Lulu
Known for Acting · 104 credits
- Born
- 1948-11-03 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- Lulu Kennedy-Cairns · Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie
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
TV Shows (65)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self / Self (Co-Host) / Self - Host
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
American Idol
2002
as Self / Self - Guest Performer
The One Show
2006
as Self
Pebble Mill at One
1972
Eurovision Song Contest
1956
as Self - Contestant
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Heartbeat
1992
as Deborah Vine
V Graham Norton
2002
as Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
QI
2003
as Self
GMTV
1993
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Self / Self (voice)
Live & Kicking
1993
as Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Celebrity Juice
2008
as Self
Parkinson
1998
as Self
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
as Self - Guest Judge
The Hour
2009
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
as Self - Expert
Ready Steady Go!
1963
as Self
The Two Ronnies
1971
Musikladen
1972
as Self
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self - Singer
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
The Johnny Cash Show
1969
as Self
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
1966
as Self
Fully Booked
1995
This Is Tom Jones
1969
as Self
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
as Self
The Cannon & Ball Show
1979
as Self
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009
as Self - Contestant
Super Gran
1985
as Isla St. Porridge
The Don Knotts Show
1970
as Self
Jools' Annual Hootenanny
1994
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Gossamer Trouble
Celebrity Lingo
2022
as Self - Contestant
Nigella
2005
as Self
Bananas
1981
as Self
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
as Self
The Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self
Davina
2006
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013
as Self - Contestant
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985
Live from Studio Five
2009
as Self
The Ugliest Girl in Town
1968
as Self
Summertime Special
1981
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
1987
as Pauline Mole
Live From Her Majesty's
1983
as Self
Christmas Night with the Stars
1958
Rewind The 60s
2010
as Self - Presenter
Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
1988
as Self
Rip It Up
2018
as Self
The Brit Girls
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Dawson and Friends
1977
as Self
Lulu's Back in Town
1968
as Self
Movies (39)
To Sir, with Love
1967
as Barbara 'Babs' Pegg
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Lulu
…Sings Dylan
as Herself
To Sir, with Love II
1996
as Barbara Pegg
Cucumber Castle
1970
as Lulu the cook
Sidney
2022
as Self
My Generation
2017
as Self (voice)
Sir Jimmy Savile: As It Happened
2011
as Self
The Sound of 007
2022
as Self
Women in Rock
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Top of the Pops: The True Story
2001
as Self
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
2020
as Self
It’s Lulu
1999
as Self
Arthur's Whisky
2024
as Susan
Twiggy
2025
as Self
An Audience with Lulu
2002
as Self
Eurovision: Jade's Story
2009
as Self
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
2017
as Self
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
as Irene Smith
Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras
1997
as Self
Alice
1982
as Alice (singing voice)
Gonks Go Beat
1965
as Self
…Sings Neil Diamond
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Full Length & Fabulous: The Beckhams' World Cup Party
2006
as Self
Men in Love
1990
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
1995
as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
My Old School
2022
as Mrs. Holmes (voice)
U.K. Swings Again
1965
as Herself
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
as Self
The Cherry Picker
1974
as Nancy
Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five
1968
as Self
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
2022
as Self
An Audience with Dudley Moore
1981
ABBA V Queen
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue
2011
as Self
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
2001
as Self (archive footage)
60s Legends in Concert
as Self
St Andrew’s Day at the BBC
2021
as Self
Lulu at the BBC
2023
as Self
About Lulu
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 entr… With 104 credits spanning from 1956 to 2025, Lulu has appeared in 39 films and 65 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lulu Movies
- To Sir, with Love (1967) — as Barbara 'Babs' Pegg
- Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016) — as Lulu
- …Sings Dylan — as Herself
- To Sir, with Love II (1996) — as Barbara Pegg
- Cucumber Castle (1970) — as Lulu the cook
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