Line Monty, born as Éliane Serfati, also known by her stage name Leïla Fateh (1926 in

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– 19 August 2003 in

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), was a Jewish Algerian singer who sang in Arabic and French.

Career

She first appeared on a short movie by Alberto Spadolini ''Nous, les Gitanes'' in 1950.Line Monty - La Française qui chante si bien l'arabe
at jechantemagazine.net, retrieved May 10th 2019 In 1952 she started recording on Pathé Marconi's behalf. A collection of her recordings of

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and French songs was released as ''Trésors de la chanson Judéo-Arabe - Line Monty'' in France in the early 1990s.

Awards and honours

She gained the Prix Edith Piaf and won the Prix d'Olympia.Hélène Hazera, booklet of ''Trésor de la chanson Judéo-Arabe''

References

2003 deaths Algerian Jews Jewish singers 20th-century Algerian women singers Jewish women musicians Year of birth uncertain 21st-century Algerian people {{Africa-singer-stub