Shirley Bassey
Age: 87 | From: Butetown, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Person Details
Birthday: 1937-01-08 12:15:29
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Butetown, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 24
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Le Grand Échiquier
(1972) Self - Main Guest
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
(1963) Self - Musical Guest
A Kettle of Colour
(1972) Self - Musician
Auf los geht's los
(1977) Self
The Sound of 007
(2022) Self (archive footage)
Europarty
(1967) Self
Everything or Nothing
(2012) Self (archive footage)
Wünsch dir was
(1969) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2021 | Self - Subject (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| 2016 | Dame Shirley Bassey | |
| 2014 | Performer | |
| 2012 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2010 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2009 | Herself | |
| self | ||
| 2007 | Self | |
| 2006 | N/A | |
| 2002 | Self | |
| 2000 | Herself | |
| Self | ||
| 1996 | Herself | |
| 1995 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| 1985 | Shirley Bassey | |
| 1983 | Self | |
| 1981 | N/A | |
| 1980 | Herself | |
| 1978 | Self | |
| 1977 | Self | |
| 1976 | N/A | |
| Self - Special Guest Star | ||
| 1975 | Self | |
| 1972 | Self - Musician | |
| Self - Main Guest | ||
| 1971 | Self | |
| 1969 | Self | |
| 1968 | self | |
| 1967 | Self | |
| 1963 | Self | |
| Self - Musical Guest | ||
| 1961 | Self - Co-Host | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1948 | Self | |
| Self - Singer / Sketch Actor | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Theme Song Performance | |
| 1979 | Theme Song Performance | |
| 1978 | Music | |
| 1971 | Theme Song Performance | |
| 1964 | Theme Song Performance | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
