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.
Awards & recognition
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Filmography23 titles
The Don Knotts Show
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story
QI
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Absolutely Fabulous
To Sir, with Love
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Sidney
The Sound of 007
Heartbeat
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
My Generation
My Old School
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
The Man with the Golden Gun
To Sir, with Love II
Arthur's Whisky
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
The Jonathan Ross Show
American Idol
The One Show