Claudine Longet

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6 Apr 2005, 08:58

Who is she?

7 Jun 2005, 23:56

Originally from France, Claudine Longet was a Las Vegas showgirl when crooner Andy Williams discovered her. In her few TV and film appearances, she was typecast as the innocently foxy mademoiselle. Given a contract by A&M Records, she recorded mostly soft covers of songs by popular rock groups. It wasn't until after she'd left Williams, however, that she really got famous. In 1976 she shot and killed champion skier Vladimir "Spider" Sabich, her long-time boyfriend. After a highly publicized murder trial, Longet was convicted of criminal negligence and sentenced to 30 days in jail.

8 Jun 2005, 00:01

Shot bru, do you like her?

8 Jun 2005, 00:07

When it's the 3am come down I do

8 Jun 2005, 14:17

|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Who is she?

Eh? :scratch: I thought you knew who she was.

8 Jun 2005, 14:19

And why are we discussing her on the board? Something about freaky celebrity deaths, eh? :confused2:

Okay, who was Fatty Arbuckle then? :evil4:

8 Jun 2005, 14:24

Taboo # 7 wrote:

Okay, who was Fatty Arbuckle then?

Let's talk about that one over a bottle of wine.......... :ignore: nevermind......now that was a sad story. (I've got a copy of Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon, that's how I know).

8 Jun 2005, 14:37

[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote:

Taboo # 7 wrote:

Okay, who was Fatty Arbuckle then?

Let's talk about that one over a bottle of wine.......... nevermind......now that was a sad story. (I've got a copy of Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon, that's how I know).

I've always heard it either as absolute truth (in which case it is horrifying) or as a fabrication of the prosecution (in which case a man's career was ruined because of it). I'm not sure what to believe, really.

Oh, and there was the case of Buster Keaton's child smuggling racket :evil4: (only kidding)

8 Jun 2005, 18:13

Yeah, Arbuckle got in deep shit for that hooker incident. Oh well, that's show biz. It also lead to changes in the movie rating system.

9 Jun 2005, 00:49

[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote:

|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: Who is she?

Eh? I thought you knew who she was.

Well yeah, but it was a confused story.

And I appreciate everybody's help.

Anyway, thanks for the letter, Alan, it was interesting to read indeed.