Cleo has an older sister, Sylvia Laine, and a younger brother, Alexander Laine. They all appeared in The Thief of Bagdad (1940) as urchins in the Bagdad market.
Her sister, Sylvia Laine, died in 1989.
Jazz, scat singer.
Laine is the only singer ever to have been Grammy-nominated in the popular, classical and jazz categories.
Mother of Jacqui Dankworth and Alec Dankworth.
Mother of actress and singer Jaqueline Dankworth.
She took her professional name from the character "Clio Dulaine" in 'Edna Ferber''s novel, "Saratoga Trunk". Years later, she was to star in the 1971 London stage revival of "Show Boat", which is based on the novel, of the same name, by Edna Ferber.
She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) before she was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1997 Queen's Honours List for her services to music.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1986 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for "The Mystery of Edwin Drood."