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Cleo Laine
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dame Cleo Laine, Dame Clementine Dinah Laine, Clementine Dinah Laine, Lady Dankworth, Clementine Dinah Campbell, Clementine Dinah Hitching, Clementine Dinah Bullock, Clementine Dinah Langridge
English jazz singer and actress (1927–2025)
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- Cleo Laine
- Cleo Laine in concert
- Cleo Sings Sondheim
- You Can Sing If You Want To
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Middlesex, England, UK
Cleo Laine was a British jazz singer and actress known for her scat singing and vocal range.
Known for
- Sir John Dankworth at the BBC — self (introduction)2010
- In Confidence2010
- Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me — Self2009
- Legends — Self2006
- Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute — Self2002
- I Love Muppets — Self2002
- The Last of the Blonde Bombshells — Gwen2000
- On the Town — Night Club Singer1993
- Pebble Mill — Self1991
- Cleo Sings Sondheim — Self1988
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Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth DBE (born Clementina Dinah Campbell in Southall, Middlesex, on 28 October 1927; died 24 July 2025) was a jazz singer and an actor remembered for her scat singing (a form of vocal improvisation) and for being the only person to have received Grammy nominations in the jazz, popular and classical music awards. Among her many awards were a Lifetime Achievement Award from the U.S. recording industry in 1991, a Jazz Lifetime Achievement Silver Medal from the Worshipful
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Southall
- Place of death
- Wavendon
- Spouse
- John Dankworth
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- singing
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- quarternotes.com
- Image
- Cleo Laine.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- England
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- Cleo Laine
- date of birth
- 1927-10-28
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- married name
- Clementina Dinah Dankworth
- P12749
- Gila County
- ethnic group
- Black Britons
- date of death
- 2025-07-24
- end of work period
- 2018-00-00
- name in native language
- Cleo Laine
- birth name
- Clementine Dinah Bullock
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