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- GeburtsnameShirley Veronica Bassey
- Größe1,60 m
- Shirley Bassey wurde am 8 Januar 1937 in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales, UK geboren. Sie ist Schauspielerin und Komponistin, bekannt für Moonraker - Streng geheim (1979), James Bond 007 - Diamantenfieber (1971) und Goldfinger (1964). Sie war mit Sergio Novak und Kenneth Hume verheiratet.
- EhepartnerSergio Novak(12. August 1968 - 1977) (geschieden, 1 Kind)Kenneth Hume(Juni 1961 - 25. Februar 1965) (geschieden)
- Kinder
- VerwandteNathan Barton(Grandchild)Sebastian Barton(Grandchild)Luke Barton(Grandchild)
- Her surprise performance of "Goldfinger" at the 85th Annual Academy Awards, commemorating 50 years of James Bond films, brought the house down. Bassey received a two-minute standing ovation following her performance, more than any other performer that evening.
- Her son, Mark, is her niece's biological son. She and her second husband adopted him in 1971. She also has two daughters with fathers she refuses to name. She has four grandsons through her surviving daughter Sharon.
- Daughter Samantha was born in 1963. She drowned in 1985, after falling into the River Avon from The Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol. Bassey has always maintained that her daughter did not commit suicide.
- Her father was Nigerian; she never knew him. Her mother came from New Marske, North Yorkshire.
- Her favorite songs are "Fever" by Peggy Lee, "The Wonder of You" by Elvis Presley, "Back to Black" by Amy Winehouse, "Have I Told You Lately" by Rod Stewart, "Night Fever" by The Bee Gees, "I've Got You Under My Skin" by Frank Sinatra, "We Don't Need Another Hero" by Tina Turner, "The Man That Got Away" by Judy Garland and "All By Myself" by Céline Dion.
- [on being awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the the British Empire] I was asleep and my manager came to wake me up because we were going out that night. I didn't feel like getting up and I said. "Go away, let me sleep". Just as I was going back to sleep he said, "You wouldn't get up even for Damehood?" I had to keep quiet for seven weeks. I nearly had a nervous breakdown. I was afraid to go out in case I told someone - my social life was nil.
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