Petula Clark was a star at the age of 11. She starred in the music halls and on BBC radio singing for the troops during WWII. She was a child star in a series of British films from the end of WWII through to the early 1950s. She moved to France where she achieved success as a pop singer. Returning to England...See full bio »
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Episode dated 28 October 2007
(2007)
(performer: "Downtown", "Leave me on", "Si bien ensemble", "La gadoue", "Dans le temps", "Vous qui passez sans me voir", "Pigalle", "Sous le ciel de Paris")
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Intermission
(1970)
(performer: "Don't Sleep in the Subway")
1969Goodbye, Mr. Chips
(performer: "London Is London", "And the Sky Smiled", "Apollo", "Walk Through the World", "Fill the World With Love", "Entr'Acte/What Shall I Do With Today?", "And the Sky Smiled Reprise", "Schooldays", "You and I")
1968Finian's Rainbow
(performer: "Look To The Rainbow / How Are Things In Glocca Morra?" 1946 - uncredited, "How Are Things In Glocca Morra?" 1946 - uncredited, "Look To The Rainbow" 1946 - uncredited, "Old Devil Moon" 1946 - uncredited, "Something Sort of Grandish" 1946 - uncredited, "If This Isn't Love" 1946 - uncredited, "That Great Come-And-Get-It Day" 1946 - uncredited, "When The Idle Poor Become The Idle Rich" 1946 - uncredited, "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" 1946 - uncredited)
1968Petula
(TV movie)
("On the Path of Glory", "Las Vegas", "Just Say Goodbye")
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Petula d'hier et d'aujourd'hui
(1967)
(performer: "Java du George V", "Allo, mon coeur", "Roméo", "Quand je vois que tu reviens", "Ya ya twist", "Allons à London", "Je me sens bien", "Downtown", "Les incorruptibles", "Cash cash", "C'est ma chanson")
Best known for her 1964 hit single "Downtown," though her recording career dates back to the early 1950s, and she continued to score hits (including several revivals of "Downtown") into the 1990s.
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1 Biographical Movie
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2 Interviews
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8 Articles
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5 Magazine Cover Photos
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[on her life as a child star in the 1950s] Because of the circles I mixed in, professionally, I knew about things that children in those days were shielded from. Yet, at the same time, I was still very young in my own experiences of life. It was all rather peculiar and confusing.
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Trivia:
At nearly 73 she continues to perform regularly. Her 2005 schedule includes two lengthy stints in Branson, Missouri (performing with Andy Williams in his Moon River Theater), a mini-Canadian tour and scattered dates throughout the UK and US.
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