a look back at the life of Chantal Goya, icon of eternal youth

Timeless, Chantal Goya celebrates her 80th birthday on Friday June 10. An artist who keeps the look of an eternal young girl, as for her first appearance on television at the time of the yé-yé, in December 1964. She could have made a career in the cinema, but preferred to enchant generations of children .

The pretty Chantal Goya was one of the faces of the new wave. She made six films, starting with Jean-Luc Godard’s Male Female, released in 1966. Chantal Goya even refused to shoot a film with Alfred Hitchcock, because she was pregnant. Mother of two children, the promising actress quickly said goodbye to the cinema to become the star of the schoolyards. Chantal Goya and the children is an endless love story. The shows written by her husband, Jean-Jacques Debout, still fill huge halls today. We review our classics with the family. The artist has sold 40 million records, without ever changing his style.