Cleo Laine

Dame
Cleo Laine
DBE
Dame Cleo Laine DBE
	Laine in 1997
Background information
Birth name	Clementine Dinah Hitching
Born	28 October 1927 (age 97); Southall, Middlesex, England
Genres	Jazz; pop;
Occupations	Singer; actress;
Years active	1950s–2018
Spouses	; George Langridge (m. 1946; div. 1957) ; Sir John Dankworth (m. 1958; died 2010)

Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth DBE (born Clementine Dinah Hitching; 28 October 1927) is an English singer and actress known for her scat singing.^[1] She is the widow of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth and the mother of bassist Alec Dankworth and singer Jacqui Dankworth.

^ Rees, Jasper (29 April 2018). "Cleo Laine on growing up with jazz, duetting with Sinatra and why she's still singing at 90". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

[Rees-1] Rees, Jasper (29 April 2018). "Cleo Laine on growing up with jazz, duetting with Sinatra and why she's still singing at 90". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

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