Françoise Madeleine Hardy is a French former singer and songwriter. Mainly known for singing melancholic sentimental ballads, Hardy has been an important figure in French pop music since her debut, spanning a career of more than fifty years with over thirty studio albums released.
Françoise Hardy parents: Meet Pierre Dillard, Madeleine Hardy
Françoise Hardy was born to Madeleine Hardy and Pierre Dillard. Her mother came from an ordinary background and raised Françoise and her younger sister Michèle—born eighteen months after her—as a single parent.
Her father Étienne Dillard—a married man who came from a much wealthier family—did little to help them financially and was largely an absent figure in their upbringing, only visiting the children a couple of times a year
Hardy had an unhappy and troubled childhood, and mainly engaged in solitary activities like reading, playing with dolls or listening to the radio
Her mother raised her and her sisters strictly, and in a modest apartment on the 9th arrondissement’s Rue d’Aumale street.
