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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 .
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 22, 2023 · The young man secured his first paid acting role after a number of complaints from various women about a Dadaist event called , staged at the University of Melbourne’s Union Theatre in 1953. It...
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Feb 14, 2022 · Humphries is monobob’s first Olympic champion, finishing off a surprisingly easy win at the Beijing Games on Monday. She completed four runs in 4 minutes, 19.27 seconds to lead a gold-silver...
Apr 22, 2023 · Barry Humphries has died at the age of 89, which means so has Dame Edna. Barry Humphries portrayed his bewigged character, an Australian grande dame, for decades on stage, telling outrageous...
Apr 22, 2023 · At the time Humphries used Edna, a dull housewife with decidedly politically incorrect views on foreigners, as a satire on his experience of growing up in the conservative suburbs of Melbourne...
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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...
