Helen Shapiro

British singer and actress

Person Human Q263219

Facts

15 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female^[7]
Date of birth: September 28, 1946
Place of birth: Bethnal Green
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[6]
Occupation: singer, film actor, musician
Genre: pop music, jazz^[8]^[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[16]
Family name: Shapiro^[13]
Given name: Helen^[14]
Instrument: voice^[15]
Name in native language: Helen Shapiro^[17]
Record label: Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd., Pye Records^[10]^[11]
Start of work period: 1961^[18]
Voice type: contralto^[12]

🏷️ Also known as

en Helen Kate Shapiro en Helen Shapiro de Helen Kate Shapiro es Helen Kate Shapiro fa هلن شاپیرو fi Helen Kate Shapiro he הלן שפירו ja ヘレン・シャピロ pt Helen Kate Shapiro ru Хелен Шапиро ru Шапиро, Хелен sv Shapiro uk Гелен Шапіро uk Хелен Шапіро uk Шапіро Хелен

🔖 Identifiers · 45

ISNI: 0000000114966154
VIAF cluster ID: 105261329, 205981617
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n92103027
GND ID: 134520602
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Helen Shapiro (1963).jpg ↗
Alexander Turnbull Library ID: 266624
AllMovie person ID: p64838
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000571112
BBC Things ID: f4fd7844-01b3-4796-8ba3-26dfd7007356
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 140058829
Billboard artist ID: helen-shapiro
Deezer artist ID: 166638

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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134520602
Discogs artist ID: 325081
Europeana entity: agent/base/67112
FAST ID: 311493
Freebase ID: /m/01m8_y4
GTAA ID: 153162
Genius artist ID: Helen-shapiro
Genius artist numeric ID: 362886
HAND ID: 079D-CF20-DFAB-C87D-E337
IMDb ID: nm0788518
IdRef ID: 08046193X
J9U entity ID: 987007273134705171
Kinobox person ID: 906484
LyricsTranslate ID: helen-shapiro-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID: 267f7395-1854-4eda-9d07-49368181fc14
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000034331
NLP ID: a0000002615671
National Discography of Italian Song artist/group ID: 558
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810542313505606
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp61453
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100459530
Rate Your Music artist ID: helen_shapiro
Rock's Backpages artist ID: helen-shapiro
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 141607
Songkick artist ID: 530442
Spotify artist ID: 05kB8yh0Bbxj73qH63Ob3C
TMDB person ID: 1238856
Theatricalia person ID: 235v
Tidal artist ID: 9860
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJfCr3tTtrc9Tw4yKCmyBP
Yale LUX ID: person/9e484f77-0916-42b7-a83b-73f68b8dbdf3
Yandex Music artist ID: 36718
ČSFD person ID: 286203

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🔗 Connections

Genre 2

jazz, pop music

Occupation 2

singer, film actor

Record label 2

Pye Records, Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Family name 1

Shapiro

Given name 1

Helen

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

voice

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Bethnal Green

Sex or gender 1

female

Voice type 1

contralto

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Summary

Helen Shapiro was born on September 28, 1946^[1], in Bethnal Green^[2]. She has worked as a singer^[3], film actor^[4], and musician^[5].

FAQs

Where was Helen Shapiro born?

Helen Shapiro was born in Bethnal Green^[2].

What did Helen Shapiro do for work?

Helen Shapiro worked as a singer^[3], film actor^[4], and musician^[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Helen Shapiro — place of birth (P19): Bethnal Green. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Helen Shapiro — sex or gender (P21): female. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Helen Shapiro — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Helen Shapiro — occupation (P106): singer. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Helen Shapiro — occupation (P106): film actor. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Helen Shapiro — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Helen Shapiro — genre (P136): pop music. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Helen Shapiro — genre (P136): jazz. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Helen Shapiro — record label (P264): Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Helen Shapiro — record label (P264): Pye Records. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Helen Shapiro — voice type (P412): contralto. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Helen Shapiro — date of birth (P569): September 28, 1946. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-27. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Helen Shapiro — family name (P734): Shapiro. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Helen Shapiro — given name (P735): Helen. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Helen Shapiro — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Helen Shapiro — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-05-11. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Helen Shapiro — name in native language (P1559): Helen Shapiro. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Helen Shapiro — start of work period (P2031): 1961. wikidata.org.

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12d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Deezer artist ID → 166638

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
12d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 9860

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Instrument → voice

Start of work period → 1961

Occupation → singer, film actor, musician

Voice type → contralto

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"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32082: import P21 and P106 from GND (24)"

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