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Petula Clark, born Sally Clark on November 15, 1932, in Ewell, is a British singer, songwriter, and stage actor. She began her professional career in 1942, initially working as a child actor. Clark is a citizen of the United Kingdom and performs in the pop music genre, utilizing her voice and piano skills. Her musical output has been released through Columbia Records, Decca, and Pye Records.
Her notable work includes the song "Downtown." Clark has received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire and the Grammy Hall of Fame. She was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. In 1965, she participated in the Sanremo Music Festival. Her discography includes works such as "Close to You" and "Is That You."
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Close to You
- Is That You, Petula?
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Film & TV
Acting · Ewell, Surrey, England, UK
Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades. Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II. During the 1960s she became known internationally for her popular upbeat hits, including "Downtown", "I Know a Place", "My Love", "Colour My World", "A Sign of the Times", and "Don't…
Known for
- Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba — Self2022
- Petula Clark at the BBC — Self2022
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)2022
- Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends — Self2022
- Je t'aime: The Story of French Song with Petula Clark — Herself - Presenter2015
- Mantovani, the King of Strings — Self2014
- Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon — Self2011
- Berlin Live — Self - Performer2011
- ...Sings the Beatles — Self (archive footage)2009
- Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould — Self2009
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1932
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 483,414
- Total plays
- 3,919,950
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Petula Clark (born 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress, and songwriter. She started her professional career as a child performer and has had one of the longest careers of any British entertainer, spanning more than eight decades. Clark's professional career began during the Second World War as a child entertainer on BBC Radio. In 1954 she charted with "The Little Shoemaker", the first of her big UK hits, and within two years she began recording in French. <a href="https://www.last.fm/
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,569x
- Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales.
· 1988 · cited 29,304x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,798x
- The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
· 2016 · cited 14,665x
- Improved Survival with Ipilimumab in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma
· 2010 · cited 12,987x
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Quotes
- “I am not really a reminiscing type person. I am not nostalgic at all.”
- “It was a strange life, I suppose, but it was the only one I’ve ever known. What is a normal childhood anyway?”
- “I had almost no education. I hardly went to school. I’d be away for weeks doing films, then I’d come back and have no idea what they were talking about. Of course the other kids loved it: ‘You may be a well-known star but you don’t know how to do algebra.’ It was a nightmare.”
- “I was with Karen Carpenter in Vegas. We were invited to Elvis's dressing room and I had to drag her away. She was such a sweet girl but I could see what was going on. I met him a few times after that, and he flirted very heavily with me. I was supposed to do a movie with him and that was stopped right away by my husband!”
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Key facts
- Born
- Sally Clark , ( 1932-11-15 ) 15 November 1932 (age 93) , Ewell , Surrey, England
- Genres
- Pop , schlager , theatre , film
- Occupations
- Actress songwriter vocalist
- Years active
- 1939 –present
- Labels
- Polygon Vogue Pye Imperial Decca EMI Warner Bros. MGM Columbia
- Spouse
- Claude Wolff ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1961 ; died 2024 )
- Website
- petulaclark .net
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Encyclopedic overview
Sally "Petula" Clark (born 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress, and songwriter. She started her professional career as a child performer and is still active more than 80 years later.
Clark's professional career began in November 1942 as a child entertainer on BBC Radio. In 1954, she charted with "The Little Shoemaker", the first of her big UK hits, and within two years she began recording in French. Her international successes have included "Prends mon cœur", "Sailor" (a UK number one), "Romeo", and "Chariot". Hits in German, Italian and Spanish followed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Petula Clark” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.