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- Birth nameYvette Marcelle Baheux
- Betty Mars was born on July 30, 1944 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Emilienne & Nicole (1975), Bons baisers... à lundi (1974) and Second Chance (1976). She died on February 20, 1989 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Reportedly beset by emotional and financial problems, Mars jumped from a window of her flat in La Défense on 31 January 1989. She died three weeks later, on 20 February in the Foch Hospital at Suresnes.
- In 1972, Mars was chosen to sing the Botton-penned "Comé-comédie" as the French representative in the 17th Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 25 March in Edinburgh. "Comé-comédie" is an unmistakably French chanson-style song, which finished in 11th place of 18 entries.
- Mars was the youngest of ten children.
- Into the 1980s, Mars tended to drift out of sight as fashions changed and her performance style fell out of favour.
- She was a French singer and actress, best known for her participation in the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest.
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