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French-Algerian singer
A.K.A.
Eliane Sarfati
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
1926(Algiers, Algeria)
Death:
19 August 2003(Paris, France)
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The details
Biography
Line Monty, also known by her stage name Leïla Fateh (1926 in Algiers – 12 December 2003 in Paris), was a Jewish Algerian singer. She first appeared on a short movie by Alberto Spadolini Nous, les Gitanes in 1950. In 1952 she started recording on Pathé Marconi's behalf.
She gained the Prix Edith Piaf and won the Prix d'Olympia.
A collection of her recordings of Arabic and French songs was released as Trésors de la chanson Judéo-Arabe - Line Monty in France in the early 1990s.