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Lulu

Lulu

Born: 1948-11-03 • Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

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
Twiggy poster
Twiggy
2025 • Self
Arthur's Whisky poster
Arthur's Whisky
2024 • Susan
Lulu at the BBC poster
Lulu at the BBC
2023 • Self
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall poster
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
2022 • Self
The Sound of 007 poster
The Sound of 007
2022 • Self
Sidney poster
Sidney
2022 • Self
ABBA V Queen poster
ABBA V Queen
2022 • Self (archive footage)
My Old School poster
My Old School
2022 • Mrs. Holmes (voice)
St Andrew’s Day at the BBC poster
St Andrew’s Day at the BBC
2021 • Self
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart poster
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
2020 • Self
My Generation poster
My Generation
2017 • Self (voice)
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story poster
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
2017 • Self
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie poster
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016 • Lulu
Sir Jimmy Savile: As It Happened poster
Sir Jimmy Savile: As It Happened
2011 • Self
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Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue
2011 • Self
…Sings Neil Diamond poster
…Sings Neil Diamond
2010 • Self (archive footage)
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Eurovision: Jade's Story
2009 • Self
Full Length & Fabulous: The Beckhams' World Cup Party poster
Full Length & Fabulous: The Beckhams' World Cup Party
2006 • Self
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An Audience with Lulu
2002 • Self
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show poster
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
2001 • Self (archive footage)
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Top of the Pops: The True Story
2001 • Self
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? poster
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000 • Irene Smith
It’s Lulu poster
It’s Lulu
1999 • Self
Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras poster
Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras
1997 • Self
To Sir, with Love II poster
To Sir, with Love II
1996 • Barbara Pegg
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett poster
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
1995 • Sketch Performer (Archive Footage)
Men in Love poster
Men in Love
1990
Women in Rock poster
Women in Rock
1986 • Self (archive footage)
Alice poster
Alice
1982 • Alice (singing voice)
An Audience with Dudley Moore poster
An Audience with Dudley Moore
1981
The Cherry Picker poster
The Cherry Picker
1974 • Nancy
Cucumber Castle poster
Cucumber Castle
1970 • Lulu the cook
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Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five
1968 • Self
To Sir, with Love poster
To Sir, with Love
1967 • Barbara 'Babs' Pegg
The Music of Lennon & McCartney poster
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965 • Self
U.K. Swings Again poster
U.K. Swings Again
1965 • Herself
Gonks Go Beat poster
Gonks Go Beat
1965 • Self
60s Legends in Concert poster
60s Legends in Concert
— • Self