Shirley Bassey
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1937-01-08 (88 years old)
Place of Birth Butetown, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Shirley Bassey
Biography
Shirley Bassey is a Welsh singer known for both her powerful operatic voice and for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films 'Goldfinger' (1964); 'Diamonds Are Forever' (1971) and 'Moonraker' (1979). Born on Bute Street in Butetown (also known as 'Tiger Bay') in the docklands area of Cardiff, she was was the sixth and youngest child of Henry Bassey, from Nigeria, and Eliza Jane Start, from the north-east of England, but grew up in the adjacent community of Splott. After leaving Splott Secondary Modern School at the age of 14, Bassey found work at the local Curran Steels factory, while singing in public houses and clubs in the evenings and on weekends. In 1953, she signed her first professional contract and went on to work for the impresario Jack Hylton. She recorded her first single in 1956.
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Actor
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
as Self
as Dame Shirley Bassey
as Performer
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Performer
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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as Herself
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as Herself
as Self
as Shirley Bassey
as Self
as Herself
as Self
as Self
as Self - Special Guest Star
as Self
as Self - Musician
as Self - Main Guest
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as self
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as Self - Musical Guest
as Self
as Self - Co-Host
as Self - Co-Hostess
as Self
Sound
as Theme Song Performance
as Theme Song Performance
as Theme Song Performance