| Code | DS/UK/112 |
| Name | Bassey; Dame; Shirley (8 January 1937); DBE; Welsh singer |
| Variations of Name | Shirley Veronica Bassey |
| Dates | 8 January 1937 |
| Gender | Female (cisgender) |
| Place of Birth/Origin | Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales (born) |
| Relationships | Daughter of Henry Bassey (Nigerian) and Eliza Jane Start (English)
Former spouse of Kenneth Hume (director) and Sergio Novak (assistant manager of Excelsior Hotel)
Former partner of Peter Finch (English-Australian actor) |
| Biography | Dame Shirley Bassey DBE is a Welsh singer whose career began in the mid-1950s, and is well known both for her powerful voice and for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). In 1959, Bassey became the first Welsh person to gain a No. 1 single. |