
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.
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.
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Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
Character:Self
Release Date:23/12/2023

Barry Humphries at the BBC
Character:Self (archive material) / Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson
Release Date:28/05/2023

Barry Humphries - A Life of Laughs
Character:Self (Archive)
Release Date:03/05/2023

Parkinson at 50
Character:Dame Edna Everage (archive footage)
Release Date:28/08/2021

Show of Titles
Character:"Anyone Can Whistle" Performer
Release Date:13/06/2021

Dame Edna Rules The Waves
Character:Dame Edna Everidge
Release Date:31/12/2019

Standing Up for Sunny
Character:Barry Humphries
Release Date:12/06/2019

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/2016

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Character:Charlie / Dame Edna
Release Date:01/07/2016

Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show
Character:Self
Release Date:25/12/2015

Blinky Bill the Movie
Character:Wombo (voice)
Release Date:21/08/2015

Jack Irish: Dead Point
Character:Justice Logan
Release Date:13/04/2014

Justin and the Knights of Valour
Character:Braulio (voice)
Release Date:09/08/2013

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Character:The Great Goblin
Release Date:12/12/2012

Kath & Kimderella
Character:Dame Edna Everage
Release Date:06/09/2012

Making Mary and Max
Character:Self
Release Date:21/10/2009

Mary and Max
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:09/04/2009

Salvation
Character:Client
Release Date:19/03/2009

We Are Most Amused
Character:Self
Release Date:15/11/2008

Gaybo Laughs Back
Character:Dame Edna
Release Date:09/11/2008

Not Quite Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:28/08/2008

The Man Inside Dame Edna
Character:Self/Dame Edna/Les Patterson
Release Date:09/01/2008

Little Britain Down Under
Character:Dame Edna Everage
Release Date:27/05/2007

It Started with Swap Shop
Character:Self
Release Date:28/12/2006

Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
Character:Self
Release Date:06/03/2006

Da Kath & Kim Code
Character:John Monk
Release Date:27/11/2005

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Character:Self - Edna Everage
Release Date:09/12/2004

Barry Humphries Presents Back to My Roots and Other Suckers
Character:Sir Les Patterson/Owen Steele/Sandy Stone/Dame Edna Everage
Release Date:08/12/2003

Finding Nemo
Character:Bruce (voice)
Release Date:30/05/2003

Nicholas Nickleby
Character:Mrs. Crummles/Mr. Leadville
Release Date:27/12/2002

Welcome to Woop Woop
Character:Blind Wally
Release Date:13/08/1998

Spice World
Character:Kevin McMaxford
Release Date:18/12/1997

Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
Character:Bert / Lady Shopper / Manager
Release Date:07/10/1997

Sir Les And The Great Chinese Takeaway
Character:Les Patterson/Dame Edna
Release Date:28/06/1997

The Leading Man
Character:Humphrey Beal
Release Date:12/12/1996

Les Patterson 'Has A Stand Up' - Live & Rampant
Character:Les Patterson
Release Date:11/11/1996

Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Character:Self
Release Date:19/12/1995

Napoleon
Character:Kangaroo (voice)
Release Date:30/06/1995

Immortal Beloved
Character:Clemens Metternich
Release Date:16/12/1994

Selling Hitler
Character:Rupert Murdoch
Release Date:20/04/1993

Joan Rivers: Abroad in London
Character:Dame Edna Everage
Release Date:08/10/1992

A Late Lunch With Sir Les
Character:Les Patterson
Release Date:27/12/1991

An Audience with Jackie Mason
Character:
Release Date:27/12/1990

A Night on Mount Edna
Character:Dame Edna Everage
Release Date:14/12/1990

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Character:Dame Edna Everage
Release Date:25/12/1988

Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
Character:Self/Dame Edna
Release Date:01/01/1988

Howling III: The Marsupials
Character:Academy Award Presenter
Release Date:15/05/1987

Les Patterson Saves the World
Character:Sir Les Patterson / Dame Edna Everage
Release Date:09/04/1987

An Aussie Audience with Dame Edna
Character:Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson / Self
Release Date:14/04/1986

Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Character:Dame Edna/Les Patterson
Release Date:30/12/1984

Royal Variety Performance 1984
Character:
Release Date:25/11/1984

Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Character:Richard Deane
Release Date:08/10/1984

A Birthday Tribute to Dame Edna Everage
Character:Dame Edna/Sir Les Patterson
Release Date:17/02/1984

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Character:Self - Various Roles
Release Date:01/03/1982

Shock Treatment
Character:Bert Schnick
Release Date:21/08/1981

The Rocky Horror Treatment
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/1981

A Toast to Melbourne
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1981

An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Character:Dame Edna
Release Date:26/12/1980

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Character:Our Guests at Heartland
Release Date:21/07/1978

The Getting of Wisdom
Character:Rev. Strachey
Release Date:25/08/1977

Pleasure at Her Majesty's
Character:Edna Everage
Release Date:29/12/1976

The Great MacArthy
Character:Col Ball-Miller
Release Date:04/08/1975

Side by Side
Character:Rodney
Release Date:30/04/1975

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Character:Aunt Edna Everage / Dr. Meyer Delamphrey / Offensive Buck-toothed Englishman / Senator Douglas Manton
Release Date:12/12/1974

Percy's Progress
Character:Dr. Anderson / Australian TV Lady
Release Date:01/08/1974

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Character:Aunt Edna Everage / Hoot / Dr. DeLamphrey
Release Date:12/10/1972

The Naked Bunyip
Character:Edna Everage
Release Date:02/02/1970

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Character:Mr. Wainwright
Release Date:11/09/1968

Bedazzled
Character:Envy
Release Date:30/10/1967

Magical Land of Oz
Character:Narrator (voice)

A Granny's Guide to the Modern World
Character:

Brilliant Creatures
Character:Self

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Character:Contestant (Dame Edna Everage)

A Comedy Roast
Character:

Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford
Character:

Q&A
Character:Self - Panellist

I'd Do Anything
Character:Himself - Judge

Who Do You Think You Are?
Character:Self

The Dame Edna Treatment
Character:

The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self

The One Show
Character:Self

Betjeman and Me
Character:

The One Show
Character:Dame Edna Everage

The Tony Danza Show
Character:Dame Edna

QI
Character:Self

QI
Character:Self - Panellist (archive footage)

Micallef Tonight
Character:Self

The Osbournes
Character:Self

Hollywood Squares
Character:

Parkinson
Character:Dame Edna Everage

Ally McBeal
Character:Claire Otoms

The View
Character:Self

The Team: A Season With McLaren
Character:Dame Edna Everage

RTL Samstag Nacht
Character:

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Dame Edna

Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch
Character:Dame Edna

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:Dame Edna Everage

Dame Edna's Hollywood
Character:Dame Edna Everage

Pebble Mill
Character:Self

Boulevard Bio
Character:Dame Edna

The Dame Edna Experience
Character:

Wogan
Character:Self

Russell Harty
Character:

The South Bank Show
Character:Self

An Audience with...
Character:Dame Edna Everage

An Audience with...
Character:Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson

Saturday Night Live
Character:Dame Edna Everage

Omnibus
Character:Sir Les Patterson

Omnibus
Character:Self

The Wednesday Play
Character:

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Dame Edna Everage

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self