Vintage Roger Carlet real photo postcard portrait of the Italian-born French singer and actor as a young man, no. 176, signed and inscribed in blue ink in the upper right: "Pour vous / Hélène / amicalement / Y. Montand." With scalloped edges. Fine. 3.5 x 5.5 inches; 9 x 13.7 cm. From the autograph collection of Hélène de Poutiloff, who was active in the French Resistance before emigrating to the US in 1953.
During his career, Montand acted in American motion pictures as well as on Broadway. In 1986 the 65-year-old Montand gave one of his best-remembered performances, as the scheming uncle in Jean de Florette, co-starring Gérard Depardieu, and Manon des sources (both 1986), co-starring Emmanuelle Béart.
Vintage Roger Carlet real photo postcard portrait of the Italian-born French singer and actor as a young man, no. 176, signed and inscribed in blue ink in the upper right: "Pour vous / Hélène / amicalement / Y. Montand." With scalloped edges. Fine. 3.5 x 5.5 inches; 9 x 13.7 cm. From the autograph collection of Hélène de Poutiloff, who was active in the French Resistance before emigrating to the US in 1953.
During his career, Montand acted in American motion pictures as well as on Broadway. In 1986 the 65-year-old Montand gave one of his best-remembered performances, as the scheming uncle in Jean de Florette, co-starring Gérard Depardieu, and Manon des sources (both 1986), co-starring Emmanuelle Béart.