Acting credits
38
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Shirley Bassey
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 28Series: 15Crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 9917
IMDb ID: nm0060259
Known for: Acting
Born: January 8, 1937
Age: 89
Place of birth: Butetown, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2024
Years active: 77
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q234754
Other jobs
Theme Song Performance (3)Music (1)Songs (1)
Biography
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 evenings and on weekends. In 1953, she signed her first professional contract and went on to work for the impresario Jack Hylton. She recorded her first single in 1956.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Shirley Bassey.
as Self
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
2024 • Movie
as self
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
2022 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Sound of 007
2022 • Movie
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
The Art of Dissent
2021 • Movie
as Self
St David's Day at the BBC
2021 • Movie
as Self
David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey
2016 • Movie
as Self - Performer
More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On
2014 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Everything or Nothing
2012 • Movie
as Self - Performer
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012 • Movie
Theme Song Performance
Sir Billi
2012 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
…Sings Musicals
2012 • Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
…Sings Neil Diamond
2010 • Movie
as Self
Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall
2009 • Movie
as self
Dame Shirley Bassey: BBC Electric Proms
2009 • Movie
as Self
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002 • Movie
as Self
An Audience with Des O'Connor
2001 • Movie
as Self
Shirley Bassey: Divas Are Forever
2000 • Movie
as Self
The Bond Sound: The Music of 007
2000 • Movie
as Self
The World of James Bond
1995 • Movie
as Self
An Audience with Shirley Bassey
1995 • Movie
as Self
Shirley Bassey - You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet
1985 • Movie
as Self
Shirley Bassey: A Special Lady
1980 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Shirley Bassey.
as Self • 3 eps
The Graham Norton Show
2007 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Parkinson
1998 • Series
1 eps
Summertime Special
1981 • Series
as Self • 4 eps
An Audience with...
1978 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Auf los geht's los
1977 • Series
as Self - Special Guest Star • 1 eps
The Muppet Show
1976 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 • Series
as Self - Main Guest • 1 eps
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Disco
1971 • Series
Songs • 12 eps
Man's Struggle for Survival
1970 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 • Series
as Self - Musical Guest • 1 eps
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
1963 • Series
as Self - Co-Host • 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Morecambe & Wise
1961 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 • Series