Acting
Barry Humphries
- Born
- Feb 17, 1934 · Aged 89
- Died
- Apr 22, 2023
- Place of birth
- Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 72
- TV credits
- 48
Also known as (7)
- Dame Edna Everage
- John Barry Humphries
- Edna Everage
- Les Patterson
- Barry McKenzie
- Sandy Stone
- Bazza McKenzie
Biography
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…
