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Georgina Baillie
English entertainer
Georgina Baillie (born 7 July ) is an English actor, artist, post-punk singer, songwriter, and formerly a burlesque performer. Her stage names have included Voluptua and Georgie Girl.
From to she worked as a backing vocalist for Adam Ant and during – as the lead singer of the band Georgie Girl and her Poussez Posse that toured with Ant in over concerts.
In October , Baillie and her grandfather, the actor Andrew Sachs, were the targets of a prank phone call by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross that resulted in reverberations in the British media.
Early life
[edit]Baillie was born 7 July in East London UK. Her mother is voiceover artist Kate Sachs and her father the actor Charles Baillie. Her maternal grandfather was the actor Andrew Sachs.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Music
[edit]Baillie has worked with a number of bands over the years. In , she worked with MariaMaria to release a single, "Sonnet for a Vampire." Baillie performed vocals, with Sarah White on bass and Corrine Aze "Hazel" Corleone on guitar.[3]
In , shortly after The Russell Brand Show prank calls, Adam Ant befriended Baillie, and as of remained close friends. He hired Baillie to oversee his calendar scheduling and asked her to per
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The Russell Brand Show prank calls
Controversial radio incident in
In an episode of The Russell Brand Show broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on 18 October , the comedian Russell Brand and the presenter Jonathan Ross made prank calls to the actor Andrew Sachs that created controversy in the United Kingdom. Brand and Ross called Sachs to interview him on air; when he did not answer, they left lewd messages on his answering machine, including comments about Brand's relationship with Sachs' granddaughter Georgina Baillie.
The incident received little attention initially, but an article in The Mail on Sunday of 26 October led to widespread criticism of Brand, Ross and the editorial decisions of the BBC. The event became known as Sachsgate or Manuelgate (a reference to Sachs' Fawlty Towers character Manuel).[1] Brand and Ross were criticised by a number of MPs, including Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and the BBC received a record number of complaints. The BBC suspended Ross while it and Ofcom launched investigations. Both Brand and Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas resigned from the BBC. On 30 October, the BBC suspended Ross without pay for twelve weeks. The BBC was fined £, by Ofcom.[2]
Prank calls
[edit]From April through to October , Russell Brand a
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