Cast
Barry Humphries
Acting
Cast
Barry Humphries
Known for
Acting
Born
1934-02-17
From
Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia
Died
2023-04-22
Also known as Dame Edna Everage, John Barry Humphries, Edna Everage
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 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.
★7.8
MOVIE2003
Finding Nemo
as Bruce (voice)
★7.4
MOVIE2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as The Great Goblin
★7.9
MOVIE2009
Mary and Max
as Narrator (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE1995
Napoleon
as Kangaroo (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE2002
Nicholas Nickleby
as Mrs. Crummles/Mr. Leadville
★5.9
MOVIE2013
Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Braulio (voice)
★4.6
MOVIE1987
The Marsupials: The Howling III
as Academy Award Presenter
★7.1
MOVIE1994
Immortal Beloved
as Clemens Metternich
★5.3
MOVIE2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Charlie / Dame Edna
★4.9
MOVIE1997
Spice World
as Kevin McMaxford
★6.8
MOVIE1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Mr. Wainwright
★6.8
MOVIE2008
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
MOVIE2021
Show of Titles
as "Anyone Can Whistle" Performer
★5.5
MOVIE1970
The Naked Bunyip
as Edna Everage
★5.0
MOVIE1996
The Leading Man
as Humphrey Beal
★5.5
MOVIE2015
Blinky Bill the Movie
as Wombo (voice)
★4.3
MOVIE1978
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
as Our Guests at Heartland
★6.2
MOVIE1967
Bedazzled
as Envy
★5.2
MOVIE2019
Standing Up for Sunny
as Barry Humphries
★6.7
MOVIE2014
Jack Irish: Dead Point
as Justice Logan
★7.0
MOVIE1976
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
as Edna Everage
★5.8
MOVIE1998
Welcome to Woop Woop
as Blind Wally
★6.9
MOVIE2005
Da Kath & Kim Code
as John Monk
MOVIE2008
The Man Inside Dame Edna
as Self/Dame Edna/Les Patterson
★5.3
MOVIE2012
Kath & Kimderella
as Dame Edna Everage
★5.8
MOVIE1981
Shock Treatment
as Bert Schnick
★10.0
MOVIE2021
Parkinson at 50
as Dame Edna Everage (archive footage)
MOVIE1996
Les Patterson 'Has A Stand Up' - Live & Rampant
as Les Patterson
★5.5
MOVIE2014
The Last Impresario
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1990
A Night on Mount Edna
as Dame Edna Everage
★6.3
MOVIE1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self - Various Roles
★6.7
MOVIE1975
Side by Side
as Rodney
★4.8
MOVIE1987
Les Patterson Saves the World
as Sir Les Patterson / Dame Edna Everage
★6.1
MOVIE1984
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
as Richard Deane
★4.8
MOVIE2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self - Edna Everage
★8.0
MOVIE1993
Selling Hitler
as Rupert Murdoch
★4.0
MOVIE1974
Percy's Progress
as Dr. Anderson / Australian TV Lady
MOVIE1991
A Late Lunch With Sir Les
as Les Patterson
★4.0
MOVIE2007
Little Britain Down Under
as Dame Edna Everage
★5.3
MOVIE1972
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
as Aunt Edna Everage / Hoot / Dr. DeLamphrey
★5.4
MOVIE1974
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
as Aunt Edna Everage / Dr. Meyer Delamphrey / Offensive Buck-toothed Englishman / Senator Douglas Manton
MOVIE2023
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
as Self
MOVIE2008
Gaybo Laughs Back
as Dame Edna
★7.2
MOVIE2008
We Are Most Amused
as Self
MOVIE1984
Royal Variety Performance 1984
★7.0
MOVIE1990
An Audience with Jackie Mason
★3.8
MOVIE1980
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Dame Edna
★5.4
MOVIE1977
The Getting of Wisdom
as Rev. Strachey
MOVIE1981
A Toast to Melbourne
★4.0
MOVIE2009
Making Mary and Max
as Self
MOVIE2016
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE1997
Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
as Bert / Lady Shopper / Manager
MOVIE2023
Barry Humphries - A Life of Laughs
as Self (Archive)
MOVIE1981
The Rocky Horror Treatment
as (archive footage)
★5.4
MOVIE1975
The Great MacArthy
as Col Ball-Miller
★5.0
MOVIE2009
Salvation
as Client
★7.6
MOVIE2023
Barry Humphries at the BBC
as Self (archive material) / Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson
★8.0
MOVIE1995
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
as Self
MOVIE1988
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
as Self/Dame Edna
MOVIE2019
Dame Edna Rules The Waves
as Dame Edna Everidge
★9.0
MOVIE1984
Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Dame Edna/Les Patterson
MOVIE2006
It Started with Swap Shop
as Self
MOVIE1984
A Birthday Tribute to Dame Edna Everage
as Dame Edna/Sir Les Patterson
MOVIE2006
Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
as Self
MOVIE1988
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Dame Edna Everage
★8.0
MOVIE2015
Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show
as Self
MOVIE1997
Sir Les And The Great Chinese Takeaway
as Les Patterson/Dame Edna
MOVIE1992
Joan Rivers: Abroad in London
as Dame Edna Everage
MOVIE1986
An Aussie Audience with Dame Edna
as Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson / Self
MOVIE1954
Le Bain Vorace (Dial P for Plughole)
MOVIE2003
Barry Humphries Presents Back to My Roots and Other Suckers
as Sir Les Patterson/Owen Steele/Sandy Stone/Dame Edna Everage