Lulu
November 3, 1948 (77 years old) in Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie; 3 November 1948), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s. She is internationally identified, especially by North American audiences, with the song "To Sir with Love" from the film of the same name and with the title song to the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. In European countries, she is also widely known for her Eurovision Song Contest winning entry "Boom Bang-a-Bang" and in the UK for her first hit "Shout", which was performed at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Celebrity Lingo as Self - Contestant
- 2020 · Michael McIntyre's The Wheel as Self - Expert
- 2019 · RuPaul's Drag Race UK as Self - Guest Judge
- 2016 · Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie as Lulu
- 2013 · The Great Comic Relief Bake Off as Self - Contestant
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2009 · The Hour as
- 2009 · Let's Dance for Comic Relief as Self - Contestant
- 2008 · Celebrity Juice as Self
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Davina as
- 2005 · Nigella as Self
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2004 · The Paul O'Grady Show as
- 2003 · QI as Self
- 2002 · American Idol as Self
- 2002 · American Idol as Self - Guest Performer
- 2002 · V Graham Norton as Self
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1995 · Fully Booked as
- 1994 · Jools' Annual Hootenanny as
- 1993 · Live & Kicking as Self
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Self
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Self (voice)
- 1992 · Terry Wogan's Friday Night as Self
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Deborah Vine
- 1990 · Perfect Scoundrels as Gossamer Trouble
- 1987 · The Dame Edna Experience as Self
- 1985 · Super Gran as Isla St. Porridge
- 1982 · The Kenny Everett Television Show as Self
- 1981 · Bananas as Self
- 1979 · The Cannon & Ball Show as Self
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1972 · Musikladen as Self
- 1972 · Pebble Mill at One as
- 1971 · The Two Ronnies as
- 1970 · The Don Knotts Show as Self
- 1969 · Monty Python's Flying Circus as
- 1969 · The Johnny Cash Show as Self
- 1969 · This Is Tom Jones as Self
- 1969 · The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
- 1967 · To Sir, with Love as Barbara 'Babs' Pegg
- 1966 · 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet as Self
- 1964 · The Hollywood Palace as Self - Singer
- 1964 · Top of the Pops as Self
- 1964 · Top of the Pops as Self (Co-Host)
- 1964 · Top of the Pops as Self - Host
- 1963 · Ready Steady Go! as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1956 · Eurovision Song Contest as Self - Contestant
- Future · …Sings Dylan as Herself
- 2025 · Twiggy as Self
- 2024 · Arthur's Whisky as Susan
- 2023 · Lulu at the BBC as Self
- 2022 · The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall as Self
- 2022 · The Sound of 007 as Self
- 2022 · Sidney as Self
- 2022 · ABBA V Queen as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · My Old School as Mrs. Holmes (voice)
- 2021 · St Andrew’s Day at the BBC as Self
- 2020 · The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart as Self
- 2018 · Rip It Up as Self
- 2017 · My Generation as Self (voice)
- 2017 · Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story as Self
- 2011 · Sir Jimmy Savile: As It Happened as Self
- 2011 · Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue as Self
- 2010 · Rewind The 60s as Self - Presenter
- 2010 · …Sings Neil Diamond as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · Eurovision: Jade's Story as Self
- 2006 · Full Length & Fabulous: The Beckhams' World Cup Party as Self
- 2005 · The Friday Night Project as Self
- 2002 · An Audience with Lulu as Self
- 2001 · Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Top of the Pops: The True Story as Self
- 2000 · Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Irene Smith
- 1999 · Red Alert with The National Lottery as
- 1999 · It’s Lulu as Self
- 1997 · The Brit Girls as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras as Self
- 1996 · To Sir, with Love II as Barbara Pegg
- 1995 · In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
- 1990 · Men in Love as
- 1988 · Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out as Self
- 1987 · The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole as Pauline Mole
- 1986 · Women in Rock as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 · The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ as
- 1983 · Live From Her Majesty's as Self
- 1982 · Alice as Alice (singing voice)
- 1981 · An Audience with Dudley Moore as
- 1981 · Summertime Special as
- 1977 · Dawson and Friends as Self
- 1975 · Lulu as
- 1974 · The Cherry Picker as Nancy
- 1970 · Cucumber Castle as Lulu the cook
- 1970 · The Ray Stevens Show as
- 1968 · Happening For Lulu as
- 1968 · The Ugliest Girl in Town as Self
- 1968 · Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five as Self
- 1968 · Lulu's Back in Town as Self
- 1965 · The Music of Lennon & McCartney as Self
- 1965 · U.K. Swings Again as Herself
- 1965 · Gonks Go Beat as Self
- 1958 · Christmas Night with the Stars as
- Future · 60s Legends in Concert as Self