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