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Lulu

Lulu

Acting1948Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

Biography

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.

Acting History

2025
Twiggy
as Self
The One Show
TVas Self1 eps
2024
The Jonathan Ross Show
TVas Self1 eps
QI
TVas Self1 eps
2023
2022
My Old School
as Mrs. Holmes (voice)
Sidney
as Self
ABBA V Queen
as Self (archive footage)
Celebrity Lingo
TVas Self - Contestant
2021
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
TVas Self - Expert1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
TVas Self - Guest Judge1 eps
2018
Rip It Up
TVas Self
2013
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
TVas Self - Contestant
2012
Absolutely Fabulous
TVas Self / Self (voice)1 eps
2010
…Sings Neil Diamond
as Self (archive footage)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TVas Self1 eps
Rewind The 60s
TVas Self - Presenter
2007
American Idol
TVas Self - Guest Performer / Self1 eps
2002
V Graham Norton
TVas Self1 eps
Heartbeat
TVas Deborah Vine1 eps
2000
Parkinson
TVas Self2 eps
1997
The Brit Girls
TVas Self (archive footage)
1996
To Sir, with Love II
as Barbara Pegg
1993
GMTV
TVas Self
1990
Perfect Scoundrels
TVas Gossamer Trouble
1986
Women in Rock
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Super Gran
TVas Isla St. Porridge1 eps
1982
Alice
as Alice (singing voice)
1975
1974
Musikladen
TVas Self1 eps
The Man with the Golden Gun
Theme Song Performance
1969
Eurovision Song Contest
TVas Self - Contestant1 eps
1967
To Sir, with Love
as Barbara 'Babs' Pegg
1964
Top of the Pops
TVas Self / Self - Host / Self (Co-Host)
The Hollywood Palace
TVas Self - Singer
1963

Social Media

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
11/3/1948(77 years old)
Place of Birth
Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK