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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. Humphries's characters brought him international renown. He appeared in numerous stage productions, films ...
Apr 22, 2023 · Barry Humphries has died at 89. Scott Simon revisits a conversation he had with Humphries' legendary creation, Dame Edna.
Apr 24, 2023 · With the passing of Barry Humphries, the entertainment industry loses a man who blazed a trail for others, defined a genre and changed the face of comedy.
- Yara Murray-Atfield
Apr 28, 2023 · Barry Humphries obituary: cerebral satirist who created Dame Edna Everage. Actor and comedian was best known as the monstrous Melbourne housewife and Sir Les Patterson
Apr 22, 2023 · Dame Edna Everage, Australian housewife turned fearless comedy truth-teller. The Wagga Wagga-born entertainer and former ‘unhappily married woman’ was discovered by the late Barry Humphries –...
- Mark Mcginness
Apr 27, 2023 · Instead he found himself hitched to a vulture disguised as a bird of paradise who, thanks to an Australian prime minister, was actually a Dame. Some made the pretty insulting assertion that they ...
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Apr 22, 2023 · Barry Humphries – the Australian comic behind creations like the hilarious Dame Edna Everage – has passed away, aged 89. Best known for the brazen drag persona Dame Edna, Humphries became a fast favorite with royal family members, and was awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2007.
