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Cleo Laine

Age

Birthday

Oct. 28th, 1927

Born in

Middlesex, England, UK

Height

Cleo Laine's Main TV Roles

Show Name

Characters Played

Ep Count

This Is Your Life (UK) (1955)

Herself

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Mother of actress and singer Jaqueline Dankworth.
Awarded the honor of Dame in 1997
Jazz, scat singer.
Mother of 'Jacqui Dankworth' (qv)
Mother of 'Alec Dankworth' (qv)
Was nominated for Broadway's 1986 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for "The Mystery of Edwin Drood."
She took her professional name from the character "Clio Dulaine" in Edna Ferber's novel "Saratoga Trunk". Years later, she was to star in the 1971 London stage revival of "Show Boat", which is based on the novel of the same name by Edna Ferber.
Laine is the only singer ever to have been Grammy-nominated in the popular, classical and jazz categories.

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