Kate Robbins
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Kate Robbins (born in Margate, Kent) is an English actor, comedian, singer, and songwriter.
When she was appearing in the television soap opera Crossroads, she came to fame in the early 1980s when she earned a No.2 hit on the UK charts with the song "More Than Love."
She went on to become a well-known voice actor, most notably for nine years with Spitting Image, a satirical film.
Early life
Robbins is the younger sister of actress Amy Robbins, sculptor Jane Robbins, and The Sheilas singer Emma Robbins. Ted Robbins, her older brother, is a radio broadcaster and actor. Emma Shelton was Simon Shelton's sister-in-law, and her sister Amy is the sister-in-law of actor Robert Daws.
Mike Robbins, 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, served as the Football Association of Wales' chairman for more than 35 years.
In Bebington, Cheshire, she attended Wirral Grammar School for Girls.
Robbins is a first cousin who was once removed from Paul McCartney as her mother Elizabeth "Bett" Robbins (née Danher) was McCartney's cousin. "The Nerk Twins" was performed by McCartney and John Lennon in 1960 at the Fox and Hounds pub in Caversham, Reading, which was owned by Bett and her husband Mike.
Personal life
After 19 years of marriage, Robbins divorced musician Keith Atack in 2007. Emily Atack (born 1989), a PR consultant, and George Atack (born 1992), a guitarist and TV researcher, were among the three children.
Career
Robbins' first released recording, in 1978, was the song Tomorrow, from the musical Annie. Robbins' first chart appearance was as a backing singer, along with her sister Jane, on the minor Top 40 hit "Lines" by Liverpool group Planets, a spin-off from Deaf School.
Her 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. They finished third.
The following year, Robbins joined the cast of the ITV soap opera Crossroads, playing the part of a pop singer who was recording a single in the fictional motel's basement recording studio. The song, "More Than in Love", was released commercially in the UK, credited as Kate Robbins and Beyond and gave Robbins a major hit single, reaching number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. It was her only lead-vocal hit.
In late 1982, Robbins provided backing vocals on the Top 3 single Story of the Blues by Wah!, but was replaced for the band's Top of the Pops appearance by London soul trio Sylvia and the Sapphires.
Robbins wrote the first theme tune to Surprise, Surprise performed by Cilla Black.
She provided almost all the female voices on the television show Spitting Image in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She sang the lead vocals on 'The Chicken Song' with Michael Fenton Stevens which reached number 1 in 1986.
The 1986 Granada Television sketch show Robbins featured Kate, her brother Ted Robbins, and her sisters Amy Robbins, Jane Robbins and Emma Robbins. Emma is now best known as one of the singers with The Sheilas.
She 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.
In 1995, Robbins provided all of the voices, including the male ones, in the children's television series The Caribou Kitchen.
During the 1990s, Robbins performed a number of different roles as both an impersonator and a singer in the BBC Radio 4 satirical comedy series A Look Back at the Nineties and its sequel series A Look Back at the Future.
Robbins also 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.
In 2007, Robbins was awarded an Honorary Bachelor of Arts degree from Bedfordshire University, for her lifetime contribution to the Performing Arts.
In December 2010, 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.
Robbins also co-wrote the well-received easy listening album We're Just Passing Through with broadcaster and journalist Nicky Campbell, which was released in 2014.
Robbins was one of the Grumpy Old Women on a sell-out tour in 2014 with comedian Jenny Eclair and actress Susie Blake which toured again in 2015.