concert at 54 Below in New York City.
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In November 2015, at the behest of producer Patrick Niedo, Liliane Montevecchi brought her solo show Aller-Retour to Paris for the first time.
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Liliane Montevecchi earned a Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Elizaveta Grushinskaya in Grand Hotel in 1990.
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Liliane Montevecchi was honored by the French Minister of Culture as the "Officer of Arts and Culture" to France and the world at large in 2013.
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In January 2017, Liliane Montevecchi was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Ziegfeld Society of New York City.