Gilbert Montagné
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. 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. Source: Article "Gilbert Montagné" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Anniversaire surprise chez les Bodin's as The priest
- 2022 · Ces chansons de nos vacances as Self
- 2020 · Tous en cuisine avec Cyril Lignac as Self
- 2019 · The Masked Singer France as Arbre
- 2019 · Les 30 meilleurs tubes des années 80 as
- 2018 · Fort Boyard, toujours plus fort ! as Self - Candidate (archive footage)
- 2017 · Stars 80, la suite as Gilbert Montagné
- 2017 · Stars 80 - Triomphe as Self
- 2016 · Amanda as Self
- 2016 · Le Meilleur Pâtissier : Célébrités as Self
- 2012 · La Parenthèse inattendue as Self
- 2012 · Stars 80 as Gilbert Montagné
- 2012 · Les Enfants de la Pop 80's as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · La folie des années 80 as Self
- 2008 · N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels as Self
- 2004 · Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land as Self
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1990 · Stars 90 as self
- 1990 · Fort Boyard as Self
- 1987 · Le monde est à vous as Self
- 1982 · On s'en fout… nous on s'aime as The singer at the white piano (uncredited)
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1979 · Johnny Hallyday - Pavillon de Paris as Self
- 1977 · Fan School as Self
- 1976 · Les Jeux de 20 heures as Self
- 1976 · 30 millions d'amis as Self
- 1975 · Numéro un as Self
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1975 · Midi Première as Self
- 1972 · Midi trente as Self
- 1971 · Cadet Rousselle as Self
- 1971 · Samedi soir as Self