Basic Information About Johnny Hallyday
Category | Celebrities βΊ Singers |
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Professions | Singer, Actor, Composer |
Net worth | $200,000,000 |
Date of birth | 1943-06-15 |
Place of birth | France |
Date of death | 2017-12-06 (aged 74) |
Nationality | France |
Spouse | Laeticia Hallyday - (25 MarchΒ 1996 - 5 DecemberΒ 2017)Β (his death)Β (2 children) Adeline Blondieau - (9 JulyΒ 1990 - 11 JuneΒ 1992)Β (divorced) Elisabeth Etienne - (1 DecemberΒ 1981 - 3 FebruaryΒ 1982)Β (divorced) Sylvie Vartan - (12 AprilΒ 1965 - 5 NovemberΒ 1980)Β (divorced)Β (1 child) |
Gender | Male |
Height | 6 ft (1.85 m) |
Social Media | βοΈ Wikipedia βοΈ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Johnny Hallyday win?
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Johnny Hallyday roles
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Rock'n Roll | Johnny |
The Pink Panther 2 | Milliken |
Interesting Facts about Johnny Hallyday
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their very first gig as support for the French heartthrob at the Paris Olympia in October 1966.
- Born at 1:00pm-BDS T
- Father of David Hallyday with Sylvie Vartan.
- Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).
- Father of Laura Smet with Nathalie Baye.
- Adopted two Vietnamese babies named Jade Odette DΓ©sirΓ©e (b. August 3rd 2004) and Joy (b. July 27th 2008), with wife Laeticia.
- Shares birthday with soccer player Oliver Kahn, actors Ice Cube and Guy Bedos.
- Longtime companion of actress Nathalie Baye from 1982 to 1986.
- His stage name was borrowed from his cousin's friend, Lee Hallyday.
- Was raised by his paternal aunt, Hélène Mar.
- Born to a French mother, Huguette Clerc, and a Belgian father, Leon Smet, he became naturalized citizen of France in 1961. In 2006, he started a procedure to receive Belgian citizenship.
- Selling over 100 million records in France alone and having 33 number 1 hit singles, he is considered the French equivalent of Elvis Presley.
- Dedicated his song "Laura", composed by Jean-Jacques Goldman, to his daughter Laura Smet (1986).
- A popular singing duo with first wife Sylvie Vartan, they recorded a smash duet, "J'ai un Problème," that became one of France's biggest hits in the early 70s.
- A Legion of Honor medal by French President Jacques Chirac was presented to him in 1997, and the following year he gave spectacular concerts to close the World Cup soccer tournament and commemorate France's first championship.
- Appeared on Ed Sullivan's TV show on July 1, 1962 with American singing star Connie Francis in a show that was taped at the famous Moulin Rouge nightclub in Paris.
- Son David Hallyday (later a singer in his own right) was born in August 1966; not long after, a deeply depressed Hallyday attempted suicide as his rock-and-roll career began to flounder after the British invasion and the rise of politically motivated folk music. After his recovery, he issued the despairing single "Noir, C'est Noir" as a commentary on his near-tragedy.
- Uncle of Michael Vartan, by marriage with his ex-wife, Sylvie Vartan.
- Very good friends with Mathilde Seigner.
- Ex-father-in-law of Estelle LefΓ©bure.
References & Fact Checks β
- 1/ Filename: performance-of-johnny-hallyday-1963-08-771huh9B.jpg
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Performance_of_Johnny_Hallyday,_1963_-_08.jpg
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Show van Johnny Hallyday, Noord-Hollands Archief, collectie Fotopersbureau De Boer, NL-HlmNHA_1478_00710K02_08 - Author: Fotopersbureau De Boer,
- Date taken: 31 March 1963
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Johnny_Hallyday_(1965)_by_Erling_Mandelmann.jpg
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photoΒ©ErlingMandelmann.ch - Author:
Erling Mandelmann Β (1935β2018)Β Β ΒDescription Danish photographer Date of birth/death 18 November 1935Β 14 January 2018Β Location of birth/death Copenhagen Nyon Authority file - Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
- Date taken: 1965
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sylvie_Vartan_(1966)_by_Erling_Mandelmann.jpg
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photoΒ©ErlingMandelmann.ch - Author:
Erling Mandelmann Β (1935β2018)Β Β ΒDescription Danish photographer Date of birth/death 18 November 1935Β 14 January 2018Β Location of birth/death Copenhagen Nyon Authority file - Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
- Date taken: 1966
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Laeticia_Hallyday_Cannes_2009.jpg
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Own work - Author: Georges Biard
- Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
- Date taken: 2009
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Barths_Lorient_Eglise_Cim%C3%A9ti%C3%A8re.JPG
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Own work - Author: William Ellison
- Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
- Date taken: 31 October 2012, 18:12:21