Sylvie Vartan
Known for Acting · 68 credits
- Born
- 1944-08-15 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Iskretz, Bulgaria
- Also known as
- Sylvie Georges Vartanian
Biography
Sylvie Vartan (born Sylvie Georges Vartanian on 15 August 1944) is a Bulgarian-Armenian-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.
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.
Known For
TV Shows (36)
Quotidien
2016
as Self - Guest
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Le monde est à vous
1987
as Self
Numéro un
1975
as Self / Self - Host / Self (archive footage)
C à vous
2009
as Self / Self - Guest
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Discorama
1959
as Self
Star Academy
2001
as Self
Fan School
1977
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
Victoires de la musique
1985
as Self
The Apartment
2001
as Self - Guest
Système 2
1975
as Self
Stars 90
1990
as Self
30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self
On n'est pas couché
2006
as Self - Guest
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Dim Dam Dom
1965
as Self
Cadet Rousselle
1971
as Self
À bout portant
1968
as Self
Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde
1969
as Self
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978
as Self
The Big Show
1980
as Self
Europarty
1967
as Self
Klimbim
1973
as Self
La Boîte à secrets
2019
as Self
The Secret Song
2018
as Self
Archives secrètes
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Die verflixte 7
1984
as Self
Miss France
1986
as Self - Judge
Baden-Badener Roulette
1971
as Self
Movies (32)
Once Upon My Mother
2025
as Sylvie Vartan
It Happened in Saint-Tropez
2013
as Une people à Cannes soirée Melko
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Malpertuis
1972
as Bets
25 ans de Laurent Gerra à la radio
2025
as Self : Guest
Friends of the family
1964
as Alexa Rollo
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
2008
as Self
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962
as La chanteuse yéyé
Just for Fun
1963
as Self
Unknown Beauty: François Nars
2023
as Self
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Michel Sardou une vie en chantant
2021
as Self
The Black Angel
1994
as Stéphane Feuvrier
Cherchez l'idole
1964
as Sylvie Vartan
Repeated Absences
1972
as Une femme à la soirée mondaine
The Ponies
1967
as Sylvie Vartan
Johnny Hallyday : Parc des Princes 93
1993
as Self
Sylvie Vartan - Je tire ma révérence
2025
as Self
Sunset People
1984
as Self
Mausolée pour une garce
2001
as Agnès Taride
J'ai tout donné
1972
as Self
Sylvie Vartan, vous et moi
2025
as Self
Sylvie raconte Vartan
2015
as Self
Johnny Hallyday : Tour 66 - Stade de France
2009
as Self
Where Are You From, Johnny?
1963
as Gigi
Sylvie Vartan: Live in Las Vegas
1982
as Self
L’ange et la femme: le cinéma de Jean-Claude Brisseau
2008
as Self
Hallyday par David
2025
as Self
Carlos Numéro 1
1979
as Self
Roger Kasparian, l'oeil des 60's
2014
as Self
Sylvie Vartan : le récital
2021
as Self
About Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan (born Sylvie Georges Vartanian on 15 August 1944) is a Bulgarian-Armenian-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. 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 concert… With 68 credits spanning from 1959 to 2025, Sylvie Vartan has appeared in 32 films and 36 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sylvie Vartan Movies
- Once Upon My Mother (2025) — as Sylvie Vartan
- It Happened in Saint-Tropez (2013) — as Une people à Cannes soirée Melko
- L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023) — as Self (archive footage)
- Malpertuis (1972) — as Bets
- 25 ans de Laurent Gerra à la radio (2025) — as Self : Guest
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