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2 days ago · Barry, who was perhaps best known for his iconic dame Edna Everage character, helped launch the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1987 and had an award named after him at one stage before ...
3 days ago · The most talented contact and interviewee was, by a long stretch, the Aussie comedian Barry Humphries. It would be a conceit to claim him as a friend, but we did have friendly face-to-face and phone chats during the 1970s when he was achieving fame in the UK, chiefly with his characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson.
3 days ago · Walliams, a comedian, actor and best-selling author, said the late Australian comedy legend also felt unwelcome in Melbourne — the city that shaped his most iconic character, Moonee Ponds dame, Edna Everage. “I knew Barry very well. We’d go out for lunch and dinners. He was a huge influence in my life,” Walliams said.
4 days ago · Sir Les Patterson, uncouth and foul mouthed, with stained clothes, was the antithesis of Edna Everage's aspirations of refinement and classiness. Although Humphries gave up alcohol in the 1970s, he enjoyed portraying the unrepentant lush on TV interviews.
3 days ago · A Harry – a neighbour nicknamed him “Bingo” and Bingo got shortened to Bing. 3 Whose stage persona is Sir Les Patterson? A Barry Humphries. (Dame Edna Everidge) he died on 22 April 2023 aged 89. 4 What do Samuel Pepys, Francis Kilvert and John Evelyn have in common? A They all wrote famous diaries.
4 days ago · Montage footage of Barry Humphries to commemorate his passing, the legend of showbiz.
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3 days ago · What Plibersek chose to ignore was the project’s endorsement by another Aboriginal group, which did not see the dam site as culturally significant. As Wiradjuri elder Roy Ah-See observed, the mine would have provided “economic empowerment for us as Aboriginal people”.
