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Dame Cleo Laine is an English jazz and pop singer and an actress, known for her scat singing and for her vocal range. Though her natural range is that of a contralto, she is able to produce a G above high C, giving her an overall compass of well over three octaves. Laine is the only female performer to have received Grammy nominations in the jazz, popular and classical music categories. She is the widow of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth.
Birth Name
Clementina Dinah Campbell
Born
Friday, 28 October 1927
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
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| Ronnie's | Self | 2020 |
| Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things | Self | 2019 |
| Portrait Artist of the Year | Self - Sitter | 2013 |
| The Many Faces of... | Gwen | 2009 |
| Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me | Self | 2009 |
| Jazz Britannia | Self | 2005 |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | Herself (as Dame Cleo Laine) | 2004 |
| I Love Muppets | Herself / Self | 2002 |
| The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Gwen | 2000 |
| Tell Me the Truth About Love | Self | 2000 |
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