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Barry Humphries
Acting
17 Feb 1934
† 22 Apr 2023
Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia
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 landsca...
Also Known As
Dame Edna Everage, John Barry Humphries, Edna Everage, Les Patterson, Barry McKenzie



































