Gilbert Montagné
Actor
- Born
- December 28, 1951 (age 74) · Paris, France
Gilbert Montagné (born 28 December 1951) is a French singer, musician, pianist and organist from the Ménilmontant neighbourhood of Paris and Bourbonnais historical region of central France. Blind since shortly after birth, he is best remembered for his international hit "The Fool" which was a number 1 single across Europe and South America in 1971, as well as his songs "On va s'aimer" (1983) and "Les Sunlights des tropiques" (1984). In France, he is still a popular albums and concert artist, having toured and sang with the likes of Johnny Hallyday and Kool & the Gang.
In 2009, he participated in the television show Rendez-vous en terre inconnue in Zanskar. He was made a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in 1982, an Officer in the National Order of Merit in 2011 and an Officer in the Order of the Legion of Honour in 2020.
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Montagné was active in politics within the Union for a Popular Movement under the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. In the 2010 regional election, he ran as a candidate in Allier. Montagné is also noted for his activism for blind people. From ages 10 to 16, he was a student at the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles in Paris. In 2022, Saint-Léon, the village his father was originally from and Gilbert Montagné visited as a child, named a square after him.
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Known for
Acting13
- 2026Taratata fête le Zénith 1984 as Self : Guest
- 2025La Grande Soirée du 31 de Paris as Self : Guest
- 2025Le Grand Concert de la Francophonie célèbre Jean-Jaques Goldman as Self : Guest
- 2025Panique au grand magasin
- 2023Anniversaire surprise chez les Bodin's as The priest
- 2022Ces chansons de nos vacances as Self
- 2017Stars 80, la suite as Gilbert Montagné
- 2017Stars 80 - Triomphe as Self
- 2012Stars 80 as Gilbert Montagné
- 2012
