1. Kate Elizabeth Robbins was born on 21 August 1958 and is an English actress, singer, and songwriter.
30 Facts About Kate Robbins
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Kate Robbins came to prominence in the early 1980s when she scored a top ten single on the UK Official Charts with "More Than in Love", while she was appearing in the television soap opera Crossroads.
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Kate Robbins went on to become a prolific voice actress, most notably for nine years with the satirical show Spitting Image.
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Kate Robbins's father was Mike Robbins, who grew up in Hightown, Wrexham, the son of Ted, who served as the secretary of the Football Association of Wales for more than 35 years.
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Kate Robbins is a first cousin once removed of Paul McCartney as her mother Elizabeth "Bett" Kate Robbins was McCartney's cousin.
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Kate Robbins' first released recording, in 1978, was the song Tomorrow, from the musical Annie.
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Kate Robbins's profile was raised soon afterwards when both she and Jane represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 as part of the group Prima Donna.
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Kate Robbins wrote the first theme tune to Surprise, Surprise performed by Cilla Black.
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Kate Robbins provided almost all the female voices on the television show Spitting Image in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Kate Robbins sang the lead vocals on "The Chicken Song" with Michael Fenton Stevens which reached number 1 in 1986.
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The 1986 Granada Television sketch show Robbins featured Kate, her brother Ted Robbins, and her sisters Amy Robbins, Jane Robbins and Emma Robbins.
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Kate Robbins participated in the 1989 Children's Royal Variety Performance BBC, singing her own comic songs at the piano, and featured in the original series of Dead Ringers on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.
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In 1995, Kate Robbins provided all of the voices, including the male ones, in the children's television series The Caribou Kitchen.
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Kate Robbins provided the English language dubbing for Europeans, featured on the Channel 4 series Eurotrash and, in 2006, made two appearances on the BBC Radio 4 programme Just a Minute.
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In 2007, Kate Robbins was awarded an Honorary Bachelor of Arts degree from Bedfordshire University, for her lifetime contribution to the Performing Arts.
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In December 2010, Kate Robbins released her third album, a jazz based affair, entitled Soho Nights, which was written as a collaboration with the Italian saxophonist Alessandro Tomei, and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London.
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Kate Robbins co-wrote the easy listening album We're Just Passing Through with broadcaster and journalist Nicky Campbell, which was released in 2014.
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Kate Robbins was one of the Grumpy Old Women tour in 2014 with comedian Jenny Eclair and actress Susie Blake which toured again in 2015.
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Kate Robbins was named Best Supporting Actress at the Angel Awards of the Monaco International Film Festival, for her role as Kathleen in the low-budget British film, Fated.
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Kate Robbins starred in Farrena Films' comedy-thriller short movie The Other Side with Valerie Hope.
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Kate Robbins appeared in two series of the comedy series Dinnerladies, playing the character Babs, a friend of Petula Gordeno, played by Julie Walters, BBC.
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Kate Robbins later appeared with the sitcom's writer Victoria Wood in the Christmas special Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings and Victoria Wood's Big Fat Documentary.
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Alongside daughter Emily Atack, Kate Robbins appeared on Celebrity Gogglebox and is a regular contributor on Steph's Packed Lunch for Channel 4.
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Kate Robbins has worked on many comedy and drama TV shows on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Netflix, and can be heard as a voice-over artist on many commercials.
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Kate Robbins was the Edith Piaf soundalike on a lager advert.
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Kate Robbins was the 'Doris Day' voice in a Waitrose commercial.
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Kate Robbins's singing can be heard on television advertisements for Clover, Debenhams, First Choice Holidays and many more.
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Kate Robbins recorded the Capital Radio jingle package for Sue Manning Productions.
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Kate Robbins played Singing Ring in the mini-series The 10th Kingdom, which aired in 2000.
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Kate Robbins divorced musician Keith Atack in 2007, after 19 years of marriage.