Lulu

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

100

Gender

Female

Birthday

1948-11-03 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

  • Lulu Kennedy-Cairns
  • Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie

Lulu

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.

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Known For

To Sir, with Love
7.5%

To Sir, with Love

Jun 14, 1967

QI
7.9%

QI

Sep 11, 2003

American Idol
5.1%

American Idol

Jun 11, 2002

American Idol
5.1%

American Idol

Jun 11, 2002

Absolutely Fabulous
7.6%

Absolutely Fabulous

Nov 12, 1992

Absolutely Fabulous
7.6%

Absolutely Fabulous

Nov 12, 1992

To Sir, with Love II
6.4%

To Sir, with Love II

Apr 7, 1996

My Generation
7.1%

My Generation

Oct 8, 2017

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Acting

60s Legends in Concert as Self
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
Celebrity Lingo as Self - Contestant
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
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel as Self - Expert
2020
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart as Self
2019
RuPaul's Drag Race UK as Self - Guest Judge
2018
Rip It Up as Self
2017
My Generation as Self (voice)
2017
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story as Self
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie as Lulu
2013
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off as Self - Contestant
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show 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
The Hour
2009
Eurovision: Jade's Story as Self
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 - Guest
2006
The One Show as Self
2006
Davina
2005
Nigella as Self
2005
The Friday Night Project as Self
2004
Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2004
The Paul O'Grady Show
2003
QI as Self
2002
American Idol as Self
2002
American Idol as Self - Guest Performer
2002
An Audience with Lulu as Self
2002
V Graham Norton as Self
2001
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show as Self (archive footage)
2000
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Irene Smith
1999
Red Alert with The National Lottery
1998
Parkinson 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)
1995
Fully Booked
1994
Jools' Annual Hootenanny
1993
GMTV as Self
1992
Absolutely Fabulous as Self
1992
Absolutely Fabulous as Herself
1992
Terry Wogan's Friday Night as Self
1992
Heartbeat as Deborah Vine
1990
Men in Love
1990
Perfect Scoundrels as Gossamer Trouble
1988
Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out as Self
1987
The Dame Edna Experience 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
1985
Super Gran as Isla St. Porridge
1983
Live From Her Majesty's as Self
1982
Alice
1982
The Kenny Everett Television Show as Self
1981
An Audience with Dudley Moore
1981
Summertime Special
1981
Bananas as Self
1979
The Cannon & Ball Show as Self
1978
An Audience with... as Self
1975
Lulu
1974
The Cherry Picker
1972
Musikladen as Self
1972
Pebble Mill at One
1971
The Two Ronnies
1970
Cucumber Castle as Lulu the cook
1970
The Don Knotts Show as Self
1970
The Ray Stevens Show
1969
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
The Johnny Cash Show as Self
1969
This Is Tom Jones as Self
1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
1968
Happening For Lulu
1968
The Ugliest Girl in Town as Self
1968
Lulu's Back in Town as Self
1967
To Sir, with Love as Barbara 'Babs' Pegg
1966
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet as Self
1965
The Music of Lennon & McCartney as Self
1965
U.K. Swings Again as Herself
1965
Gonks Go Beat 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
1958
Christmas Night with the Stars

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1974
The Man with the Golden Gun as Theme Song Performance
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