Lulu Porter was a singer and actress in Hollywood in the 1960's. Her film credits include The Brass Bottle (1964), [1] [2] Hollywood a Go Go (TV series - 1964), Branded (TV series - 1965) and Bob Mackie: The Naked Illusion (uncredited, 2024). [3]
Her musical discography includes Brass Bottle (1964), Nobody Hurt But Me (1965), I Gotta Be With You (1966), Mr. Music Man (1966) and The Malibu Seal II (date unavailable) [4]
Her big break came when she was singing at a small night club in Beverly Hills called Ye Little Club. One night, after finishing her 25-minute act of nine songs with a three-piece combo, she was congratulated by Pierre Salinger (President John F. Kennedy's press secretary), who was accompanied by Patricia Kennedy Lawford and Patricia (Pat) Newcomb, Marilyn Monroe's last publicist. [5]
From that contact, she represented the United States at the Third International Music Festival, singing with a symphony orchestra one day and with a large jazz band the next in Poland, for which she received a special award. [6]
Lulu stated in an interview for the New York Times that she had been born in Youngstown, Ohio, and had settled in Los Angeles around 1955. [7] She married the designer Bob Mackie March 14, 1960 and divorced in 1963. They shared a son, Robin Mackie (October 15, 1959 - March 15, 1993).
On March 8, 1964, she married her manager Jerry Fonarow in Las Vegas, Nevada. [8]