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Julian Clary

 

Julian Clary.Born on May 25th 1959 in Surbiton, he was raised in nearby Teddington, South West London with his two older sisters.  A strong Catholic education by Benedictine monks made him a very religious  youngster.  He was an altar boy and a choir boy and used to enjoy all things to do with his church until he became aware of his homosexuality.  Church then became 'awkward' for him and he would then only attend with his mother, just to please her. 

When Julian was thirteen his tall, glamorous, blonde oldest sister, Frances, started out on a career as a Tiller Girl.  He was fascinated with her work, her flamboyant costumes, and the way she used make-up, this probably accounting for his own campness in later years, although he had always felt an affinity with the effeminate.   Once, when he was five, and to his father's dismay, he had borrowed a doll's dress and put it on his toy tiger.

After studying drama at Goldsmith's College for three years and gaining a degree in Drama and English, he left in 1983.  A variety of jobs, including being a railway guard and doing singing telegrams, followed.   It was around this time that Julian acquired Fanny the wonderdog.  At nineteen he had a girlfriend for a short time, but she left him and he started a relationship with a barman at the Old Vic. 

Dragged up in a kaftan, with beads and a pink wig, he started on the London comedy circuit as "Gillian Pie-Face".  It was not a success with him being constantly heckled and often booed off stage.  Losing the drag and dressing in PVC and Rubber he re-invented himself as "The Joan Collins' Fan Club".  Julian was happily surviving with this act, doing the rounds with just himself, his dog, and his suitcase, when he was 'discovered' one night by some producers in the audience.  His debut television appearance was with Channel 4 in "Cabaret at the Jongleurs" in 1988 where he was billed as "The Joan Collins' Fan Club" with Fanny the Wonderdog.

A steady stream of work followed and he became known as Julian Clary having been persuaded to drop the reference to Joan Collins.  In 1993 he compéred the British Comedy Awards which was being broadcast live.  A sexual joke that he made about the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Norman Lamont, although greeted with enthusiastic laughter and applause by the celebrity audience attending,  resulted in gross condemnation of him by the press the following day, some even calling for him to be banned from television even though only twelve viewers had been offended enough to actually complain out of a viewing audience of more than thirteen million.  Julian escaped to tour Australia, not returning until 1995.

Julian soon became more popular than ever with the British public.  Acting roles, comedy series, show hosting, advertisements, guest appearances, and pantomime parts, in all far too many to mention here have made him a household name.  Could anyone today see or hear him and not know who he was?  The modest, vulnerable, but flamboyant, gay, camp, loveable, yet often outrageous - Julian Clary.

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Performance:
Cabaret at Jongleurs, 1988, television appearance as the Joan Collins' Fan Club.
Trick or Treat, 1989, television show.
Sticky Moments with Julian Clary, 1989, host on a television quiz show series.
Sticky Moments on Tour with Julian Clary, 1990, host on a television quiz show series.
Carry on Columbus, 1992, film acting role as the prison governor Don Juan Diego.
Terry and Julian, 1992, as himself in a television comedy series.
The Splendids, 1995, acting role in a play by Jean Genet, directed by Neil Bartlett.
All Rise for Julian Clary, 1996, as himself in a television comedy series.
Brazen Hussies, 1996, television acting role as the Man in the Moon.
Hospital!, 1997, television acting role.
In the Dark, 1997, acting role in a sitcom in the USA (never broadcast).
Live from the Lighthouse, 1998, television show host.
Jack and the Beanstalk, 1998, television acting role as Time and the first henchman.
Prickly Heat, 1998, television series host.
Mr and Mrs, 1999, compére on a television quiz show (taken off after two editions).
It's Only TV but I Like It, 1999, participant in a celebrity television game show.
Prickly Heat, 2000, co-host of a television game show on Sky Television.
Cinderella, 2000/2001, pantomime role as Dandini at the Theatre Royal, Brighton.
Cinderella, 2001/2002, pantomime role as Dandini at the Richmond Theatre.
Dick Whittington, 2001 as the purrfect cat in ITV's Xmas Pantomime Spectacular.

This list is not a complete history of performance.
There is so much more!

Since writing the above Julian has appeared on numerous radio and television shows, perhaps the most noticeable being Strictly Come Dancing, and Come And Have A Go (accompanying the National Lottery) for which before the launch he is credited with saying: "I can't wait to get my hands on the general public once again - I do hope they'll be clean..."       
 

 
FANNY

The Wonderdog

Leader of the Pack - Fanny.

Julian's well-loved and faithful companion Fanny, the dog that he rescued from Battersea dogs home years earlier, shot to fame with him in 1988 after she appeared alongside him at his TV debut as The Joan Collin's Fan Club.  She was a natural born star and would often be seen alongside Julian at his performances.  Extensively featured in Julian's books, and with her 'own' production co named "Wonderdog Productions", the very talented Fanny commanded substantial fees for her cameo appearances.

Fanny lived to a great age.  She was nineteen years old when she passed away peacefully at Julian's parent's home in Swindon, where she had spent her retirement years.  Her ashes are kept at Julian's London home.

Julian currently has an ill-tempered cat, Gloria, and another dog, a loveable though rather stage-shy black mongrel called, Valerie.

Julian playing bowls.
Julian Clary often visits his parents in Swindon.

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"Everything You Need To Know About Swindon"

Julian & Fanny.



 
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