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Shirley
20111h 10mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Music
- TV Movie
Overview
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.
Keywords
- singer
- pregnancy
- nightclub
- rags to riches
- wales
- baby
- pop singer
- nightclub entertainer
- mixed race child
- mixed heritage
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 29, 2011
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Prospect Cymru
- Cast
- Colin Mace,Ruth Negga,Amira Arish,Matthew Marsh,Jeany Spark,Henry Lloyd-Hughes,Charlie Creed-Miles,Lesley Sharp,Di Botcher,Danny Sapaniand 4 more
- Director
- Colin Teague
- Writer
- Shelagh Stephenson
- Producer
- Eleanor Moran,Katherine Lannon
- Cinematography
- Ole Bratt Birkeland
- Music
- Ben Foster
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt2005341