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Neighbours Karl Kennedy star's life - forgotten soap role, famous wife and music career
Neighbours, after Karl hides a huge lie from his wife this week.Karl has recently invested a huge amount of money, but has hidden the scheme from Susan.Anxious about lying to Susan, will she find out? And how will this affect their relationship when she does discover the truth?It is yet another twist and turn for the couple, who have become one of Neighbours' most iconic soap couples - taking viewers on the ups and downs of their family and love lives.Away from Ramsay Street, Karl Kennedy actor Alan Fletcher has led an equally interesting life away from the soap - from marrying his famous wife to an incredible music career.Neighbours would not be complete with Karl and Susan Kennedy - but many viewers may not know that Alan also had another role on the soap in the eighties.In 1987, he also starred as a boxer called Greg Cooper, who worked in the garage owned by Robinson family patriarch Jim.It was one of the actor's first roles after appearing in 1982's Cop Shop, TV series The Love Boat and films including Mercy Mission.However in 1994, he and Susan Kennedy actress Jackie Woodburne arrived on Ramsay Street - where they have continued to delight viewers ever since.Between numerous affairs, their hilarious bedroom antics and being the parent figures to residents in Erinsborough (and viewers at home), the couple have become one of the soap's most iconic couples.Alan and Jackie also have a close bond off-set too, having worked together prior to appearing on Neighbours, recalling their first day on set to Daily Star, saying: "Alan [Fletcher] and I knew each other, we'd worked together before, but it was the first time that the five of us had shared a scene together and there was just this beautiful, instant connection and
