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Françoise Madeleine Hardy (French: [f??~.swa?z a?.di\]; born 17 January 1944) is a French singer and actress.
Hardy is a popular figure in music and fashion.MusicHardy is mentioned in a poem by Bob Dylan, "Some other kinds of songs", which he wrote on the cover of his album Another Side of Bob Dylan, released in 1964.FilmsHardy appeared in the John Frankenheimer 1966 classic "Grand Prix" as the love interest of a young Ferrari driver.
In a scene from director John G.
Avildsen's film Save the Tiger (1973), Jack Lemmon's character Harry Stoner makes a reference to Hardy during a melancholy telephone call to his wife.
Her song "Tous les garçons et les filles" played during the British film Metroland (1997) and Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers (2003).
The French movie 8 Femmes (2002) features her song "Message Personnel" as sung by the French actress Isabelle Huppert.
Her recording of "Träume" plays during the end credits of François Ozon's Water Drops on Burning Rocks (Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes) (2000).
Her song "L'Amitié" is played during the end credits of Denys Arcand's movie The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003 (the main character had referenced her in an earlier scene in the movie).
Her recording of the song "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux", composed by Louis Aragon, is played in the Norwegian film Tatt av Kvinnen (2007).
In the award-winning Greek film Attenberg (2010), her song "Tous les garçons et les filles" is played and sung by the two main characters in a lament of adolescent longing and loneliness.
During a scene in Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom (2012), the characters Suzy and Sam dance to Hardy's "Le Temps de l'Amour".TelevisionHardy's song "Ce Petit Coeur", was featured in the Gilmore Girls episode "French Twist".
Her song "Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp" was also played in the television series La Femme Nikita's third season episode "Beyond the Pale" when Nikita pulls out an old record and plays the song.
"Le Temps de L'amour" appears in the movie Moonrise Kingdom, released in 2012.
FashionHardy's style influences Nicolas Ghesquière, former head of the couture house Balenciaga.Selected songs"Tous les garçons et les filles" (1962) – UK #36"J'suis d'accord" (1962)"Le temps de l'amour" (1962)"Le premier bonheur du jour" (1963)"L'amour s'en va" (1963)"Only friends / Ton meilleur ami" (1964)"Mon amie la rose" (1964)"Je n'attends plus personne" (1964)"Et même" (1964) – UK #31"All Over the World" ("Dans le monde entier") (1965) – UK #16"L'Amitié" (1965)Je Veux Qu'il Revienne/Only You Can Do It (1965)"La maison où j'ai grandi" (1966)"Voilà" (1967)"Comment te dire adieu?" (1968, lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg)"Fleur de lune" (1970)"Message personnel" (1973, lyrics by Michel Berger)"J'écoute de la musique saoûle" (1978)"Puisque vous partez en voyage" (2000)"Tant de belles choses" (2004)Selected discographyFrançoise Hardy (1962); in the USA also released as The Yeh-Yeh Girl from Paris! (1965)Françoise Hardy (Vogue FH 1, 1963)Françoise Hardy canta per voi in italiano (1963)Mon amie la rose (1964)Françoise Hardy (Vogue FH 3, 1965)Françoise Hardy in English (1966)La Maison où j'ai grandi (1966)Ma jeunesse fout le camp...
(1967)Comment te dire adieu? (1968)Françoise in Germany (1968)Françoise Hardy en Anglais (1969)Françoise (1970)Soleil (1970)One-Nine-Seven-Zero (1970)Träume (1970)La Question (1971)Et si je m'en vais avant toi (1972)If You Listen (1972)Message Personnel (1973)Entr'acte (1974)Star (1977)J'écoute de la musique saoûle (1978)Gin Tonic (1980)À Suivre (1981)Quelqu'un qui s'en va (1982)Décalages (1988)Le Danger (1996)Clair Obscur (2000)Tant de belles choses (2004)(Parenthèses...) (2006)La Pluie sans parapluie (2010)L'amour fou (2012)Message personnel (2013)Soundtracks"L'Amitié", in The Barbarian Invasions, Denys Arcand (2003)"Des ronds dans l'eau", in Remember Me, My Love, Gabriele Muccino (2003)"Tous les garçons et les filles", in The Dreamers, Bernardo Bertolucci (2003)"Tous les garçons et les filles", "Le Premier Bonheur du jour", in The Statement, Norman Jewison (2003)"All Over The World", in The Boat That Rocked, Richard Curtis (2009)"Le Temps de l'Amour", in Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson (2012)Selected filmographyChâteau en suède, directed by Roger Vadim (1963)What's New Pussycat?, directed by Clive Donner (1965, uncredited appearance in final scene)Une Balle au cœur, directed by Jean-Daniel Pollet (1965)Grand Prix, directed by John Frankenheimer (1966)