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Shirley

2011★ 6.5 · 61h 10mTV MovieDramaMusic

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Shirley is the youngest of eight children from a mixed race marriage. By the time she is a toddler the family have moved to the all white area of Splott and by the time she is 12 Shirley has discovered she has an extraordinary voice and can earn money singing in pubs around the docks after her father if jailed for sexual crimes. As a young teenager she begins singing and dancing in 'coloured review shows'. But it is a chance meeting with struggling agent Mike Sullivan that changes her life forever. He promises to make her a star, but has no idea of the personal sacrifice that will mean for the teenaged Shirley.

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Ruth Negga
as Shirley Bassey

Henry Lloyd-Hughes
as Kenneth Hume

Charlie Creed-Miles
as Mike Sullivan

Lesley Sharp
as Eliza Bassey

Danny Sapani
as Bobo

Babou Ceesay
as Henry Bassey

Matthew Marsh
as Jack Hylton

Jeany Spark
as Juhni Sullivan

Di Botcher
as Mrs Morrison

Colin Mace
as Agent

Larissa Wilson
as Iris Bassey

Amira Arish
as Shirley Bassey (Aged 9)

Shirley

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