1. Claudine Longet was born on January 29,1942 and is a Franco-American singer, actress, dancer, and recording artist popular during the 1960s and 1970s.
22 Facts About Claudine Longet
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Claudine Longet has maintained a private profile since 1977, following her conviction for negligent homicide in connection with the shooting death of her boyfriend, former Olympic skier Spider Sabich.
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Claudine Longet acted in the 1964 theatrical feature film of the same title.
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Claudine Longet was cast as Sharhri Javid in the 1965 episode "The Silent Dissuaders" of the NBC education drama series, Mr Novak, starring James Franciscus.
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Claudine Longet appeared many times on The Andy Williams Show series and specials.
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Claudine Longet occasionally appeared as a singer on other variety and music programs, including those of singers Bobby Darin and Tom Jones.
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Claudine Longet guest-starred in the season-one finale of the series Run for Your Life starring Ben Gazzara.
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In 1968, Claudine Longet co-starred with Peter Sellers in The Party, a box-office hit that Blake Edwards wrote, produced, and directed.
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Claudine Longet sang the Henry Mancini and Don Black song "Nothing to Lose" in the film.
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Claudine Longet released singles and two albums for Barnaby: We've Only Just Begun in 1971 and Let's Spend the Night Together in 1972.
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Claudine Longet recorded songs for a projected third album for Barnaby that went unreleased.
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Many of the songs for the planned third album appeared on the 1993 CD titled Sugar Me, after the Lynsey de Paul song that Claudine Longet recorded in the early 1970s, but the masters for some of the other songs are missing and presumed lost.
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Claudine Longet has enjoyed success on the music popularity charts.
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Claudine Longet became a RIAA-certified gold album, selling more than 500,000 copies.
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Claudine Longet had hit singles in America on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
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Claudine Longet remains popular in Japan, where all of her original albums were reissued on CD.
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Claudine Longet was having trouble with her car and had pulled over to the side of the road.
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The front page of the 9 June 1968 edition of the Washington Post featured a large photograph of Ted Kennedy and Claudine Longet standing together on the rear platform as the train passed through North Philadelphia.
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Claudine Longet was arrested and charged with fatally shooting her boyfriend, Olympic skier Vladimir "Spider" Sabich, at his home in Aspen, Colorado, on 21 March 1976.
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At her trial, Claudine Longet claimed the gun accidentally discharged as Sabich was showing her how it worked.
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The trial judge, George E Lohr, allowed Longet to choose the days to be served, believing this arrangement would allow her to spend time with her children.
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Claudine Longet decided to serve most of her sentence on weekends.