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John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE (born 17 February 1934 in Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian comedian, satirist and character actor best known for his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife, and Sir Les Patterson, Australia's foul-mouthed cultural attaché to Britain. Humphries is also a film producer and script writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, an award-winning writer and an accomplished landscape painter. Humphries' characters, especially Edna Everage, have brought him international renown, and he has appeared in numerous films, stage productions and television shows. His Barry McKenzie comic strips about Australians in London appeared in Private Eye magazine with drawings by Nicholas Garland. The stories about "Bazza" (also Humphries' nickname) gave wide circulation to Australian slang, particularly jokes about drinking and its consequences, much of it invented by Humphries. He was also the voice of Bruce the Shark in the 2003 Pixar movie Finding Nemo.  (Read full article from Wikipedia...) Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

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The joys of an English country pub – with resentment on tap Telegraph.co.uk She was the landlady of a country pub and reminded me of Barry Humphries. There I was, drink in each hand, listening with a polite grimace, ...

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The turbulent priest and the unfiery redhead The Age ... accepted Tony Abbott's congratulation, shook hands and said in that voice that pierces like a national destiny dreamt up by Barry Humphries, ''Game on! ... and more »

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Tim Burton: Remember me? I'm your father Telegraph.co.uk Australia's first woman prime minister, Julia Gillard, has failed to impress her compatriot Barry Humphries. "She's a bit too Sydney for my liking," the ... and more »

Middle class meets cultural elite Herald Sun Rose also has fun using the roman a clef tradition, with references to real Australians such as Barry Humphries, Patrick White and artist John Brack ...

The Guardian

Freedom of a sort as Conrad Black looks forward to life on the outside The Guardian ... his wife at a New York restaurant, attended by luminaries including Michael Bloomberg, Donald Trump and the Dame Edna Everage creator Barry Humphries. ... and more »

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La Bête The Guardian But he gives a riveting comic display by turning Valere into a 17th century equivalent of Barry Humphries's Les Patterson: he spits, farts, burps, ... and more »

Martin Creed is stacked for success Herald Scotland ... with contributions from the likes of Colm Tóibín, Germaine Greer and Barry Humphries, is launching at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. ...

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Daphne Guinness says no to the knife Telegraph.co.uk Barry Humphries could not, alas, attend a lunch that Lady Antonia Fraser hosted to celebrate the knighthood that her old friend Ronald Harwood, ...

Austereo's Barry station to launch next Friday The Music Network (blog) ... claiming that “the name Barry is facing extinction” and honouring endangered Barrys like Barry Hall, Barry Crocker and Barry Humphries. ... and more »

Rock Legends To Hit Royal Albert Hall For Charity Look To The Stars The evening will be hosted by the best in comedy, multi-award winning actor and comedian Rob Brydon, Barry Humphries as his hilarious alter ego Dame Edna ...

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Quote Unquote: Barry Humphries on Marilyn Monroe
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When Arthur Miller shook my hand I could only think that this was the hand that had once cupped the breasts of Marilyn Monroe. I visited Jersey yesterday to see a small Marilyn Monroe exhibition in the Jersey Museum. ...

Star Words ... Barry Humphries - Coventry Telegraph - Pass the Remote
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barry h.jpg "SHE'S a bit too Sydney for my liking, a bit C.O.M.M.O.N. She is all right on TV with the volume off." Barry Humphries, aka Dame Edna Everage, assesses Australia's new prime minister Julia Gillard. Add a Comment · delicious ...

Whirlpool appliances: Barry Humphries – Australian TV commercial ...
Electric Ovens
One of Humphries' ads for Whirlpool, this one's for their whiz-bang electric stove. Others in the series were directed by Bruce Beresford – not sure if this one was…

Talking TelevisionAU: Barry Humphries' Flashbacks on 7TWO
Talking TelevisionAU
The Seven Network's digital channel 7TWO has scheduled in a re-run of an excellent ABC documentary series of the late '90s. Barry Humphries' Flashbacks, originally screened on ABC in 1999 in the months leading up to Y2K, documents the ...

Review: Barry Humphries and the Australian Chamber Orchestra ...
Trespass
The Australian Chamber Orchestra has established itself so thoroughly as Australia's premiere orchestra, that it almost seems redundant to reflect upon their performance. Beginning the concert with the overture from Mozart's Marriage of ...

Ill Folks: "That's Your Funeral" Barry Humphries ("Dame Edna")
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"I'm lactating," Dame Edna tells the audience. "I can share that with you. Not many actresses would. Angela Lansbury wouldn't tell you she's lactating, would she?" Angela also wouldn't confide that she dated New York's embattled ...

Barry Humphries Performs in Melbourne: Dame Edna and Sir Les with ...
Suite101: Musical Theatre Articles
An enjoyable night's entertainment as Barry Humphries brings to the stage two of his best known characters, and introduces some obscure music from the 1920s.

The illustrated Hello: Barry Humphries
No Rock And Roll Fun
Creator of Les Patterson, Dame Edna and Barry McKenzie, Humphries also invented Australian experimental music - creating "Wubbo" in the 1950s as something between a dadaist prank and a full-on jest while a member of the Melbourne Dada ...

Dame Edna Everage Edition Barry Humphries
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Product DescriptionIn 1989 the author spent a month in the wings of the Theatre Royal watching Barry Humphries perform as Dame Edna Everage. What emerges is an account of the act and a portrait of the comedian and his art. ...

Dame Edna Everage Barry Humphries Edition
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Product DescriptionIn 1989, the author spent a month in the backstage of the Theatre Royal Barry Humphries Dame Edna Everage looked perform. What emerges is an account of the act and a portrait of the actor and his art. ...