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2	[[caption-width-right:350:"''Happy, happy birthday in a hot bath / To those nice, nice nights''"]]
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4	->''"I was saved from having too crazy a time, because I was religiously promoting Altered Images or ''Film/GregorysGirl''. I was always on someone's breakfast show somewhere, so it was a lot of early nights. That saved me from being as off the rails as I could have been."''
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6	Clare Grogan, born Claire Patricia Grogan, (17 March 1962), is a Scottish actress best known for playing the first Kochanski in ''Series/RedDwarf'' and being the lead singer for the new wave band, Altered Images. Despite having several hits such as "Happy Birthday", "Don't Talk to Me About Love" and "I Could Be Happy", Altered Images disbanded after their third album in 1983.
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8	When working as a waitress, she was spotted by Bill Forsyth, a film director, leading to her getting the role of Susan in ''Film/GregorysGirl''. After a few smaller roles on TV, she was cast as Kochanski in ''Red Dwarf'', the dream girl of Lister. She made appearances in the first two series and afterwards didn't appear again until Series VI. When Kochanski became a main character in Series VII, Grogan wasn't brought back, and her role went to Creator/ChloeAnnett.
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10	Some of her other notable roles on TV were as a Music/SineadOConnor parody in ''Series/FatherTed'', a love interest for Ian Beale in five episodes of ''Series/EastEnders'', and the mother of Mimi [=McGuinness=] in ''Series/{{Skins}}''.
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14	!!Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
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16	* ''Film/GregorysGirl'' (1980) -- Susan
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18	* ''Series/RedDwarf'', 4 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonITheEnd The End]]", "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIBalanceOfPower Balance of Power]]", "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIStasisLeak Stasis Leak]]", "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIPsirens Psirens]]"[[/labelnote]] (1988-93) -- Kristine Z. Kochanski
19	* ''Series/ThePlayOnOne'', episode "The Wreck on the Highway" (1990) -- Anne
20	* ''Series/{{Taggart}}'', 3-episode story "The Hit Man" (1992) -- Mary Catto
21	* ''Series/FatherTed'', episode "[[Recap/FatherTedS2E7RockAHulaTed Rock-a-Hula Ted]]" (1996) -- Niamh Connolly
22	* ''Series/EastEnders'', 5 episodes (1997-98) -- Ros Thorne
23	* ''Series/{{Doctors}}'', episode "Play it Again, Mac" (2003) -- Lou Matthews
24	* ''{{Series/Legit\|2006}}'', 5 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Birthday", "Manitoba", "Night of the Lobster", "The Old Team", "Danny, Champion of the World"[[/labelnote]] (2007) -- May
25	* ''Series/{{Skins}}'', 3 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Mini", "Mini", "Mini and Franky"[[/labelnote]] (2011-12) -- Shelley [=McGuinness=]
26	* ''Series/WaterlooRoad'', episode "Future Proof" (2012) -- Sandra Gordon
27	* ''Series/StillGame'', episode "Hitched" (2019) -- AsHerself

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