10.0
10.0
Parkinson at 50
2021
as Dame Edna Everage (archive footage)
Barry Humphries
Also known as: John Barry Humphries, Dame Edna Everage, Edna Everage...
Acting
Born:February 17, 1934
Died:April 22, 2023(aged 89)
Birthplace:Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia
Nationality:Australia
Education:Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Camberwell Grammar School, Melbourne Grammar School
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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 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 productions and television shows. Originally conceived as a dowdy Moonee Ponds housewife who caricatured Australian suburban complacency and insularity, Edna had evolved over four decades to become a satire of stardom, the gaudily dressed, acid-tongued, egomaniacal, internationally feted Housewife Gigastar, Dame Edna Everage. Humphries' other major satirical character creation was the archetypal Australian bloke Barry McKenzie, who originated as the hero of a comic strip about Australians in London (with drawings by Nicholas Garland) which was first published in Private Eye magazine. The stories about "Bazza" (Humphries' nickname, as well as an Australian term of endearment for the name Barry) gave wide circulation to Australian slang, particularly jokes about drinking and its consequences (much of which was invented by Humphries), and the character went on to feature in two Australian films, in which he was portrayed by Barry Crocker. Humphries' other satirical characters include the "priapic and inebriated cultural attaché" Sir Les Patterson, who has "continued to bring worldwide discredit upon Australian arts and culture, while contributing as much to the Australian vernacular as he has borrowed from it", gentle, grandfatherly "returned gentleman" Sandy Stone, iconoclastic 1960s underground film-maker Martin Agrippa, Paddington socialist academic Neil Singleton, sleazy trade union official Lance Boyle, high-pressure art salesman Morrie O'Connor and failed tycoon Owen Steele. Humphries died following complications from hip surgery at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney on 22 April 2023.
Filmography (68 movies)
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8.0
Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show
2015
as Self
7.9
7.9
Mary and Max
2009
as Narrator (voice)
7.8
7.8
Finding Nemo
2003
as Bruce (voice)
7.6
7.6
Barry Humphries at the BBC
2023
as Self (archive material) / Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson
7.4
7.4
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as The Great Goblin
7.2
7.2
We Are Most Amused
2008
as Self
7.1
7.1
Immortal Beloved
1994
as Clemens Metternich
7.0
7.0
Selling Hitler
1993
as Rupert Murdoch
7.0
7.0
An Audience with Jackie Mason
1990
6.9
6.9
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
as Mrs. Crummies/Mr. Leadville
6.9
6.9
Da Kath & Kim Code
2005
as John Monk
6.8
6.8
Jack Irish: Dead Point
2014
as Justice Logan
6.7
6.7
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
as Mr. Wainwright
6.5
6.5
Side by Side
1975
as Rodney
6.5
6.5
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
1976
as Edna Everage
6.2
6.2
Bedazzled
1967
as Envy
6.1
6.1
Napoleon
1995
as Kangaroo (voice)
6.0
6.0
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
as Self - Various Roles
5.9
5.9
Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013
as Braulio (voice)
5.8
5.8
Shock Treatment
1981
as Bert Schnick
5.8
5.8
Welcome to Woop Woop
1998
as Blind Wally
5.6
5.6
Blinky Bill the Movie
2015
as Wombo (voice)
5.6
5.6
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
1984
as Richard Deane
5.3
5.3
Kath & Kimderella
2012
as Dame Edna Everage
5.3
5.3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Charlie / Dame Edna
5.3
5.3
The Naked Bunyip
1970
as Edna Everage
5.2
5.2
The Getting of Wisdom
1977
as Rev. Strachey
5.2
5.2
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974
Writer
5.2
5.2
Standing Up for Sunny
2019
as Barry Humphries
5.1
5.1
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
1972
Writer
5.0
5.0
Salvation
2009
as Client
4.9
4.9
The Leading Man
1996
as Humphrey Beal
4.9
4.9
Spice World
1997
as Kevin McMaxford
4.8
4.8
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self - Edna Everage
4.7
4.7
Les Patterson Saves the World
1987
Writer
4.5
4.5
Howling III: The Marsupials
1987
as Academy Award Presenter
4.3
4.3
The Great MacArthy
1975
as Col Ball-Miller
4.0
4.0
Little Britain Down Under
2007
as Dame Edna Everage
4.0
4.0
Making Mary and Max
2009
as Self
3.7
3.7
Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
1997
as Bert / Lady Shopper / Manager
3.4
3.4
Percy's Progress
1974
as Dr. Anderson / Australian TV Lady
1.0
1.0
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980
as Dame Edna
Barry Humphries Presents Back to My Roots and Other Suckers
2003
Writer
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988
as Dame Edna Everage
Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1984
Writer
A Night on Mount Edna
1990
as Dame Edna Everage
Les Patterson 'Has A Stand Up' - Live & Rampant
1996
Writer
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
2023
as Self
Dame Edna Rules The Waves
2019
Writer
Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
2006
as Self
Show of Titles
2021
as "Anyone Can Whistle" Performer
An Aussie Audience with Dame Edna
1986
Writer
Gaybo Laughs Back
2008
as Dame Edna
The Man Inside Dame Edna
2008
as Self/Dame Edna/Les Patterson
Barry Humphries - A Life of Laughs
2023
as Self (Archive)
Sir Les And The Great Chinese Takeaway
1997
Writer
A Late Lunch With Sir Les
1991
as Les Patterson
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
1988
as Self/Dame Edna
Sandy Comes Home
1990
Writer
The Life and Death of Sandy Stone
1991
Writer
A Birthday Tribute to Dame Edna Everage
1984
as Dame Edna/Sir Les Patterson
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
2016
as Self
The Rocky Horror Treatment
1981
as (archive footage)
A Toast to Melbourne
1981
Joan Rivers: Abroad in London
1992
as Dame Edna Everage
It Started with Swap Shop
2006
as Self
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
1995
as Self
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