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Sylvie Vartan‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1944-08-15

Popularity

star1.9

Sylvie Vartan

Iskretz, Bulgaria

Sylvie Vartan

Iskretz, Bulgaria

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1944-08-15

Popularity

star1.9

Biography

Sylvie Vartan (born Sylvie Georges Vartanian; 15 August 1944) is a Armenian-Bulgarian-French singer and actress. She is known as one of the most productive and tough-sounding yé-yé artists. Her performances often featured elaborate show-dance choreography, and she made many appearances on French and Italian TV. With 50 million records and CD's sold worldwide, 2000 magazine covers (number one French female artist before Bardot and Deneuve) and being the number one French female singer with concerts and audience worldwide, Sylvie Vartan is considered a true Legend and icon. Yearly shows with then-husband Johnny Hallyday attracted full houses at the Olympia and the Palais des congrès de Paris throughout the 1960s and mid-1970s. In 2004, after a break in performances, she began recording and giving concerts of jazz ballads in francophone countries. Sylvie Vartan was born in Iskrets, Sofia Province, in the then Kingdom of Bulgaria. Her father, Georges Vartanian (1912—1970), was born in France to a Bulgarian mother named Slavka and an Armenian father. He worked as an attaché at the French embassy in Sofia. The family shortened the name Vartanian to Vartan. Her mother, Ilona (née Mayer 1914–2007), daughter of prominent architect Rudolf Mayer, was of Hungarian-Jewish descent. When the Soviet Army invaded Bulgaria in September 1944, the Vartanian family house was nationalised and they moved to Sofia. In 1952, a friend of Sylvie's father, film director Dako Dakovski, offered her the role of a schoolgirl in the movie Pod igoto, a film about Bulgarian rebels against the Ottoman occupation. Participating in the film made her dream of becoming an entertainer come true. The hardships of postwar Bulgaria made the family emigrate to Paris in December 1952. At first they stayed in the Lion d'Argent hotel near Les Halles, where Georges found a job, then for the next four years they stayed in a single room at the Angleterre Hotel. Young Sylvie had to work hard to keep up at school and blend in with her schoolmates. She spent two years learning French. In 1960, her family moved to an apartment in Michel Bizot Avenue. Thanks to the influence of her music producer brother Eddie, music became teenage Sylvie's main interest. Her most influential genres were jazz and, out of spite toward her strict high school, rock 'n' roll. Her favourite artists included Brenda Lee, Bill Haley, and Elvis Presley. In 1961, Eddie offered Sylvie the chance to record the song "Panne d'essence" with French rocker Frankie Jordan. The Decca Records EP was a surprise hit. Although she was not credited on the sleeve, "Panne d'essence" provided Vartan her first appearance on French television. The journalists gave her the nickname la collégienne du twist. After the "twisting schoolgirl" had finished the Victor Hugo High School, she was free to sign a contract with Decca Records to start recording her own EP; carrying the title song "Quand le film est triste", a cover of Sue Thompson's "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)", the EP was on sale by the beginning of December 1961. ... Source: Article "Sylvie Vartan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movie Credits

Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge

Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge‌
star5.0
calendar 1962

Roger Kasparian, l'oeil des 60's

Roger Kasparian, l'oeil des 60's‌
star8.0
calendar 2014

Malpertuis

Malpertuis‌
star6.4
calendar 1971

Rare and Unseen: The Beatles

Rare and Unseen: The Beatles‌
star6.0
calendar 2008

Where Are You From, Johnny?

Where Are You From, Johnny?‌
star5.3
calendar 1963

The Black Angel

The Black Angel‌
star5.6
calendar 1994

Carlos Numéro 1

Carlos Numéro 1‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan

Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan‌
star0.0
calendar 2025

Sylvie Vartan : le récital

Sylvie Vartan : le récital‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

Michel Sardou une vie en chantant

Michel Sardou une vie en chantant‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

L'Âge d'or de la pub

L'Âge d'or de la pub‌
star6.5
calendar 2023

Johnny Hallyday : Tour 66 - Stade de France

Johnny Hallyday : Tour 66 - Stade de France‌
star9.5
calendar 2009

Friends of the family

Friends of the family‌
star4.8
calendar 1964

Repeated Absences

Repeated Absences‌
star4.5
calendar 1972

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président‌
star7.2
calendar 2022

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là‌
star7.5
calendar 2022

J'ai tout donné

J'ai tout donné‌
star8.0
calendar 1972

Sunset People

Sunset People‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Johnny Hallyday : Parc des Princes 93

Johnny Hallyday : Parc des Princes 93‌
star7.8
calendar 1993

Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas

Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

L'Amour, la mort, les fringues

L'Amour, la mort, les fringues‌
star7.0
calendar 2011

Cherchez l'idole

Cherchez l'idole‌
star6.2
calendar 1964

L’ange et la femme: le cinéma de Jean-Claude Brisseau

L’ange et la femme: le cinéma de Jean-Claude Brisseau‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

It Happened in Saint-Tropez

It Happened in Saint-Tropez‌
star5.4
calendar 2013

The Ponies

The Ponies‌
star5.0
calendar 1967

Just for Fun

Just for Fun‌
star3.7
calendar 1963

Mausolée pour une garce

Mausolée pour une garce‌
star2.0
calendar 2001

Tv Credits

Europarty

Europarty‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

Numéro un

Numéro un‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

C à vous

C à vous‌
star4.0
calendar 2009

The Big Show

The Big Show‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Victoires de la musique

Victoires de la musique‌
star2.0
calendar 1985

Le monde est à vous

Le monde est à vous‌
star0.0
calendar 1987

Klimbim

Klimbim‌
star6.5
calendar 1973

Baden-Badener Roulette

Baden-Badener Roulette‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

La Boîte à secrets

La Boîte à secrets‌
star0.0
calendar 2019

The secret song

The secret song‌
star8.0
calendar 2018

Archives secrètes

Archives secrètes‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

Bio’s Bahnhof

Bio’s Bahnhof‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

À bout portant

À bout portant‌
star8.0
calendar 1968

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier‌
star8.0
calendar 1972

Cadet Rousselle

Cadet Rousselle‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Dim Dam Dom

Dim Dam Dom‌
star6.0
calendar 1965

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Numéro un

Numéro un‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Midi trente

Midi trente‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Numéro un

Numéro un‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées‌
star6.2
calendar 1982

Midi Première

Midi Première‌
star10.0
calendar 1975

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées‌
star6.6
calendar 2022

Fan School

Fan School‌
star6.5
calendar 1977

Die verflixte 7

Die verflixte 7‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Star Academy

Star Academy‌
star6.4
calendar 2001

Discorama

Discorama‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche‌
star3.2
calendar 1998

Stars 90

Stars 90‌
star6.2
calendar 1990

30 millions d'amis

30 millions d'amis‌
star5.8
calendar 1976

Samedi soir

Samedi soir‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

Système 2

Système 2‌
star0.0
calendar 1975