1. Kath Day-Knight's character has appeared on multiple Australian comedy series, first appearing as an early incarnation on Fast Forward, and later Big Girl's Blouse and Something Stupid as the more familiar Kath.
21 Facts About Kath Day-Knight
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Kath Day-Knight's appearance is notable; mostly her hair, a curly blonde perm.
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Kath Day-Knight is proud of her fashion sense, even though she favours an outdated 80s fashion style, including shoulder pads, high-waisted trousers, brightly patterned sweaters and oversize earrings.
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Kath Day-Knight is confident with a positive outlook on life; in fact the opening scene of season one episode one features Kath reflecting on how proud she is of her looks and calls herself "high maintenance".
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Kath Day-Knight is exasperated by her daughter Kim, who by contrast is overweight, lazy and rude.
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Kath Day-Knight loves her morning 'huffy-puffy' sessions on the Ski-time buttock and thigh toner.
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Kath Day-Knight has an emergency fund for plastic surgery when the time comes but has so far limited herself to herbal facelifts.
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Kath Day-Knight was born in 1954, and was married to Garry Poole.
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Kath Day-Knight lived in Fountain Lakes with Kim alone before meeting Kel.
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Kath Day-Knight is primarily a housewife and doesn't have a full-time job although she did take a number of Tafe courses including in Real Estate as well as Yoga.
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Kath Day-Knight likes acting and appears in community theatre productions and a television commercial for adult nappies.
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Kath Day-Knight is constantly frustrated by Kim and Brett's presence in her house after they move in during season two, and particularly after they turn the upstairs bathroom into a bedroom for Epponnee, forcing Kim and Brett to use Kath Day-Knight's ensuite.
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Kim took large advantage of Kath Day-Knight growing up, due to the fact that they had no male figure and Kath Day-Knight's husband Gary Poole left them to fend for themselves.
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Kath Day-Knight is exasperated by Kim's presence and often nags her to move out and be more responsible.
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The only time Kath Day-Knight is seen throwing a tantrum at Sharon is when her drink was spiked in the episode "Party".
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Kath Day-Knight is very much liked by Kim's husband, Brett Craig and Kim's second-best friend Sharon Strzelecki.
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Kath Day-Knight appears to be there for the two of them while Kim sits and watches Television or is obsessed with herself.
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Kath Day-Knight encouraged Sharon to chase her roots in the last season, which led her to meet her obnoxious half sister Karen.
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Kath Day-Knight is a loving grandmother to her beautiful infant granddaughter, Epponee Raye and is there for her more than her own daughter, Kim.
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Kath Day-Knight has many different habits and mannerisms which have gained iconic status in Australian culture, particularly her idiomatic accent and frequent mispronunciations and malapropisms.
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Kath Day-Knight consistently makes references to her dozens of courses in TAFE during the series; these include cycling and tennis, real estate, floral design, interior design, and business studies.