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Kim Wilde
Actor, Additional Credits
Born November 18, 1960 (64 years)
Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer, DJ and television presenter. She first saw success in 1981 with her debut single "Kids in America", which peaked at No. 2 in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist. In 1986, she had a UK No. 2 hit with a reworked version of the Supremes' song "You Keep Me Hangin' On", which also topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1987. Between 1981 and 1996, she had 25 singles that charted within the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart. Her other hits include "Chequered Love" (1981), "You Came" (1988), and "Never Trust a Stranger" (1988). In 2003, she collaborated with Nena on the song "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime", which topped the Dutch and Austrian charts.
She holds the record for being the most-charted British female solo act of the 1980s, with seventeen UK Top 40 hit singles. Starting in 1998, while still active in music, she has branched into an alternative career as a landscape gardener, which has included presenting gardening shows on the BBC and Channel 4. In 2005, she won a Gold award for her courtyard garden at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show.
The eldest child of 1950s rock and roller Marty Wilde (birth name Reginald Smith) and Joyce Baker, who had been a member of the singing and dancing group the Vernons Girls, Kim Smith was born in the West London suburb of Chiswick and attended Oakfield Preparatory School, in the Southeast London area of Dulwich. When she was nine, the family moved to Hertfordshire, where she was educated at Tewin and later Presdales School. In 1980, at age 20, she completed a foundation course at St Albans College of Art & Design. As Kim Wilde, she was signed to RAK Records by Mickie Most.
Wilde's father Marty and brother, Ricky, were responsible for writing virtually all of her material in the early-to-mid 1980s. Key influences on the songwriting process included Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Ultravox, John Foxx, Gary Numan, Skids, Sex Pistols, the Clash, Kraftwerk and the Stranglers. Wilde released her debut single "Kids in America" in January 1981. An instant success, it reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart and scaled the Top 5 in other countries such as Germany, France and Australia. Although it achieved only moderate success in the US, peaking at No. 25 when released in 1982, it is often regarded today as Wilde's signature song. Her debut studio album Kim Wilde (1981) repeated the success of the single, spawning two further hits in "Chequered Love" (Top 5 in the UK, France, Australia and Germany) and the UK-only single "Water on Glass" (UK No. 11). ...
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She holds the record for being the most-charted British female solo act of the 1980s, with seventeen UK Top 40 hit singles. Starting in 1998, while still active in music, she has branched into an alternative career as a landscape gardener, which has included presenting gardening shows on the BBC and Channel 4. In 2005, she won a Gold award for her courtyard garden at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show.
The eldest child of 1950s rock and roller Marty Wilde (birth name Reginald Smith) and Joyce Baker, who had been a member of the singing and dancing group the Vernons Girls, Kim Smith was born in the West London suburb of Chiswick and attended Oakfield Preparatory School, in the Southeast London area of Dulwich. When she was nine, the family moved to Hertfordshire, where she was educated at Tewin and later Presdales School. In 1980, at age 20, she completed a foundation course at St Albans College of Art & Design. As Kim Wilde, she was signed to RAK Records by Mickie Most.
Wilde's father Marty and brother, Ricky, were responsible for writing virtually all of her material in the early-to-mid 1980s. Key influences on the songwriting process included Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Ultravox, John Foxx, Gary Numan, Skids, Sex Pistols, the Clash, Kraftwerk and the Stranglers. Wilde released her debut single "Kids in America" in January 1981. An instant success, it reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart and scaled the Top 5 in other countries such as Germany, France and Australia. Although it achieved only moderate success in the US, peaking at No. 25 when released in 1982, it is often regarded today as Wilde's signature song. Her debut studio album Kim Wilde (1981) repeated the success of the single, spawning two further hits in "Chequered Love" (Top 5 in the UK, France, Australia and Germany) and the UK-only single "Water on Glass" (UK No. 11). ...
Source: Article "Kim Wilde" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
| 2021 | MTV 80s - Top 40 Modern Girls of the 80s! · as Kim Wilde |
| 2021 | MTV 80s - Top 50 Super 80s Pop Hits! · as Kim Wilde |
| 2020 | MTV 80s - Top 50 Best 80s Debuts! · as Kim Wilde |
| 2020 | MTV 80s - Top 50 Boys vs Girls of the 80s! · as Kim Wilde |
| 2020 | Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Steph's Packed Lunch (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Everything - The Real Thing Story · as Self |
| 2017 | James Martin's Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | You'll Never Walk Alone · as Self |
| 2013 | The Joy of ABBA · as Self |
| 2013 | The Big Fat Quiz of the 80s · as Self |
| 2012 | Sunday Brunch (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Gottschalk Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (TV Series) · as Self - Participant |
| 2011 | Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5 · as Self |
| 2010 | Pointless Celebrities (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 2010 | Rock'n'roll... Of Corse! · as Self |
| 2010 | Shoot the DJ · as Self |
| 2010 | Hitlåtens historia (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | Celebrity Juice (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Sommarkrysset (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Strictly - It Takes Two (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2004 | Le Grand Journal (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Hell's Kitchen (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The 100 Greatest Musicals · as Self |
| 2003 | La méthode Cauet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Die ultimative Chartshow (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Today with Des and Mel (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Gylne tider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Star Academy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Lorraine (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | There's Only One Madonna · as Self |
| 2001 | Saturday Kitchen (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | I Love the '80s (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Loose Women (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Volle Kanne (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | TV Total (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Roll on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Domino Day (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Star |
| 1998 | So Graham Norton (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Leute heute (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The Dome (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Tracks (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1997 | The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon · as Herself |
| 1994 | Ready Steady Cook (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Les enfants de la télé (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The Footy Show (AFL) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The Day Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | GMTV (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Good Morning Australia (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Big Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Amnesty International's Big 30 · as Self |
| 1990 | Schmidteinander (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | The Word (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Stars in Their Eyes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Vic Reeves Big Night Out (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | BingoLotto (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Comic Relief · as Self |
| 1987 | Going Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Club Dorothée (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | ZDF-Fernsehgarten (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | Ambitions (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | Another Step: The Video Singles · as Kim Wilde |
| 1983 | RHS Chelsea Flower Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Saturday Superstore (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Hold Tight! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Na sowas! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysees (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | No 73 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | The Kenny Everett Television Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | SCTV Network 90 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Kim Wilde: Kids in America · as Kim Wilde |
| 1980 | Verstehen Sie Spaß? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Cannon and Ball (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | Cheggers Plays Pop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Jim'll Fix It Strikes Again. (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Countdown (1974) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Music Shop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Hey Hey! It's Saturday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | The Old Grey Whistle Test (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | TopPop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | Gardeners' World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | Crackerjack (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |