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Shirley Bassey

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Butetown, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, 1937-01-08

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	The Bing Crosby Show	Self	20
2	1980	Shirley Bassey: A Special Lady	Self	0
3	1985	Shirley Bassey - You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet	Shirley Bassey	70
4	1995	An Audience with Shirley Bassey	Self	0
5	1995	The World of James Bond		60
6	1996	La Passione	Herself	100
7	2000	The Bond Sound: The Music of 007	Self	65
8	2000	Shirley Bassey: Divas Are Forever	Herself	60
9	2001	An Audience with Des O'Connor		0
10	2002	Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace	Self	63
11	2006	Another Audience with Shirley Bassey		0
12	2009	Dame Shirley Bassey: BBC Electric Proms	self	80
13	2009	Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall	Self	0
14	2010	…Sings Neil Diamond	Self (archive footage)	0
15	2011	Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	0
16	2012	…Sings Musicals	Self (archive footage)	70
17	2012	The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012	Self - Performer	82
18	2012	Everything or Nothing	Self (archive footage)	71
19	2014	More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On	Self - Performer	0
20	2016	David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey	Dame Shirley Bassey	0
21	2021	St David's Day at the BBC	Self	0
22	2021	The Art of Dissent	Self - Subject (archive footage)	0
23	2022	The Sound of 007	Self (archive footage)	70
24	2022	The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall	self	58
25	2024	60 Songs: BBC Two at 60	Self (archive footage)	80
26	2024	I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1961	Morecambe & Wise	Self	65
3	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	54
4	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Hostess	54
5	1963	Viña del Mar International Song Festival	Self - Musical Guest	47
6	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self	63
7	1967	Europarty	Self	0
8	1968	Night-Club	Self	0
9	1969	Wünsch dir was	Self	0
10	1971	Disco	Self	0
11	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self - Main Guest	80
12	1972	Ein Kessel Buntes	Self - Musician	18
13	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
14	1976	The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star	80
15	1976	Shirley Bassey		0
16	1977	Auf los geht's los	Self	0
17	1978	An Audience with...	Self	53
18	1981	Summertime Special		0
19	1983	Bei Bio	Self	0
20	1998	Parkinson	Self	0
21	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72