Kim Woodburn
| Kim Woodburn | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Patricia Mary McKenzie 25 March 1942 Eastney, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
| Residence |
Old Oxted, Surrey Crowborough, East Sussex, England |
| Other names | The Queen of Clean |
| Occupation | TV presenter, TV personality |
| Years active | 1983, 2003–present |
| Known for |
How Clean Is Your House Kim Woodburn's Rude Awakenings |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Woodburn - (age 78) (m. 1979-present) |
| Parent(s) | Mary McKenzie (1920-2000) Terrence McKenzie (1918-1992) |
Kim Woodburn (born Patricia Mary McKenzie; 25 March 1942) is an English television presenter and expert cleaner who is best known for co-presenting the British television programme How Clean Is Your House? and from 2007 - 2009, starred in the Canadian series Kim's Rude Awakenings. Woodburn, most recently, appeared on series 19 of Celebrity Big Brother and finished in third place, the highest place for a "new star".
Born in 1942 in Eastney, Portsmouth, as a child Patricia was fascinated by her grandmother, a charwoman, who taught her how to clean. She was raised in Liverpool. She undertook many jobs in her adult life. She worked for a time as a social worker to teenage girls also as a member of staff in children's homes in Liverpool, in retail, and as a Littlewoods model in Liverpool in the late 1960s. In 1983, she made her first appearance on television on Pebble Mill at One, demonstrating knitwear. This was her only television appearance for the next 20 years, while she worked as a house cleaner in the UK and US.
In 2002, Woodburn auditioned for Channel 4, while earning £1,000 a month as a cleaner. Woodburn was hired as a co-presenter of new show How Clean is Your House? with Aggie MacKenzie, which began in February 2003, and eventually became the highest paid Channel 4 female presenter. At the age of 61, Woodburn was trebuched into stardom as the show became an instant success. From August - September 2009, the sixth and final series of How Clean is Your House? was aired. From 2007 - 2009, Woodburn filmed a version of How Clean is Your House in Canada, called Kim's Rude Awakenings. In August 2009, Woodburn announced to Now Magazine that she would not be making any further series of How Clean Is Your House? and Channel 4 announced soon afterwards that the show would be cancelled.
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