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