Voting Station

Danny La Rue

Please vote to see the next celebrity.

Drag Queen

The Resume

    (July 26, 1927-May 31, 2009)
    Born in County Cork, Ireland
    Birth name was Daniel Patrick Carroll
    Owned his own nightclub in Hannover Square, London (1964-72)
    Appeared in West End shows and Christmas pantomimes
    Impersonations included Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Shirley Bassey, Carol Channing and Margaret Thatcher

Why he might be annoying:

    He preferred being called a 'comic in a frock' rather than a drag queen or female impersonator.
    He would wear 20-foot long trains of ostrich feathers.
    He yelled 'Piss off' at Princess Margaret when she knocked on his dressing room door. (He later explained, 'I thought she was Peter Sellers messing about.')
    He announced his engagement to an unnamed theater producer (1987) before deciding he 'could not face going through with it.'
    He titled his autobiography 'From Drags to Riches.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    Noel Coward called him, 'The most professional, the most witty and the most utterly charming man in the business.'
    He was named Entertainer of the Decade by the Variety Club of Great Britain (1979).
    He was so popular in Australia that he was invited to represent Britain at the Expo '88 bicentennial.
    He received an OBE for his charity work (2002).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 34 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 30 Votes: 76.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 130 Votes: 75.38% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 95 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 85 Votes: 57.65% Annoying