Françoise Hardy

Françoise Hardy

Françoise Madeleine Hardy (17 January 1944 – 11 June 2024) was a French singer-songwriter who was known for singing melancholic, sentimental ballads. Hardy rose to prominence in the early 1960s as a leading figure in French yé-yé music and became a cultural icon in France and internationally. In addition to her native French, she also sang in English, Italian, and German. Her musical career spanned more than 50 years, with over 30 studio albums released. She also represented Monaco at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963. Born and raised in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, Hardy made her musical debut in 1962 on French label Disques Vogue and found immediate success through the song "Tous les garçons et les filles". Drifting away from her early rock and roll influences, she began to record in London in 1964, which allowed her to broaden her sound with albums such as Mon amie la rose, L'amitié, La maison où j'ai grandi, and Ma jeunesse fout le camp.... In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she released Comment te dire adieu, La question, and Message personnel. During this period, she worked with songwriters such as Serge Gainsbourg, Patrick Modiano, Michel Berger, and Catherine Lara. Between 1977 and 1988, she worked with producer Gabriel Yared on the albums Star, Musique saoûle, Gin Tonic, and À suivre. Her 1988 record Décalages was publicized as her final album, although she returned eight years later with Le danger, which reinvented her sound as harsher alternative rock. Her following albums of the 2000s — Clair-obscur, Tant de belles choses, and (Parenthèses...) — saw a return to her mellow style. In the 2010s, Hardy released her final three albums: La pluie sans parapluie, L'amour fou, and Personne d'autre. In addition to music, Hardy landed film roles as a supporting actress in Château en Suède, Une balle au cœur, and the American production Grand Prix. She became a muse for fashion designers such as André Courrèges, Yves Saint Laurent, and Paco Rabanne, and collaborated with photographer Jean-Marie Périer. Hardy developed a career as an astrologer, having written extensively on the subject from the 1970s onwards. She was also an author of fiction and non-fiction books from the 2000s. Her autobiography, Le désespoir des singes...et autres bagatelles, was a best-seller in France. As a public figure, Hardy was known for her shyness, disenchantment with celebrity life, and self-deprecatory attitude, which were attributed to her lifelong struggles with anxiety and insecurity. She married French singer-songwriter Jacques Dutronc in 1981. Their son, Thomas, also became a musician. Hardy remains one of the best-selling singers in French history and continues to be regarded as an important and influential figure in both French pop music and fashion. In 2006 she was awarded the Grande médaille de la chanson française, an honorary award given by the Académie française, in recognition of her career in music. Hardy died of cancer in Paris in June 2024, aged 80. ... Source: Article "Françoise Hardy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known For: Acting

Born: Paris, France, 1944-01-17

Died: 2024-06-11

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	Nutty, Naughty Chateau	Ophélie	52
2	1964	I ragazzi dell'Hully Gully	Self	80
3	1964	Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone	Self	17
4	1965	What's New Pussycat?	Mayor's Secretary	60
5	1965	High Pressure	Self	80
6	1966	A Bullet Through the Heart	Anna	60
7	1966	Masculin Féminin	American Officer's Wife (uncredited)	72
8	1966	Europa canta	Self - Singer	0
9	1966	Grand Prix	Lisa	72
10	1966	Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions	Self	0
11	1968	Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose	Self	60
12	1968	Françoise et Udo...	Françoise	60
13	1971	La Lucarne magique	Une vedette	0
14	1972	The Doves		45
15	1980	Émilie Jolie	La sorcière-princesse	57
16	2003	The Barbarian Invasions	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	71
17	2004	Bonjour la France	Self	0
18	2005	Tour d'Eurovision	Self	0
19	2009	Somebody Told Me About Carla Bruni	Self	0
20	2010	Gainsbourg and His Girls	Self - Singer (voice)	41
21	2016	The Discreet Françoise Hardy	Self	85
22	2016	Vadim Mister Cool	Self (archive footage)	62
23	2017	De Gaulle, the Last King of France	Self (archive footage)	80
24	2017	Dutronc, la vie malgré lui	Self	0
25	2019	Oh Les Filles!	Self	74
26	2019	La Génération Salut les copains	Self	80
27	2020	Françoise Hardy : tant de belles choses	Self	80
28	2021	Françoise Hardy, une icône	Self (archive footage)	77
29	2022	Sheila, toutes ces vies-là	Self (archive footage)	75

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1954	Reflets de Cannes	Self	20
2	1955	What Am I?	Self	65
3	1957	Aktuelle Schaubude	Self	60
4	1959	Discorama	Self	0
5	1964	Die Drehscheibe	Self	60
6	1965	Hör hin, schau zu!	Self	0
7	1965	Dim Dam Dom	Self	60
8	1965	Meine Melodie	Self	0
9	1967	Diamoci del tu	Self	80
10	1967	Europarty	Self	0
11	1968	Night-Club	Self	0
12	1971	Samedi soir	Self	60
13	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self	80
14	1972	Midi trente	Self	60
15	1975	Midi Première	Self	100
16	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
17	1975	Système 2	Self	0
18	1975	Numéro un	Self	60
19	1975	Numéro un	The star	60
20	1977	Fan School	Self	73
21	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
22	1985	Victoires de la musique	Self	20
23	1986	Ambitions	Self	40
24	1987	Nulle part ailleurs	Self	56
25	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self	65
26	1987	Lahaye d'honneur	Self	0
27	1995	Lo + plus	Self - Guest	0
28	1998	Vivement dimanche	Self	30
29	2001	Star Academy	Self	64
30	2006	On n'est pas couché	Self - Guest	52
31	2006	Salut les Terriens !	Self - Guest	35
32	2018	Rembob'Ina	Self	0
33	2021	Archives secrètes	Self (archive footage)	0

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