Barry Humphries
Born in Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia — Feb 17 1934• Died Apr 22 2023
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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…
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Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
Omnibus
Sir Les Patterson
The Wednesday Play
Finding Nemo
Bruce (voice)
Ally McBeal
Claire Otoms
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Great Goblin
The Osbournes
Self
RTL Samstag Nacht
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Contestant (Dame Edna Everage)
I'd Do Anything
Himself - Judge
Russell Harty
Spice World
Kevin McMaxford
Immortal Beloved
Clemens Metternich
The Dame Edna Experience
The Dame Edna Treatment
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Charlie / Dame Edna
Mary and Max
Narrator (voice)
Nicholas Nickleby
Mrs. Crummles/Mr. Leadville
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Our Guests at Heartland
Show of Titles
"Anyone Can Whistle" Performer
A Comedy Roast
The Team: A Season With McLaren
Dame Edna Everage
Napoleon
Kangaroo (voice)
Bedazzled
Envy
Selling Hitler
Rupert Murdoch
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
Blinky Bill the Movie
Wombo (voice)
Standing Up for Sunny
Barry Humphries
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self - Edna Everage
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Mr. Wainwright
Shock Treatment
Bert Schnick
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Aunt Edna Everage / Hoot / Dr. DeLamphrey
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Braulio (voice)
Percy's Progress
Dr. Anderson / Australian TV Lady
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self - Various Roles
The Leading Man
Humphrey Beal
Parkinson at 50
Dame Edna Everage (archive footage)
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
Self
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Richard Deane
Salvation
Client
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Aunt Edna Everage / Dr. Meyer Delamphrey / Offensive Buck-toothed Englishman / Senator Douglas Manton
A Granny's Guide to the Modern World
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Welcome to Woop Woop
Blind Wally
We Are Most Amused
Self
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Dame Edna Everage
Barry Humphries at the BBC
Self (archive material) / Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson
Side by Side
Rodney
Les Patterson Saves the World
Sir Les Patterson / Dame Edna Everage
Jack Irish: Dead Point
Justice Logan
Kath & Kimderella
Dame Edna Everage
Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
Bert / Lady Shopper / Manager
Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford
The Getting of Wisdom
Rev. Strachey
Howling III: The Marsupials
Academy Award Presenter
Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
Self
Gaybo Laughs Back
Dame Edna
Magical Land of Oz
Narrator (voice)
Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch
Dame Edna
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
Self
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
Edna Everage
Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show
Self
The Man Inside Dame Edna
Self/Dame Edna/Les Patterson
It Started with Swap Shop
Self
The Naked Bunyip
Edna Everage
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Self
Little Britain Down Under
Dame Edna Everage
Brilliant Creatures
Self
Betjeman and Me
Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Dame Edna/Les Patterson
The Great MacArthy
Col Ball-Miller
An Audience with Jackie Mason
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
Self/Dame Edna
Making Mary and Max
Self
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Dame Edna
A Toast to Melbourne
A Night on Mount Edna
Dame Edna Everage
Barry Humphries Presents Back to My Roots and Other Suckers
Sir Les Patterson/Owen Steele/Sandy Stone/Dame Edna Everage
The Rocky Horror Treatment
(archive footage)
The Last Impresario
Self
A Late Lunch With Sir Les
Les Patterson
Joan Rivers: Abroad in London
Dame Edna Everage
Da Kath & Kim Code
John Monk
Sir Les And The Great Chinese Takeaway
Les Patterson/Dame Edna
Dame Edna Rules The Waves
Dame Edna Everidge
Dame Edna's Hollywood
Dame Edna Everage
A Birthday Tribute to Dame Edna Everage
Dame Edna/Sir Les Patterson
Dame Edna Rules The Waves
Creator
An Aussie Audience with Dame Edna
Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson / Self
Les Patterson 'Has A Stand Up' - Live & Rampant
Les Patterson
Barry Humphries - A Life of Laughs
Self (Archive)