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