Dame Cleo Laine

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Dame Cleo Laine is a renowned British jazz and pop singer and actress, celebrated for her extraordinary vocal range and pioneering contributions to jazz singing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
actress
human
jazz singer
activeYearsStart 1950s
awardReceived DBE NERFINISHED
Grammy Award
OBE NERFINISHED
Tony Award nomination
birthName Clementine Dinah Bullock NERFINISHED
child Jacqui Dankworth NERFINISHED
coFounderOf The Stables theatre, Wavendon NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1927-10-28
educatedAt Board School, Southall NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Afro-Caribbean descent
father Alexander Sylvanus Bullock NERFINISHED
genre jazz
pop
vocal jazz
hasWebsite https://www.cleolainesite.com/
honorificPrefix Dame NERFINISHED
languageOfPerformance English
marriageEnd 2010
marriageStart 1958
mother Minnie Bullock NERFINISHED
name Cleo Laine NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableFeature ability to scat sing
four-octave vocal range
notableFor extraordinary vocal range
pioneering contributions to jazz singing
notableWork Cleo at Carnegie: The 10th Anniversary Concert NERFINISHED
Porgy and Bess (recording with John Dankworth) NERFINISHED
Shakespeare and All That Jazz NERFINISHED
occupation actress
singer
performedAt Broadway NERFINISHED
Carnegie Hall NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Southall, Middlesex, England NERFINISHED
recordLabel CBS Records NERFINISHED
EMI
RCA Records
residence Wavendon, Buckinghamshire, England NERFINISHED
spouse John Dankworth NERFINISHED
voiceType contralto

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Sir John Dankworth spouse Dame Cleo Laine
Sir John Dankworth notableCollaboration Dame Cleo Laine
this entity surface form: Cleo Laine
Send in the Clowns hasNotableCoverArtist Dame Cleo Laine
this entity surface form: Cleo Laine