Meet Sylvie Vartan, the Most Famous French Woman You Don’t Know—Yet Inline

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    Photographed by Tony Kent, Vogue Paris, April 1973
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    With Françoise Hardy, at the Olympia, November 1963

    Paris, France: November 1963. Sylvie Vartan and Françoise Hardy, at the Olympia. © Lipnitzki / Roger-Viollet / The Image WorksMinimum fee apply NOTE: The copyright notice must include "The Image Works" DO NOT SHORTEN THE NAME OF THE COMPANY

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    With the Beatles at the Olympia, January 1964

    singer Sylvie Vartan as guest in the Beatles' concert (here with Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul Mac Cartney, George Harrison) at Olympia in Paris on january 16, 1964 © AGIP/RDA/Everett Collection (00010085)

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    On her wedding day, April 1965

    French pop singers Johnny Hallyday and Sylvie Vartan leave the church in the village of Loconville by a side gate after their wedding, to avoid crowds of fans. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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    At home, 1967

    France: 1967. Sylvie Vartan (born in 1944), French singer, at her place. Photograph by Georges Kelaidites (born in 1932). © Georges Kelaïditès / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works NOTE: The copyright notice must include "The Image Works" DO NOT SHORTEN THE NAME OF THE COMPANY

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    Vartan, with fellow Yé-yé girls Sheila and Françoise Hardy, August 1969

    FRANCE - : Johnny Hallyday in the sixties in France - Johnny Hallyday taking a picture of Sylvie Vartan, Sheila, Francoise Hardy in Saint Raphael , France, in August, 1969. (Photo by REPORTERS ASSOCIES/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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    In Saint Laurent, 1971

    Bulgarian-born French singer Sylvie Vartan performing in the TV show Come quando fuori piove. Milan, 1971 (Photo by Angelo Deligio\Mondadori Portfolio by Getty Images)

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    Performing at the Olympia in Saint Laurent with Carlos, September 1970

    First Of Sylvie Vartan At The Olympia. En France, ‡ Paris, le 22 septembre 1970, lors de son premier concert dans la salle de l'Olympia, Sylvie VARTAN, chanteuse, et CARLOS, chanteur, humoriste, portant un costume d'ours, sur scËne. (Photo by Jean-Claude Deutsch/Paris Match via Getty Images)

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    Performing at the Olympia in Saint Laurent, September 1972

    Sylvie Vartan: Her Show At The Olympia (Photo by JARNOUX Patrick/Paris Match via Getty Images)

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    Performing with Johnny Hallyday in matching diamond-studded denim by Saint Laurent, July 1973

    16 Jul 1973, Athens, Attica, Greece --- Bulgarian-born French singer Sylvie Vartan and her husband French singer and actor Johnny Hallyday on stage in Athens --- Image by © Henri Bureau/Sygma/Corbis

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    With son David, June 1974

    France, juin 1974.Jonny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan et leur fils David. (Photo by Francis Apesteguy/Getty Images)

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    Vartan in casual mode, 1977

    Close-up Of Sylvie Vartan. Dans l'Oise, dans sa propriÈtÈ de Loconville, portrait en extÈrieur de Sylvie VARTAN, vÍtue d'un maillot de footballeur amÈricain. (Photo by Jean-Claude Deutsch/Paris Match via Getty Images)