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HARDY, Francoise

(b 17 Jan. '44, Paris) French singer, actress, model. Signed by Vogue '60; "Tous Les Gar‡ons et les Filles' ("All The Boys And Girls'; Italian title "Quella della mia eta') was international hit '62; by '66 she was the biggest-selling French singer. She also wrote songs, played guitar, spoke several languages and was a trendsetter in Continental fashion, one of the first stars to wear her hair long and straight; she appeared in several of Roger Vadim's films; her first US production was Grand Prix '66.