Lulu
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
Men in Love
1990
Arthur's Whisky
2024
My Old School
2022
An Audience with Dudley Moore
1981
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
2001
Lulu at the BBC
2023
ABBA V Queen
2022
60s Legends in Concert
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Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
U.K. Swings Again
1965
To Sir, with Love
1967
Cucumber Castle
1970
The Sound of 007
2022
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
2022
Twiggy
2025
An Audience with Lulu
2002
St Andrew’s Day at the BBC
2021
…Sings Neil Diamond
2010
Sidney
2022
Eurovision: Jade's Story
2009
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
The Cherry Picker
1974
Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras
1997
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
2017
To Sir, with Love II
1996
Gonks Go Beat
1965
Alice
1982
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
2020
Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue
2011
My Generation
2017
Women in Rock
1986
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
1995
It’s Lulu
1999
Top of the Pops: The True Story
2001
Full Length & Fabulous: The Beckhams' World Cup Party
2006
Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five
1968
Sir Jimmy Savile: As It Happened
2011
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
Pebble Mill at One
1972
Top of the Pops
1964
The Friday Night Project
2005
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
1966
Davina
2006
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Heartbeat
1992
American Idol
2002
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
Bananas
1981
Ready Steady Go!
1963
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985
The Ugliest Girl in Town
1968
The Hollywood Palace
1964
The Johnny Cash Show
1969
The Don Knotts Show
1970
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
Fully Booked
1995
The Hour
2009
This Is Tom Jones
1969
V Graham Norton
2002
Red Alert with The National Lottery
1999
GMTV
1993
Summertime Special
1981
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
The Ray Stevens Show
1970
Live from Studio Five
2009
Rewind The 60s
2010
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
1987
Lulu's Back in Town
1968
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
The Brit Girls
1997
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
The Cannon & Ball Show
1979
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
The Dame Edna Experience
1987
Happening For Lulu
1968
Lulu
1975
Nigella
2005
The One Show
2006
Jools' Annual Hootenanny
1994
American Idol
2002
An Audience with...
1978
Super Gran
1985
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
1988
Live From Her Majesty's
1983
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
The Two Ronnies
1971
Celebrity Juice
2008
Musikladen
1972
Christmas Night with the Stars
1958
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Celebrity Lingo
2022
Top of the Pops
1964
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Rip It Up
2018
Parkinson
1998
Top of the Pops
1964
QI
2003
Eurovision Song Contest
1956
Absolutely Fabulous
1992