Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1937-01-08 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Butetown, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Also known As
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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 eve...
1996
as Herself
2021
as Self
2000
as Herself
2021
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
1995
2009
2022
as Self (archive footage)
2012
as Self (archive footage)
2011
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012
as Self (archive footage)
2010
as Self (archive footage)
1985
as Shirley Bassey
2016
as Dame Shirley Bassey
1961
as Self
1980
2014
as Self - Performer
2009
2000
2012
as Self - Performer
2024
as Self (archive footage)
2025
as Self (archive footage)
2012
as Theme Song Performance
1964
as Theme Song Performance
1978
1979
as Theme Song Performance
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