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Claire Patricia Grogan (born 17 March 1962), known professionally as Clare Grogan or sometimes as C. P. Grogan, is a Scottish actress and singer.She is best known as the lead singer of the 1980s new wave music group Altered Images, as well as for supporting roles in the 1981 film Gregory's Girl and the science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf as the first incarnation of Kristine Kochanski.
Altered Images is a Scottish new wave/post-punk band who found success in the early 1980s. Fronted by singer Clare Grogan, the group branched into mainstream pop music, having six UK top-40 hit singles and three top-30 albums from 1981 to 1983. [1]
Kochanski (played by Clare Grogan) briefly appears in "The End" (1988).Later in the episode, after Dave Lister (Craig Charles) is released from three million years in stasis, Holly (Norman Lovett) confirms to Lister that Kochanski is dead following a radiation leak caused by a drive plate aboard the spaceship Red Dwarf being repaired inefficiently.
Clare Grogan (pictured in 2009) of Altered Images inspired the lyrics of "True". Kemp was primarily listening to soul artists Marvin Gaye and Al Green as he developed songs for the band's next album. [2] [c] His love of their music factored heavily into writing the title track, even to the point of paying tribute to Gaye on a first-name basis: [19]
Sir Giles Lynchwood was played by George Cole, with Geraldine James as Lady Maud, Julia McKenzie as Mrs Forthby, David Suchet as Blott, Paul Brooke as Mr Hoskins, Clare Grogan as the receptionist at the Handyman Arms hotel, Simon Cadell as Mr Dundridge, Geoffrey Chater as the Government Minister, Jeremy Clyde as his private secretary Densher, Geoffrey Bayldon as local solicitor Mr Ganglion and ...
Gregory's Girl is a 1980 Scottish coming-of-age romantic comedy film [5] written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn and Clare Grogan.The film is set in and around a state secondary school in the Abronhill district of Cumbernauld.
Clare Crawley. Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Alo The Bachelorette’s Clare Crawley revealed the name of her and husband Ryan Dawkins’ newborn daughter. “Welcome to the world Rowen Lily ...
When Spandau Ballet guitarist/songwriter Gary Kemp met his "True" object of affection Clare Grogan in 1981, [2] her band Altered Images employed Belfast native Thomas "Kidso" Reilly as a member of their road crew. Spandau Ballet hired him to sell merchandise during their 1983 UK tour and enjoyed his upbeat personality.