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In 2000 Humphries took his Dame Edna: The Royal Tour show to North America winning the inaugural Special Tony Award for a Live Theatrical Event in 2000 and won two National Broadway Theatre Awards for "Best Play" and for "Best Actor" in 2001.
Apr 22, 2023 · 22 April 2023. Barry Humphries was described as one of the greatest raconteurs and stand-up comedians of his age. But his achievements as a writer, painter, actor and scholar were overshadowed by...
Aug 16, 2024 · Barry Humphries (born February 17, 1934, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia—died April 22, 2023, Sydney, Australia) was an Australian actor best known for his character Dame Edna Everage, a sharp-tongued housewife and talk show host. Humphries attended Melbourne University but left to pursue acting.
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Apr 24, 2023 · The winner of this year's now-titled Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award, Gillian Cosgriff, said Humphries left "undeniably a powerful legacy for Australian comedy and on the ...
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May 28, 2021 · The Melbourne Comedy Festival may have stripped Humphries name from its biggest award, following comments he made about transgender people, but there’s one that can’t be taken away: his status ...
Apr 22, 2023 · The turning point came in 2000, when Humphries took Dame Edna: The Royal Tour to New York: it won a Tony award and two National Broadway Theatre awards; five years later, Back With a...
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Apr 22, 2023 · Barry Humphries has died at 89. Scott Simon revisits a conversation he had with Humphries' legendary creation, Dame Edna.
