Overview

• Croisille died on June 4, 2025 in Paris after a long illness, her agent Jacques Metges announced.
• She built a versatile career spanning music, dance, film and theatre, continuing to perform into her 80s.
• Her duet on the 1966 film A Man and a Woman, featuring the “chabadabada” refrain, became the first French single to earn gold certification in the US.
• She released acclaimed albums such as Jazzille in 1987 and Bossa d’hiver in 2008 and published her autobiography Je n’ai pas vu passer le temps in 2006.
• Director Claude Lelouch praised her improvisational talent and said he felt “widowed” by her passing.