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Apr 22, 2023 · Broadcaster Dame Joan Bakewell, a friend of Humphries, told the BBC he had an "extremely brilliant mind". "A world in which I don't have the friendship of Barry Humphries is really painful.
- 'Hello, Possums': A Man of Many Alter-Egos
- Awards and Accolades
- Rubbing Shoulders with The Royals
- Personal Life
- Farewell Tour and Declining Health
Dame Edna Everage was created during Humphries' time at Melbourne Theatre Company in 1955. He spent years refining the character from a satirical, beleaguered suburban housewife who says and does the 'wrong' things into a flamboyant, gladioli-throwing diva. He also established the characters of Les Patterson and Sandy Stone. Les Patterson has bee...
Having found fame in Australia and the UK, Humphries took his show Dame Edna: The Royal Tourto America in 2000. He won the inaugural Special Tony Award for a Live Theatrical Event and two National Broadway Theatre Awards for Best Play and Best Actor in 2001. He hilariously described winning a Tony like "winning a thousand Gold Logies at the same ti...
Humphries rubbed shoulders with the royals numerous times, and not only when he was awarded a CBE in 2007. Although, it can be argued Dame Edna met the late Queen many more times than Humphries himself. Dame Edna met with Her Majesty ahead of a gala variety performance at the Queen's Silver Jubilee Appeal in 1977. Dame Edna also spent time with h...
Humphries was open about his battle with alcoholism. After moving from Australia to the UK, the performer said his dependency reached a crisis point. He returned home to Australia in the early 1970s and was admitted into a private hospital for treatment. He then remained sober, and was a life-long member of Alcoholics Anonymous. Humphries spoke wi...
The first time Humphries tried to retire from entertainment was in 2012, when he said he was "beginning to feel a bit senior." He announced a farewell tour called Eat, Pray, Laugh!from 2012 until 2013. The show included performances by all of his favourite characters and a couple of new ones, and toured both Australia and the UK. Humphries would...
Apr 24, 2023 · Humphries died peacefully in Sydney, on Saturday, aged 89. "He was completely himself until the very end, never losing his brilliant mind, his unique wit and generosity of spirit," his family said ...
- Yara Murray-Atfield
Barry Humphries. John Barry Humphries AC CBE (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) was an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He was best known for writing and playing his stage and television characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. Humphries's characters brought him international renown.
Apr 22, 2023 · Broadcaster Dame Joan Bakewell, a friend of Humphries, told the BBC he had an "extremely brilliant mind". "A world in which I don't have the friendship of Barry Humphries is really painful.
Apr 22, 2023 · Barry Humphries, aka Dame Edna, Dies at 89. ... “He was completely himself until the very end, never losing his brilliant mind, his unique wit and generosity of spirit,” they said. “With ...
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Apr 22, 2023 · His family has said he “never lost his brilliant mind” even at the end. ... said the world was “blessed” to have Barry Humphries. “Staggeringly inventive and permanently fascinated. An ...
