Barry Humphries

About

John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE (17 February 1934 - 22 April 2023) was an Australian comedian, satirist, dadaist, artist, author and character actor, perhaps best known for his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife and "gigastar", and Sir Les Patterson, Australia's foul-mouthed cultural attaché to the Court of St. James's. He was a film producer and script writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, an award-winning writer and an accomplished landscape painter. For his delivery of dadaist and absurdist humour to millions, biographer Anne Pender described Humphries in 2010 as not only the most significant theatrical figure of our time … [but] the most significant comedian to emerge since Charlie Chaplin. Humphries' characters, especially Dame Edna Everage, have brought him international renown, and he had appeared in numerous films, stage...

Known for

Ally McBealSeries • 1997The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964Finding NemoMovie • 2003OmnibusSeries • 1967The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyMovie • 2012RTL Samstag NachtSeries • 1993Mary and MaxMovie • 2009Justin and the Knights of ValourMovie • 2013Nicholas NicklebyMovie • 2002Absolutely Fabulous: The MovieMovie • 2016Immortal BelovedMovie • 1994Spice WorldMovie • 1997Blinky Bill the MovieMovie • 2015The Marsupials: The Howling IIIMovie • 1987NapoleonMovie • 1995Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandMovie • 1978BedazzledMovie • 1967Welcome to Woop WoopMovie • 1998Shock TreatmentMovie • 1981The Adventures of Barry McKenzieMovie • 1972Jack Irish: Dead PointMovie • 2014The Leading ManMovie • 1996