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Claudine Georgette Longet was born on January 29, 1942 in Paris, France, and rose to fame as a singer and actress in the United States after marrying television star Andy Williams in 1961. She became a regular presence on The Andy Williams Show and released a series of successful pop albums in the mid‑1960s, including her gold‑certified debut, Claudine.

Longet appeared in television series such as McHale's Navy, The Andy Williams Show, and various adventure dramas, and she co‑starred with Peter Sellers in Blake Edwards' 1968 comedy The Party, where she performed the song “Nothing to Lose.” Her recordings of bossa nova standards like “Meditation” and “Love Is Blue” earned her chart success on the Billboard pop and adult‑contemporary lists.

In 1975, Longet was convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the shooting death of her boyfriend, Olympic skier Spider Sabich, and thereafter withdrew from public life. She remained largely out of the spotlight until her death on May 14, 2026, at the age of 84.