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Sylvie Vartan (born Sylvie Georges Vartanian; 1944) is a Bulgarian-French singer and actress. Vartan was born in Iskrets, Sofia Province, then Kingdom of Bulgaria. Her father, Georges Vartanian, was born in France to an Armenian father and a Bulgarian mother. Sylvie Vartan 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.