
Lulu
Known for Acting · 103 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 (64)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Top of the Pops
1964
as Self / Self (Co-Host) / Self - Host

The One Show
2006
as Self

American Idol
2002
as Self / Self - Guest Performer

Heartbeat
1992
as Deborah Vine

QI
2003
as Self

Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Self / Self (voice)

Eurovision Song Contest
1956
as Self - Contestant

Celebrity Juice
2008
as Self

The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
as Self

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

GMTV
1993
as Self

The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self

Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self

V Graham Norton
2002
as Self

Parkinson
1998
as Self

RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
as Self - Guest Judge

Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969

Pebble Mill at One
1972

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self

The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self - Singer

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
as Self - Expert

The Two Ronnies
1971

The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
as Self

Musikladen
1972
as Self

The Johnny Cash Show
1969
as Self

Super Gran
1985
as Isla St. Porridge
The Hour
2009
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
1966
as Self
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
as Self

Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009
as Self - Contestant

The Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self

Ready Steady Go!
1963
as Self

The Cannon & Ball Show
1979
as Self

Nigella
2005
as Self

Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Gossamer Trouble
The Don Knotts Show
1970
as Self

This Is Tom Jones
1969
as Self
Fully Booked
1995

Celebrity Lingo
2022
as Self - Contestant

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013
as Self - Contestant
Davina
2006

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
1987
as Pauline Mole

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
1988
as Self
The Ugliest Girl in Town
1968
as Self

Christmas Night with the Stars
1958

Rip It Up
2018
as Self

Bananas
1981
as Self

Live from Studio Five
2009
as Self

Jools' Annual Hootenanny
1994

Live From Her Majesty's
1983
as Self
The Ray Stevens Show
1970
Rewind The 60s
2010
as Self - Presenter

The Brit Girls
1997
as Self (archive footage)

Summertime Special
1981

Lulu
1975

The Friday Night Project
2005
as Self
Movies (39)

The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
as Self

Sidney
2022
as Self

To Sir, with Love
1967
as Barbara 'Babs' Pegg

Alice
1982
as Alice (singing voice)

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Lulu

Women in Rock
1986
as Self (archive footage)

My Generation
2017
as Self (voice)

Twiggy
2025
as Self

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
2020
as Self

My Old School
2022
as Mrs. Holmes (voice)

The Sound of 007
2022
as Self

To Sir, with Love II
1996
as Barbara Pegg

Arthur's Whisky
2024
as Susan

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
as Irene Smith

An Audience with Dudley Moore
1981

The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
2022
as Self

The Cherry Picker
1974
as Nancy

Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras
1997
as Self

In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
1995
as Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)

An Audience with Lulu
2002
as Self

Cucumber Castle
1970
as Lulu the cook

Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
2017
as Self
Eurovision: Jade's Story
2009
as Self
Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue
2011
as Self

U.K. Swings Again
1965
as Herself

ABBA V Queen
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
2001
as Self (archive footage)

…Sings Neil Diamond
2010
as Self (archive footage)

Full Length & Fabulous: The Beckhams' World Cup Party
2006
as Self

It’s Lulu
1999
as Self
…Sings Dylan
as Herself

Gonks Go Beat
1965
as Self
Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five
1968
as Self

St Andrew’s Day at the BBC
2021
as Self

60s Legends in Concert
as Self

Top of the Pops: The True Story
2001
as Self

Men in Love
1990

Lulu at the BBC
2023
as Self

Sir Jimmy Savile: As It Happened
2011
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 103 credits spanning from 1956 to 2025, Lulu has appeared in 39 films and 64 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lulu Movies
- The Music of Lennon & McCartney (1965) — as Self
- Sidney (2022) — as Self
- To Sir, with Love (1967) — as Barbara 'Babs' Pegg
- Alice (1982) — as Alice (singing voice)
- Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016) — as Lulu
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