Personal Info
Birth date
1932-11-15 (92 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Ewell, Surrey, England, UK
Also known as
Petula Clark, CBE
Sally Olwen Clark
Petula Clark
Biography
Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades. Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II. During the 1960s she became known internationally for her popular upbeat hits, including "Downtown", "I Know a Place", "My Love", "Colour My World", "A Sign of the Times", and "Don't Sleep in the Subway". She has sold in excess of 68 million records throughout her career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Petula Clark, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Top of the Pops
6.6
Overview:
The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.465
Overview:
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Overview:
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.The Carol Burnett Show
7.7
Overview:
The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."The Danny Kaye Show
6.3
Overview:
The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963 to 1967 on Wednesday nights. Directed by Robert Scheerer, the show premiered in black-and-white, but later switched to color broadcasts. At the time, Kaye was at the height of his popularity, having starred in a string of successful films in the 1940s and '50's, made successful personal appearances at such venues as the London Palladium, and appeared many times on television. His most recent films had been considered disappointing, but the television specials he starred in were triumphant, leading to this series. Prior to his television and film career, Kaye had made a name for himself with his own radio show, and numerous other guest appearances on other shows.Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
6.5
Overview:
An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
5.8
Overview:
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour is an American network television music and comedy variety show hosted by singer Glen Campbell from January 1969 through June 1972 on CBS. He was offered the show after he hosted a 1968 summer replacement for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Campbell used "Gentle on My Mind" as the theme song of the show. The show was one of the few rural-oriented shows to survive CBS's rural purge of 1971.The Bob Hope Show
7
Overview:
The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
Overview:
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.Dinah!
6.667
Overview:
Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home oriented show about cooking, crafts and occasionally music. This format lasted until May of 1974. When the show came back in October of 1974 the format had changed drastically to a variety talk show which was called Dinah. and went on until 1981. This show was also known as "Dinah and Friends" during the summer of 1976.The One Show
4.538
Overview:
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.An Audience with...
5.3
Overview:
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.Pebble Mill
3.1
Overview:
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on October 14, 1991. The show was a mixture of celebrity guests and music. Alan Titchmarsh was a presenter on the show throughout it's complete run. Other presenters included Judi Spiers, Gloria Hunniford and Ross King.The Hollywood Palace
4.5
Overview:
The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, it began as a mid-season replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show which had lasted only three months. It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse on Vine Street, which was renamed The Hollywood Palace during the show's duration and is today known as Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet named Raquel Welch was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard.Legends
5
Overview:
The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.ABC Stage 67
6.2
Overview:
ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals. It premiered on American Broadcasting Company on September 14, 1966 with Murray Schisgal's The Love Song of Barney Kempinksi, directed by Stanley Prager and starring Alan Arkin as a man enjoying the sights and sounds of New York City in his last remaining hours of bachelorhood. Arkin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama and the program was nominated as Outstanding Dramatic Program. Future programs included appearances by Petula Clark, Bobby Darin, Sir Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney, Peter Sellers, David Frost, and Jack Paar. ABC's effort to bring culture to the masses was a noble but unsuccessful experiment. Scheduled first against I Spy on Wednesdays and then The Dean Martin Show on Thursdays, the show consistently received low ratings. Its last production, an adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-woman play The Human Voice starring Ingrid Bergman, aired on May 4, 1967. "Stage 67" was not actually a part of the primary ABC facilities in Los Angeles. It was produced at the old Monogram Studios backlot that was later sold to KCET.Acting
2022Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba as Self
2022Petula Clark at the BBC as Self
2022Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends as Self
2022La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président as Self (archive footage)
2015Je t'aime: The Story of French Song with Petula Clark as Herself - Presenter
2014Mantovani, the King of Strings as Unknown
2011Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon as Self
2011Berlin Live (1 Episode) as Self - Performer
2009Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould as Self
2009...Sings the Beatles as Self (archive footage)
2008Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux as Self
2006Legends (1 Episode) as Self
2006On n'est pas couché (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2006The One Show (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2005Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime as Unknown
2003Dusty Springfield: Reflections as Herself
2003Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years as Self
2002Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters as Unknown
2002V Graham Norton (1 Episode) as Self
2001A Tribute To Burt Bacharach & Hal David as Self
2001Jukebox Heroes (1 Episode) as Self
2001Dean Martin: That's Amore as Self (archive footage)
1998La fureur (1 Episode) as Self - Musical Guest
1994I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited as Self - Interviewee
1992Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' as Self - Vocalist (archive footage)
1991Pebble Mill (1 Episode) as Self
1988This Morning (1 Episode) as Self
1988Super-Chancen (1 Episode) as Petula Clark
1987Le monde est à vous (1 Episode) as Self
1987Sacrée soirée (1, 1 Episode) as Self, Self (archive footage)
1986That's Television Television as Unknown
1986Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures (1 Episode) as Unknown
1986Wedden, dat..? (1 Episode) as Self
1985Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets as Self
1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1982Champs-Elysées (5 Episodes) as Self
1981Sans famille (3 Episodes) as Mme Milligan
1980Never Never Land as Bee
1979Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip as Self (archive footage)
1978An Audience with... (1 Episode) as Self
1977Drôles de zèbres as Miss Clark
1977Fan School (1 Episode) as Self
1976Mike Yarwood In Persons (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976The Muppet Show (1 Episode) as Self - Special Guest Star
1975Seaside Special (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975Numéro un (12, 3, 1 Episode) as Self, Self - Host, Self (archive footage)
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (4 Episodes) as Self
19743 nach 9 (1 Episode) as Self
1974Dinah! (2 Episodes) as Self
1973The Bobby Darin Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1971Cadet Rousselle (3 Episodes) as Self
1971Disco (2 Episodes) as Self
1971Samedi soir (1 Episode) as Self
1970Petula as Self - Hostess
1970The Flip Wilson Show (1 Episode) as Self
1970The Smothers Brothers Summer Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Katherine Bridges
1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1 Episode) as Self
1968The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
1968À bout portant (1 Episode) as Self
1968Finian's Rainbow as Sharon McLonergan
1968Here's Lucy (1 Episode) as Petula Clark
1968Petula as Self
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1 Episode) as Self
1968The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow' as Self
1967The Carol Burnett Show (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Guest / Various Characters, Self - Guest
1967Europarty (1 Episode) as Self
1966ABC Stage 67 (1 Episode) as Self
1966Continental Showcase (1 Episode) as Self
1965The Big T.N.T. Show as Self
1965Die Rudi Carrell Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965Hör hin, schau zu! (1 Episode) as Self
1965Hullabaloo (1 Episode) as Self
1965Questi pazzi, pazzi italiani as Self
1964Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone as Self
1964Der goldene Schuß (1 Episode) as Self
1964Shindig! (1 Episode) as Self - Singer
1964The King of Carnaby Street as Unknown
1964Daggers Drawn as Herself
1964The Hollywood Palace (3 Episodes) as Self - Singer
1964Top of the Pops (1, 1 Episode) as Self, Unknown
1963The Danny Kaye Show (1 Episode) as Self
1963Ready Steady Go! (1 Episode) as Self
1963Es spielt für Sie... (1 Episode) as Self
1962Lieben Sie Show ? (1 Episode) as Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (5 Episodes) as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Co-Host, Self
1961Musik aus Studio B (4 Episodes) as Self
1959Discorama (2 Episodes) as Self
1959L'anglais tel qu'on le parle as Betty Hogson
19586.5 Special as Herself
1957Aktuelle Schaubude (1 Episode) as Self
1957That Woman Opposite as Janice Lawes
1955Track the Man Down as June Dennis
1954The Happiness of Three Women as Delith
1954The Gay Dog as Sally Gay
1953The Runaway Bus as Stewardess 'Nikki' Nicholls
1952Made in Heaven as Julie Topham
1952The Card as Nellie Cotterill
1951Madame Louise as Penny
1951Tin Pan Alley as Unknown
1951White Corridors as Joan Shepherd
1950The Day Begins Early as Pet Huggett
1950Dance Hall as Georgie
1950The Bob Hope Show (2 Episodes) as Self
1949The Romantic Age as Julie Dickson
1949Don't Ever Leave Me as Sheila Farlaine
1949The Huggetts Abroad as Pet Huggett
1949Vote for Huggett as Pet Huggett
1948Here Come the Huggetts as Pet Huggett
1948The Ed Sullivan Show (8 Episodes) as Self
1948Vice Versa as Dulcie Grimstone
1948Easy Money as Jackie Stafford
1946London Town as Peggy Sanford
1945I Know Where I'm Going! as Cheril
1945Murder in Reverse? as Jill as a child
1944Strawberry Roan as Kate Dibben
1944Medal for the General as Irma