Dani

Short Biography

Dani was born on November 24, 1944 in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France as Danièle Graule. She is an actress, known for Day for Night (1973), Love on the Run (1979) and Avenue Montaigne (2006).Trivia (1) Was chosen to represent France at The Eurovision Song Contest (1974), but had to withdraw because President Georges Pompidou died in the week of the competition (1974).Danièle Graule (Castres, 1 October 1944), known as Dani is a French actress and singer.In 1966 she was contracted to Pathé-Marconi and released her first single Garçon manqué. In 1968 Papa vient d'épouser la bonne sold a million copies and was a major hit. Dani was meant to have been France's Eurovision Song Contest 1974 entry with the song "La Vie à 25 ans", but President Georges Pompidou died in the week of the competition, so she never entered Eurovision properly. Her only English language record release to date is "That Old Familiar Feeling", which has the same music as "La Vie à 25 ans" but with English lyrics by British singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul.In cinema, she has played the script-girl Liliane in François Truffaut's Day for Night and in the last Antoine Doinel-adventure Love on the Run a short-time-affair of Antoine, Christine's friend Liliane.