Brenda Gilhooly

Brenda Gilhooly (born 1964 in Epsom, Surrey) is an English comedian. She studied English and Drama at the University College of Swansea, University of Wales and graduated in 1987. She is best known for Gayle Tuesday, an archetypal dumb blonde and Page 3 girl. She enjoyed brief success with this character appearing on various TV shows.

She first appeared on British television in 1991 with Channel 4 series Remote Control and then with !Viva Cabaret! in 1993, alongside similar character-based acts such as Lily Savage and Bob Downe.^[1] She has since appeared on shows such as the Jack Dee Show and Lily Live!, as well as her own series Gayle's World in 1996.^[2][3][4] She has also appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.^[5][6][7][8]

Most of her recent appearances have been as characters other than Gayle Tuesday, notably on Harry Hill's TV Burp on which she is a writer as well as an occasional performer. Gilhooly is married and has two daughters.

Gilhooly returned to television as Gayle Tuesday in 2010 with the Living series Gayle Tuesday: The Comeback.^[2][9][10]

In 2019 Gilhooly wrote a new sitcom for BBC Radio 4 Madam Mayor. The first episode was aired on Friday 12 July 2019. Gilhooly starred as Madam Mayor and was supported by Jack Dee, Harry Hill, Michelle Collins and Elis James.^[11]

References

1. Britcom U-Y 17 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
2. Gayle Tuesday: The Comeback
3. "All testosterone and no knickers". The Independent. 16 June 1996. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
4. "MORE BOOBS THAN BRAIN - THAT'S GAYLE!; Page Three "stunna" Gayle Tuesday is brash, bold and back on ITV (funnily enough on Wednesdays) with her own chat show Gayle's World. LISA BURROW caught up with the model creation of comedienne Brenda Gilhooly to ask her about life, the Spice Girls - and everything... - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
5. "Series 1, Episode 5". Lily Savage's Blankety Blank. 4 February 2001. ITV. Repeated 24 August 2016 on Challenge TV.
6. Lily Savage's Blankety Blank. 25 February 2001. ITV.
7. Lily Savage's Blankety Blank. 20 May 2001. ITV.
8. "Lily Savage's Blankety Blank". 3 June 2001. ITV. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
9. Hemley, Matthew (6 August 2010). "Living commissions first ever UK comedy | News". The Stage. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
10. Sweney, Mark (6 August 2010). "Living plans its first UK comedy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
11. "Madam Mayor". BBC. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

External links

• Brenda Gilhooly at IMDb