Paris-born entertainer Liliane Montevecchi first put on ballet shoes at the age of 9. Nine years later, she became prima ballerina in Roland Petit's ballet company. Hollywood took a sudden interest in her in the early 1950s along with other foreign-born ballet dancers such as 'Leslie Caron' . She earned a Tony Award nomination several years later with an equally flashy role in the musical "Grand Hotel". The entertainer, beloved for her delightful mangling of the English language, has appeared in concert at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and has vamped and camped with the best of them in her acclaimed cabaret shows and niteries from here to Timbuktu. These include the semi-autobiographical shows "On the Boulevard" and "Back On the Boulvards." Still going strong at age 70+, Lilliane Montelecchi has shown time and time again that she is a one-of-a-kind diva who knows no limit.
Of French and Italian extraction.
Won Broadways 1982 Tony Award as Best Actress for "Nine." She was also nominated as Best Actress in 1990 for "Grand Hotel, The Musical."
1955 Deb Star.
Shares a birthday with her two-time Broadway co-star Karen Akers from Nine and Grand Hotel.
