# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cleo-laine
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:19:04.626Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cleo-laine"
name: "Cleo Laine"
slug: "cleo-laine"
description: "Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth was a British singer and actress known for her scat singing. She was the wife of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth and the mother of bassist Alec and singer Jacqui Dankworth. Laine had popular success with singles such as \"You'll Answer To Me\" and appeared in a range of musical theatre productions. She received a number of awards and honours including appointment as an OBE in 1979, and a Grammy in 1986; she became a dame in 1997."
tagline: "English jazz singer and actress (1927–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cleo_Laine_(1962).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1927-10-28"
deathDate: "2025-07-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.661187391220267
  historical:           22.96749333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0481832/"
    handle:    "nm0481832"
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    url:       "http://quarternotes.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump