Hazel O'Connor

Person · Open Library

Born

1955

Works

1

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Film & TV

Coventry, England

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hazel O'Connor (born 16 May 1955, Coventry, England) is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of a soldier from Galway who settled in England after World War II to work in a car plant. She became famous in the early 1980s with hit singles "Eighth Day", "D-Days" and "Will You", as well as starring in the film Breaking Glass.…

Known for

• Baghdad in My Shadow — Kate2019
• Daytime Live1987
• Car Trouble — Maureen1986
• Fighting Back — Viv Sharpe1986
• Electric Blue 007 — Self1982
• Jangles — Joanne1982
• Breaking Glass — Kate1980
• Friday Night, Saturday Morning1979
• Girls Come First — Claire1975
• Film '72 — Self1971

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1955-05-16

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

60,315

Total plays

427,178

Hazel O'Connor is an English singer-songwriter and actress from Coventry, United Kingdom. She shot to fame in 1980 playing the role of 'Kate' in the film "Breaking Glass" and featured her singing on the soundtrack Breaking Glass. Although her debut single Ee-I-Adio was released in 1979, she will be best-known for Eighth Day, reaching No.5 in the UK Singles Chart in 1980 Will You? reaching No.8 in the UK Singles Chart, the following year. These were both from the film Breaking Glass. <a href="ht

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Hazel

Family name

O'Connor

Gender

female

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Coventry

Occupation

songwriter

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

pop music

Instrument

voice

Official website

www.hazeloconnor.net

Image

Hazel O Connor.jpg

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