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Paul O'Grady
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Paul O'Grady
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1955-06-14,Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
Paul James O'Grady, MBE DL (14 June 1955 - 28 March 2023) was an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio disc jockey. He achieved fame using his comedic drag queen character, "Lily Savage", and later became well known for presenting TV programmes as himself, such as The Paul O'Grady Show. Born to a working-class Irish family in Birkenhead, he attended Blessed Edward Campion Secondary Modern School, in Claughton Village, Birkenhead, Cheshire (now Merseyside). O'Grady moved to London in the late-1970s, there working as a peripatetic care officer for Camden Council. It was here in 1978 that he developed his drag act, basing the character of Lily Savage upon traits found amongst female relatives. Touring northern England as part of drag mime duo, the Playgirls, he eventually went solo as a stand-up comedian. Performing as Savage for eight years at a South London gay pub, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (RVT), he gained a popular following among the city's gay community and used his character to speak out for LGBT rights. After being nominated for a 1992 Perrier Award, he attracted mainstream attention and made various television, radio, and theatrical appearances. As Savage, he presented morning chat show The Big Breakfast (1995–96), game show Blankety Blank (1997–2002) and comedy series Lily Live! (2000–01), earning various awards and becoming a well known public figure. Seeking to diversify his career away from Savage, O'Grady starred in BBC sitcom Eyes Down (2003–04) and presented two travel documentaries for ITV. In 2004, he began presenting ITV's daytime chat show The Paul O'Grady Show, which proved a hit with audiences. After the network refused to transfer creative control of the series to O'Grady's production company, Olga TV, in 2006 he defected to rival Channel 4, where the show was rebranded as The New Paul O'Grady Show and ran until 2009. O'Grady subsequently presented a late night ITV show, Paul O'Grady Live (2010–11) as well as Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs (which ran from 2012 until his death in 2023) and Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans (2014–2016), while presenting BBC Radio 2's Paul O'Grady on the Wireless and publishing a four-volume autobiography. O'Grady received a variety of awards, among them honorary degrees and an MBE in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to entertainment. He died on 28th March 2023 aged 67.

Filmography

An Evening with Lily Savage

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An Evening with Lily Savage
1996-11-11

For the Love of Paul O'Grady

8

For the Love of Paul O'Grady
2023-04-09

Lily Savage Live: Paying the Rent

0

Lily Savage Live: Paying the Rent
1993-03-10

Lily Savage: Live And Outrageous

0

Lily Savage: Live And Outrageous
1995-07-20

1

Maisie
2022-08-05

0

Filth!
1994-04-24

Lily Savage: The Live Show

0

Lily Savage: The Live Show
1998-01-01

Our Cilla: The One and Only

0

Our Cilla: The One and Only
2021-06-06

5

Comic Aid
2005-03-02

In the Name of the Father

7.898

In the Name of the Father
1993-12-12

The Life and Death of Lily Savage

0

The Life and Death of Lily Savage
2024-03-29

6.5

Our Cilla
2015-12-25

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

0

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024-06-09

Lily Savage Live from the Hackney Empire

0

Lily Savage Live from the Hackney Empire
1991-10-01

The Paul O'Grady Story

8.3

The Paul O'Grady Story
2017-06-23

The Untransmittable Lily Savage Show

0

The Untransmittable Lily Savage Show

The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years

0

The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
2020-01-07

0

County Kilburn
2000-08-17

The London Studios: Home of the Stars

0

The London Studios: Home of the Stars
2018-12-28

Fairest of Them All

1

Fairest of Them All
1994-12-31

Paul O'Grady's Favourite Fairy Tales

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Paul O'Grady's Favourite Fairy Tales
2016-12-20

5.7

This Morning
1988-10-03

Harry Hill's TV Burp

6.3

Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002-11-14

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

5.8

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001-11-02

6.6

The Bill
1984-10-16

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

5.9

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002-06-08

5.8

Eyes Down
2003-08-15

The Paul O'Grady Show

4.636

The Paul O'Grady Show
2004-10-11

Good Morning Britain

4.7

Good Morning Britain
2014-04-28

The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle

6

The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007-10-04

4.6

Blankety Blank
1979-01-18

0

Lily Live!
2000-09-02

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong

4

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
2008-02-01

Celebrity Mastermind

6

Celebrity Mastermind
2003-12-26

6

Chimera
1991-07-07

The Ant & Dec Show

0

The Ant & Dec Show
1995-04-06

Let's Dance for Comic Relief

6.7

Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009-02-21

Kate Garraway's Life Stories

5.9

Kate Garraway's Life Stories
2009-02-22

0

Outtake TV
2002-12-24

The Lily Savage Show

0

The Lily Savage Show
1997-11-16

Celebrity Driving School

0

Celebrity Driving School
2003-02-01

Death In Venice

0

Death In Venice
2009-11-07

7.5

Doctor Who
2005-03-26

Coronation Street - 50 Years, 50 Moments

0

Coronation Street - 50 Years, 50 Moments
2010-12-07

Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up

7

Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up
2021-09-11

The Madame Blanc Mysteries

7.3

The Madame Blanc Mysteries
2021-10-16

Playhouse Presents

6

Playhouse Presents
2012-04-12

The Graham Norton Show

7.2

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

An Audience with...

5.3

An Audience with...
1978-01-08

Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans

7

Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans
2014-01-14

The Big Breakfast

6.6

The Big Breakfast
1992-09-28

0

Parkinson
2004-09-04

Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

0

Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
1988-01-01

The New Statesman

7.5

The New Statesman
1987-09-13

Paul O'Grady's Great Elephant Adventure

8

Paul O'Grady's Great Elephant Adventure
2024-03-31

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs - India

8

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs - India
2018-04-26

For the Love of Dogs

9.2

For the Love of Dogs
2012-09-03

0

Perspectives
2011-04-24

Paul O'Grady's Great British Escape

0

Paul O'Grady's Great British Escape
2020-11-11

0

Parkinson
1998-01-09

0

Parkinson
1998-01-09

Top of the Pops

6.632

Top of the Pops
1964-01-01

The British Soap Awards

0

The British Soap Awards
1999-05-15