| Intro | French-Algerian singer | |||
| A.K.A. | Eliane Sarfati | |||
| Was | Singer | |||
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France Algeria |
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| Type | Music | |||
| Gender | female | |||
| Birth | 1926, Algiers, Algeria | |||
| Death |
19 August 2003, Paris, France (aged 77 years) |
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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.