Barry Humphries

★ Acting #1,985

1934 - 2023 (age 89) • Acting

Born: 2/17/1934 in Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia

Died: 4/22/2023 (age 89)

Known for: Acting

Barry Humphries

★ Acting #1,985

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.

Known For

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

74%

The Great Goblin

2012

Mary and Max

79%

Narrator (voice)

2009

Saturday Night Live

69%

Dame Edna Everage

1975

Ally McBeal

65%

Claire Otoms

1997

Immortal Beloved

71%

Clemens Metternich

1994

The Graham Norton Show

72%

Self

2007

QI

79%

Self - Panellist (archive footage) / Self

2003

Bedazzled

62%

Envy

1967

Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh

Self

2023

Barry Humphries at the BBC

76%

Self (archive material) / Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson

2023

Barry Humphries - A Life of Laughs

Self (Archive)

2023

Parkinson at 50

100%

Dame Edna Everage (archive footage)

2021

Show of Titles

"Anyone Can Whistle" Performer

2021

Dame Edna Rules The Waves

35%

Dame Edna Everidge

2019

Dame Edna Rules The Waves

35%

Writer

2019

Dame Edna Rules The Waves

Creator

2019

Standing Up for Sunny

52%

Barry Humphries

2019

Magical Land of Oz

86%

Narrator (voice)

2019

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches

Self

2016

A Granny's Guide to the Modern World

Unknown

2016

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

53%

Charlie / Dame Edna

2016

Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show

80%

Self

2015

Blinky Bill the Movie

54%

Wombo (voice)

2015

Brilliant Creatures

Self

2014

The Last Impresario

55%

Self

2014

Jack Irish: Dead Point

66%

Justice Logan

2014

Justin and the Knights of Valour

59%

Braulio (voice)

2013

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

Contestant (Dame Edna Everage)

2013

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

74%

The Great Goblin

2012

Kath & Kimderella

53%

Dame Edna Everage

2012

A Comedy Roast

60%

Unknown

2010

Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford

Unknown

2010

Making Mary and Max

40%

Self

2009

Mary and Max

79%

Narrator (voice)

2009

Salvation

50%

Client

2009

We Are Most Amused

72%

Self

2008