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Full Name
  
Dorothy Pollock

Name
  
Dorothy Paul

TV shows
  

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Born
  
1937
Glasgow, Scotland

Education
  
Whitehill Secondary School

Books
  
Dorothy: Revelations of a Rejected Soprano

Dorothy Paul


Dorothy Paul (born 1937 in Dennistoun, Glasgow as Dorothy Pollock) is a Scottish stage and screen actress, comedian and entertainer. She is perhaps best known for her stage shows and live performances, most notably at the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow.

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Acting career

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Originating from the Dennistoun area of Glasgow, she started her main career in the late 1960s, with her first credited roles in television shows such as The Revenue Men, Sutherland's Law and Garnock Way. She also featured in the film Micheline's Mother, which was presented at the 2005 film Festival. After many successful years with various stage performances, including Dorothy Paul: Live, she had made guest appearances in Still Game and Taggart.

The Steamie

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In December 1988, Paul starred as Magrit in the television adaptation of the play The Steamie, written by Tony Roper. In the show, she featured alongside fellow cast members Eileen McCallum, Katy Murphy and Peter Mullan. The adaptation is generally favoured as one of Scotland's most loved television broadcasts.

Her role in The Steamie featured the famous "Isn't it wonderful to be a woman?" speech, in which Paul delivers an explanation about the life of a woman during that era.

"Isn't it wonderful to be a woman? You get up at the crack of dawn, you get the breakfast ready, you get the weans ready and oot the hoose looking as respectable as you can afford and you wash the dishes, finish the ironing, maybe give the floor a skite over, and then you're away to yer ain wee job, maybe cleaning offices or serving in a shop or washing stairs. You finish your work and back in your hoose to mair work. What are we? We're skivvies. Unpaid skivvies."

Television presenting

Dorothy Paul was a regular on Scottish TV in the 1980s and 90s and had her own new year programmes that featured her singing and telling stories of her childhood.

In the summer of 2009, Dorothy was a guest presenter on STV's daily lifestyle show The Hour, alongside main anchor Stephen Jardine.

Personal life

She currently lives in Glasgow, Scotland. She has expressed a keen interest in painting. She is also a patron of The Family Addiction Support Service (FASS), a charity in Glasgow offering support services to those affected by drug and alcohol addictions.

References

Dorothy Paul Wikipedia