Laine’s career spanned the Atlantic and crossed genres: She sang the songs of Kurt Weill, Arnold Schoenberg and Robert Schumann; she acted on stage and on film, and even played God in a production of...

Laine — who was the only female artist to earn Grammy nods in the pop, classical and jazz categories — took home a Grammy Award in 1986 for best female jazz vocal performance for her 1983 live album,...