Petula Clark
Biography
Petula Clark is a British singer, songwriter and actress whose professional career began on BBC Radio when she was a child in 1942. Born in Ewell, Surrey, and raised in Wales, she became a UK chart presence with The Little Shoemaker in 1954 before recording in French and other languages. International hits followed, among them Sailor, a UK number one, and Romeo. In the United States she broke through with Downtown, a number one in 1965, and continued with I Know a Place, My Love and This Is My Song. She won Grammy Awards for Downtown and I Know a Place. Her films include I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), The Card (1952), Finian's Rainbow (1968), which brought a Golden Globe nomination, and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969). On stage she performed in The Sound of Music, Blood Brothers, Sunset Boulevard and Mary Poppins, and she was made a CBE in 1998.
93years old
Turns 94 on November 15in 5 days
- Born Ewell
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Sally Clark (birth name)Also credited as Pet Clark
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 66 years1945 to 2011
Genres
- Music43%, 3 films
- Romance43%, 3 films
- Comedy29%, 2 films
- Documentary29%, 2 films
- Drama29%, 2 films
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Behind the camera
Petula Clark composed the music for the 1964 French crime movie A Couteaux Tirés, where she also appeared briefly as herself, thus becoming a film composer.
Petula Clark movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Petula Clark made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Keenan Wynn's page
Michael Hordern's page
Paul McCartney's page
Ringo Starr's page
Peter O'Toole's page
Fred Astaire's page
All films by Emeric Pressburger
All films by Michael Powell
All films by Francis Ford Coppola
Awards
Three awards and honors from 1998 to 2012, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grammy Awards | |||
| Grammy Hall of Fame | Won | ||
| Other honors | |||
| 2012 | Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres | Won | |
| 1998 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.