Paul O'Grady
Born in Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK — Jun 14 1955• Died Mar 28 2023
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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…
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Doctor Who
Paul O'Grady
Top of the Pops
Lilly Savage (Host)
The Bill
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
Blankety Blank
Lily Savage - Presenter
Celebrity Mastermind
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Self - Special Guest
The New Statesman
Marlene Dietrich
Playhouse Presents
Neville
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
Self
Perspectives
The Madame Blanc Mysteries
David
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
Self
In the Name of the Father
Prisoner
Eyes Down
Ray Temple
Chimera
Donaldson
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
Self
The Ant & Dec Show
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
The British Soap Awards
Self - Presenter
For the Love of Dogs
Self - Host
Comic Aid
An Evening with Lily Savage
Self
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
The Life and Death of Lily Savage
Self (archive footage)
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
Lily Live!
Lily Savage
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Self
Filth!
Lily Savage
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
Self
The Paul O'Grady Story
Self - Lily Savage (archive footage)
Outtake TV
County Kilburn
Paul O'Grady
Our Cilla: The One and Only
Self
Celebrity Driving School
The London Studios: Home of the Stars
Self
Our Cilla
Self
Viva Cabaret
Self
Paul O'Grady's Great British Escape
Self - Presenter
Lily Savage: The Live Show
Lily Savage
Bob Monkhouse: Million Joke Man
Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans
Self
The Untransmittable Lily Savage Show
Lily Savage
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs - India
Self - Host
For the Love of Paul O'Grady
Self (archive footage)
Lily Savage: Live And Outrageous
Lily Savage
The Lily Savage Show
Lily Savage
Lily Savage Live from the Hackney Empire
Lily Savage
Maisie
Self
Paul O Grady's Working Britain
Death In Venice
Lily Savage Live: Paying the Rent
Lily Savage/Kitty Kelly
Coronation Street - 50 Years, 50 Moments
Paul O'Grady's Great Elephant Adventure
Self
Fairest of Them All
Lily Savage (voice)
Paul O'Grady's Favourite Fairy Tales
Self - Presenter