Paul O’Grady is a prominent English comedian, actor, writer, broadcaster, and former drag queen. O’Grady became known in the London gay scene during the 1980s with his drag queen persona Lily Savage, very popular in the 1990s.

Subsequently, He dropped the character and in the 2000s became the presenter of various television and radio shows, most notably The Paul O’Grady Show. Paul was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to entertainment.

Paul O’Grady Age

Paul O’Grady was born in Birkenhead, United Kingdom, on June 14, 1955. He is 67 years old.

Paul O’Grady Height

O’Grady is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 8 inches (Approx. 1.72 m).

Paul O’Grady Education

He studied at St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, where he excelled in all subjects except mathematics. Hoping that he had a good future ahead of him, His parents budgeted to send him to a private school, the Catholic-run Redcourt, but his grades dropped. Failing the eleven-plus exam, Paul was unable to enter a grammar school so attended the Blessed Edmund Campion R.C. Secondary Modern and the Corpus Christi High School.

Paul O’Grady Family

Paul was born to his parents Mary Savage and Patrick Grady at St. Catherine’s Hospital in the Tranmere area of Birkenhead, Cheshire. He has a brother called Brendan and a sister Sheila.

His caring father was Irish and had grown up in Ballincurry, County Roscommon, before moving to England in 1936 and settling in the working-class area of Birkenhead. His loving mother was born in England to Irish immigrants from County Louth.

Paul O’Grady Wife

He had a daughter Sharon with his friend called Diane Jansen who was born in 1974. Paul has a grandson Abel and a granddaughter. From 1977 to 2005, He was in a marriage of convenience with Portuguese woman Teresa Fernandes, although was not in an active relationship with her. He is currently married to a barret dancer called Andre Portasio. The duo celebrated their wedding in 2017.

He spends his time between his Central London flat and his rural Kentish farmhouse, where he grows organic fruit and vegetables, and a variety of herbs, having a keen interest in herbalism.

Paul O’grady Career

In the 2000s, He became the presenter of various television and radio shows, most notably The Paul O’Grady Show. In 2004, Paul started presenting ITV’s daytime chat show The Paul  Show. After the network refused to transfer creative control of the series to Paul’s production company Olga TV, he moved to Channel 4 in 2006, where the show was rebranded as The New Paul O’Grady Show, airing until 2009.

O’Grady presented the late-night ITV show Live 2010–2011 and BBC Radio 2’s Paul on the Wireless 2009–2022. Additional television shows included Paul: For the Love of Dogs (2012–present), Paul’s Animal Orphans (2014–2016), Blind Date (2017–2019), and Paul’s Great British Escape (2020). Since 2008 he has published several books, including a four-volume memoir.

In 2012, Paul launched the ITV documentary series For the Love of Dogs, covering life at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in south London. Paul commented that he had wanted to do such a show for years and that he took to it with an “enthusiasm that surprised everyone except me”.

Although scheduled to initially film at the center for six days, O’Grady stayed as a volunteer for six months. At the end of the first series, Paul was invited to become an ambassador for the Home, and a bronze statue of his late dog, Buster, was erected on a plinth at the center. He also adopted a dog from the home; a Jack Russell-Chihuahua cross named Eddy. Through the series, he developed a friendship with actor Tom Hardy, who appeared in one episode.

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