Shirley Bassey

Starring- Ruth Negga – Lesley Sharp
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In 1938 mixed race baby Shirley Bassey, her mother and eight siblings are living in a poor area of Cardiff after her father is imprisoned for sexual offences. The teen-aged Shirley will help the family finances bringing her big, impassioned singing voice to local clubs and, in 1954, aged seventeen, she moves to London, impressing agent Mike Sullivan. To further her career however she must give up her illegitimate daughter Sharon to be raised as her own child by Shirley’s sister Iris. After winning over the famously hostile Glasgow Empire audience Shirley has arrived.
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Artwork On Dvd Only  ( Shown ) – 2011 – 70 Mins