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Cleo Laine Biography (1927-)

Original name, Clementina Dinah Campbell; born October 28, 1927, in Southall,Middlesex, England; daughter of Alexander (a musician) and Minnie (maiden name, Bullock) Campbell; married George Langridge (a sailor), 1947 (divorced, 1957); married John Philip William Dankworth (a composer and musician), 1958;children: (first marriage) Stuart; (second marriage) Alexander, Jacqueline. Addresses: Office: The Old Rectory, Wavendon, Milton Keynes MK17 8LT, United Kingdom.

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Singer, actress

Birth Details

October 28, 1927

Southall, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Della, Flesh to a Tiger, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1958
• Mrs. Yajnavalkya, Valmouth, Saville Theatre, London, 1959
• Anna I, The Seven Deadly Sins, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland, thenSadler's Wells, London, 1961
• Laura Leeds, A Time to Laugh, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1962
• Cindy-Ella, or I Gotta Shoe, Garrick Theatre, London, 1962
• Title role, Lysistrata, Bath Festival, 1964
• Dusty, Sweeney Agonistes, 1965
• Andromache, The Trojan Women, Edinburgh Festival, 1966
• Hippolyta and Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Edinburgh Festival, then Saville Theatre, 1967
• Ellen Terry and Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Boots and Strawberry Jam, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, England, 1968
• Title role, Hedda Gabler, Canterbury, England, 1970
• Julie, Showboat, Adelphi Theatre, London, 1971
• Eve, Arena, Royal Albert Hall, London, 1971
• The Seven Deadly Sins, Detroit, MI, 1976
• Title role, Colette, Wavendon, 1979, then Comedy Theatre, London,1980
• (Broadway debut) Princess Puffer/Angela Prysock, The Mystery of EdwinDrood (also known as Drood), Delacorte Theatre, 1985, then Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1985-1986
• Waitin' in the Wings, Triplex, New York City, 1986
• Also appeared in A Little Night Music and The Merry Widow,both Michigan Opera Theatre, Detroit, MI; Little Mahagony, London; Lady in Waiting, Houston Ballet, TX; Noye's Fludde.
• Major Tours
• Witch, Into the Woods, U.S. cities, 1988-1989
• Also toured in No Love Lost, U.K. cities.
• Film Appearances
• (Uncredited) Urchin, The Thief of Baghdad, United Artists, 1940
• 6.5 Special (also known as Calling All Cars), 1958
• Singer, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (also known as The Widowand the Gigolo), Warner Bros., 1961
• Singer, The Third Alibi, 1961
• Nightclub singer, Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?, 1964
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Gwen, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, HBO and BBC, 2000
• Specials
• Cotton Club '75, NBC, 1974
• Herself, Joyce Grenfell 1910-1979, 1980
• The 59th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC, 1985
• The 40th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1986
• Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Show, CBS, 1987
• An Evening at Pops, PBS, 1987
• CBS' Happy New Year America 1987, CBS, 1987
• Nightclub singer, On the Town in Concert, 1993
• Herself, Great Love Songs, 1995
• Frank Sinatra: The Voice, Arts and Entertainment, 1998
• Princess Margaret: The Rebel Princess, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
• I Love Muppets, BBC, 2002
• Also appeared in Cleo Laine: Live at Wolftrap.
• Episodic
• Herself, "Cleo Laine," This Is Your Life, BBC, 1962
• The Muppet Show, 1977
• "Celebrating Gershwin" (also known as "The Jazz Age" and "S'Wonderful"),Great Performances, PBS, 1987
• Nightclub Singer, "On the Town in Concert," Great Performances, PBS, 1993
• Herself, The 11 O'Clock Show, 2000
• Also appeared as herself That Was the Week That Was (also known asTW3) BBC; in The Tonight Show; Merv Griffin Show; and Mike Douglas Show.
• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• Shakespeare and All That Jazz, 1964
• Facade, 1967
• I Am a Song, RCA, 1973
• That Old Feeling, 1985
• Cleo at Carnegie (The 10th Anniversary Concert), c. 1985
• Cleo Sings Sondheim, 1988
• Woman to Woman, 1989
• Jazz, 1991
• (With Mel Torme) Nothing without You, 1992
• Cleo's Choice, NIXA, 1993
• Cleo at the Carnegie: The Tenth Anniversary Concert, 1993
• Born on Friday, 1993
• A Beautiful Thing, 1994
• Blue and Sentimental, 1994
• (With John Dankworth) Solitude, 1997
• The Very Best of Cleo Laine, 1999
• A Quintessential Cleo, 2001
• Live in Manhattan, 2001
• Also recorded She's the Tops, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Cleo Laine: ThePlatinum Collection.
• WRITINGS
• Autobiography
• Cleo, Simon & Schuster, 1994

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Contemporary Musicians, Volume 10, Gale Research, 1993

Periodicals

• Down Beat, March, 1998, p. 14