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Dame Edna Everage, often known simply as Dame Edna, is a character created and performed by Australian comedian Barry Humphries, known for her lilac-coloured (" wisteria hue") hair and cat eye glasses ("face furniture"); her favourite flower, the gladiolus ("gladdies"); and her boisterous greeting "Hello, Possums !"
- December 1955, Return Fare
- Barry Humphries
- 2019, Dame Edna Rules The Waves
- Barry Humphries
Apr 22, 2023 · To be unflinchingly precise, Barry Humphries, the Australian-born actor and comic who for almost seven decades brought that divine doyenne of divadom, Dame Edna Everage, to delirious,...
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.
- 1953–2023
- Character comedy, satire
Apr 22, 2023 · Australian entertainer Barry Humphries, best known for his comic character Dame Edna Everage, has died aged 89. The star had been in hospital in Sydney after suffering complications following hip...
Apr 22, 2023 · In Dame Edna Everage, Australian actor and comedian Barry Humphries created a cultural icon whose international fame would rapidly outstrip his own. Later in life, Humphries — who has died, aged 89 — would appear on stage as himself, but it was the fictitious Melbourne housewife in a wisteria-pink wig who most often soaked up the limelight.
Apr 22, 2023 · Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending and imperfectly veiled snob whose evolving character...
Apr 22, 2023 · CANBERRA, Australia — Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending and imperfectly-veiled snob whose...
