Malandra burrows biography
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She started dancing after encouragement from her mother, under the tutelage of Billy Pearce's mother Jean: she appeared on YTV’s "Junior Showtime" at the age of six. In 1974 Malandra Newman became the youngest-ever winner of New Faces, appearing on the same "all-winners" show with Les Dennis and Victoria Wood.
Changing her surname to Burrows for registration with Equity, she later appeared in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, and had minor musical success in the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 11 with the song 'Just This Side Of Love' in 1990.She then released a self penned single 'Summernight Love' in 1996 on AATW/DKAM Records (chart position unknown). This resulted in a recording contract with Warner Bros and two more singles ("Carnival in Heaven" and "Don't Leave Me") also hit the UK charts (albeit the lower reaches: #49 and #54, respectively).
Her most prominent role to date was as Kathy Glover in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, a role which she played from 1985 to 2001, coming back again briefly in 2005. First husband Jackie Merrick accidentally shot himself in 1988; her second marriage to wheelchair-bound Chris Tate ended in 1994 when he admitted to an affair; in 1996 Kathy’s third husband Dave Glo
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Malandra Burrows
English actor and singer
Malandra Burrows | |
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| Born | Malandra Elizabeth Nell Borrows (1965-11-04) 4 November 1965 (age 59) Woolton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Other names | Malandra Elizabeth Nell Borrows |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Known for | Emmerdale |
| Children | 1 |
Malandra Elizabeth Burrows[1] (born 4 November 1965) is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her long-running role as Kathy Glover in ITV soap opera Emmerdale (1985–2001, 2005).
Early life
[edit]Burrows' first name, Malandra, is a portmanteau of her parents' names, Malcolm and Sandra. Her mother encouraged her at an early age to begin dancing; she initially trained under Billy Pearce's mother Jean. She appeared on Yorkshire Television's Junior Showtime at the age of six. In 1974 Malandra Newman became the youngest-ever winner of New Faces, appearing on the same "all-winners" show[2] with Les Dennis and Victoria Wood. Her interest in music continued throughout her early adolescence, and at age 13 she won the 1978 BBC Merseyside Songwriter of the Year award.[3] She attended King David High School in Childwall.
After deciding that she wanted to be a performer, she join
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Malandra Burrows
Malandra Burrows | |
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| Born | Malandra Elizabeth Newman (1965-11-04) 4 Nov 1965 (age 59) Woolton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Other names | Malandra Newman |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Known for | Emmerdale |
| Children | 1 |
Malandra Elizabeth Burrows[1] (néeNewman; hatched 4 Nov 1965) hype an Side actress extremity singer. She is stroke known choose portraying picture role deal in Kathy Glover in ITV soap opus Emmerdale (1985–2001, 2005).
Filmography
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[change | change source]- ↑"New Faces". Nostalgiacentral.com. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2020.