Paul James O'Grady (born 14 June 1955) is an English comedian and television personality. He is the creator of comic drag character Lily Savage (the "Birkenhead Bombshell"), a vampish Birkenhead woman. He is noted for his strong Scouse accent.
The Paul O'Grady Show (formerly The New Paul O'Grady Show) is a British comedy chat show on Channel 4, formerly aired on ITV. Paul O'Grady, the comic from Birkenhead, previously more famous for his female alter-ego Lily Savage, hosts the weekday teatime chat show which is a mixture of celebrity guests, comic stunts and pieces, as well as viewer competitions.
Paul O'Grady (born November 6 1978 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a football (soccer) player.
He currently plays as a central defender for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners.
ul O'Grady: I got mistaken for a serial killer in Germany, once. Two years ago, I was in Berlin and they let some nut out and the people in the street were all goin' "Ooh ooh!" pointing at me, and I thought, "Oh I didn't know they had the Lilly Savage Show here."
ul O'Grady: [repeated line shouted at the audience] When I want your lot's opinion, I'll slap it out of ya...
ul O'Grady: [catchphrase said to "Bert"] Bert, put that clip on!
ul O'Grady: [when he's talking about ghost hunting] I'd kill to see a ghost.
ul O'Grady: Me nose is running like a gas blowers bum.
Paul James O'Grady was born on 14 June 1955 in Birkenhead, England. He attended Christian Brothers School and, after his graduation, worked as a clerk in a magistrate's court. During that time he met a woman named Diane Jansen with whom he had a brief affair. Their daughter, Sharyn, was born in 1974. However, Paul felt that he was too young to be a father and decided to travel to Europe where he worked (among other occupations) as a waiter in a brothel in Manila. He returned to England in the 1980s and in 1985 he debuted his drag character, Lily Savage, in the gay bars and clubs throughout London. The character became extremely popular and afforded Paul his own television show, "Live From The Lilydrome", which debuted in 1995. In 2000 he retired the character of Lily Savage and began appearing on television solely as Paul O'Grady. In 2002 Paul suffered a heart attack in his London flat. He now lives on a farm near Kent, England. Paul is currently single and happily devoted to his daughter, with whom he shares a very close relationship.
