Petula Clark

British singer, songwriter, actress and performer born November 15 with a career spanning over eight decades. She began as a child wartime radio performer on BBC in 1942 entertaining troops, appearing in over 500 concert performances before age 12. She starred in approximately 30 British films from 1944 onwards, earning a BAFTA nomination. After early success on British radio and television, she relocated to France in the late 1950s and became the country's top female vocalist, touring with Jacques Brel and performing at the Paris Olympia.