Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Humphries, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Aha: Barry Humphries
  • Ewu ewu: 3.515
  • Mara maka: Acting
  • Ubochi omumu: 1934-02-17
  • Ebe amụrụ onye: Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia
  • Homepage:
  • A makwaara Dị ka: Dame Edna Everage, John Barry Humphries, Edna Everage, Les Patterson, Barry McKenzie, Sandy Stone, Bazza McKenzie
img

Barry Humphries Ihe nkiri

  • 2003
    imgIhe nkiri

    Finding Nemo

    Finding Nemo

    7.819 2003 HD

    img
  • 1972
    imgIhe nkiri

    The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

    The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

    5.2 1972 HD

    img
  • 1974
    imgIhe nkiri

    Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

    Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

    5.4 1974 HD

    img
  • 1998
    imgIhe nkiri

    Welcome to Woop Woop

    Welcome to Woop Woop

    5.9 1998 HD

    img
  • 2009
    imgIhe nkiri

    Mary and Max

    Mary and Max

    7.8 2009 HD

    img
  • 1981
    imgIhe nkiri

    Shock Treatment

    Shock Treatment

    5.835 1981 HD

    img
  • 1994
    imgIhe nkiri

    Immortal Beloved

    Immortal Beloved

    7.1 1994 HD

    img
  • 2004
    imgIhe nkiri

    Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

    Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

    4.8 2004 HD

    img
  • 1978
    imgIhe nkiri

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    4.4 1978 HD

    img
  • 1996
    imgIhe nkiri

    The Leading Man

    The Leading Man

    5.2 1996 HD

    img
  • 2005
    imgIhe nkiri

    Da Kath & Kim Code

    Da Kath & Kim Code

    6.9 2005 HD

    img
  • 2012
    imgIhe nkiri

    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    7.4 2012 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgIhe nkiri

    Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch

    Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1984
    imgIhe nkiri

    Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage

    Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage

    1 1984 HD

    img
  • 1967
    imgIhe nkiri

    Bedazzled

    Bedazzled

    6.195 1967 HD

    img
  • 2023
    imgIhe nkiri

    Barry Humphries at the BBC

    Barry Humphries at the BBC

    7.6 2023 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgIhe nkiri

    The Naked Bunyip

    The Naked Bunyip

    5.7 1970 HD

    img
  • 1976
    imgIhe nkiri

    Pleasure at Her Majesty's

    Pleasure at Her Majesty's

    6.5 1976 HD

    img
  • 1982
    imgIhe nkiri

    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

    6 1982 HD

    img
  • 1974
    imgIhe nkiri

    Percy's Progress

    Percy's Progress

    3.9 1974 HD

    img
  • 1995
    imgIhe nkiri

    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

    Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook

    1 1995 HD

    img
  • 2013
    imgIhe nkiri

    Justin and the Knights of Valour

    Justin and the Knights of Valour

    5.9 2013 HD

    img
  • 2003
    imgIhe nkiri

    Barry Humphries Presents Back to My Roots and Other Suckers

    Barry Humphries Presents Back to My Roots and Other Suckers

    1 2003 HD

    img
  • 2021
    imgIhe nkiri

    Parkinson at 50

    Parkinson at 50

    10 2021 HD

    img
  • 1975
    imgIhe nkiri

    Side by Side

    Side by Side

    6.5 1975 HD

    img
  • 1975
    imgIhe nkiri

    The Great MacArthy

    The Great MacArthy

    5 1975 HD

    img
  • 2009
    imgIhe nkiri

    Salvation

    Salvation

    5 2009 HD

    img
  • 2014
    imgIhe nkiri

    Jack Irish: Dead Point

    Jack Irish: Dead Point

    6.9 2014 HD

    img
  • 1980
    imgIhe nkiri

    An Audience with Dame Edna Everage

    An Audience with Dame Edna Everage

    1 1980 HD

    img
  • 1991
    imgIhe nkiri

    Selling Hitler

    Selling Hitler

    7 1991 HD

    img
  • 1988
    imgIhe nkiri

    One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

    One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

    1 1988 HD

    img
  • 1987
    imgIhe nkiri

    Les Patterson Saves the World

    Les Patterson Saves the World

    4.8 1987 HD

    img
  • 2023
    imgIhe nkiri

    Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh

    Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh

    1 2023 HD

    img
  • 2019
    imgIhe nkiri

    Dame Edna Rules The Waves

    Dame Edna Rules The Waves

    1 2019 HD

    img
  • 1997
    imgIhe nkiri

    Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills

    Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills

    3.7 1997 HD

    img
  • 2008
    imgIhe nkiri

    We Are Most Amused

    We Are Most Amused

    7.2 2008 HD

    img
  • 1990
    imgIhe nkiri

    An Audience with Jackie Mason

    An Audience with Jackie Mason

    1 1990 HD

    img
  • 2006
    imgIhe nkiri

    Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’

    Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’

    1 2006 HD

    img
  • 2015
    imgIhe nkiri

    Blinky Bill the Movie

    Blinky Bill the Movie

    5.4 2015 HD

    img
  • 1977
    imgIhe nkiri

    The Getting of Wisdom

    The Getting of Wisdom

    5.5 1977 HD

    img
  • 1986
    imgIhe nkiri

    An Aussie Audience with Dame Edna

    An Aussie Audience with Dame Edna

    1 1986 HD

    img
  • 2002
    imgIhe nkiri

    Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

    6.9 2002 HD

    img
  • 2016
    imgIhe nkiri

    Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches

    Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches

    1 2016 HD

    img
  • 1997
    imgIhe nkiri

    Spice World

    Spice World

    4.8 1997 HD

    img
  • 2016
    imgIhe nkiri

    Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

    Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

    5.3 2016 HD

    img
  • 2015
    imgIhe nkiri

    Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show

    Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show

    8 2015 HD

    img
  • 1981
    imgIhe nkiri

    A Toast to Melbourne

    A Toast to Melbourne

    1 1981 HD

    img
  • 1992
    imgIhe nkiri

    Joan Rivers: Abroad in London

    Joan Rivers: Abroad in London

    1 1992 HD

    img
  • 2019
    imgIhe nkiri

    Standing Up for Sunny

    Standing Up for Sunny

    5.8 2019 HD

    img
  • 1984
    imgIhe nkiri

    A (BBC Arena) Birthday Tribute to Dame Edna Everage

    A (BBC Arena) Birthday Tribute to Dame Edna Everage

    1 1984 HD

    img
  • 2008
    imgIhe nkiri

    Not Quite Hollywood

    Not Quite Hollywood

    6.8 2008 HD

    img
  • 1968
    imgIhe nkiri

    The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

    The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

    6.7 1968 HD

    img
  • 1984
    imgIhe nkiri

    Dr. Fischer of Geneva

    Dr. Fischer of Geneva

    5.6 1984 HD

    img
  • 2012
    imgIhe nkiri

    Kath & Kimderella

    Kath & Kimderella

    5.3 2012 HD

    img
  • 1995
    imgIhe nkiri

    Napoleon

    Napoleon

    6.113 1995 HD

    img
  • 1987
    imgIhe nkiri

    Howling III: The Marsupials

    Howling III: The Marsupials

    4.5 1987 HD

    img
  • 2009
    imgIhe nkiri

    Making Mary and Max

    Making Mary and Max

    1 2009 HD

    img
  • 2006
    imgIhe nkiri

    It Started with Swap Shop

    It Started with Swap Shop

    1 2006 HD

    img
  • 1981
    imgIhe nkiri

    The Rocky Horror Treatment

    The Rocky Horror Treatment

    1 1981 HD

    img
  • 1972
    imgIhe nkiri

    The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

    The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

    5.2 1972 HD

    img
  • 2003
    imgIhe nkiri

    Barry Humphries Presents Back to My Roots and Other Suckers

    Barry Humphries Presents Back to My Roots and Other Suckers

    1 2003 HD

    img
  • 1987
    imgIhe nkiri

    Les Patterson Saves the World

    Les Patterson Saves the World

    4.8 1987 HD

    img
  • 2019
    imgIhe nkiri

    Dame Edna Rules The Waves

    Dame Edna Rules The Waves

    1 2019 HD

    img
  • 1974
    imgIhe nkiri

    Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

    Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

    5.4 1974 HD

    img
  • 1986
    imgIhe nkiri

    An Aussie Audience with Dame Edna

    An Aussie Audience with Dame Edna

    1 1986 HD

    img
  • 1984
    imgIhe nkiri

    Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage

    Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage

    1 1984 HD

    img
  • 2004
    imgS2 E154

    The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

    6.1 2004 HD

    img
  • 2003
    imgS3 E6

    Little Britain

    Little Britain

    7.111 2003 HD

    img
  • 1997
    imgS5 E22

    Ally McBeal

    Ally McBeal

    6.6 1997 HD

    img
  • 2006
    imgS14 E101

    The One Show

    The One Show

    4.6 2006 HD

    img
  • 2003
    imgS22 E3

    QI

    QI

    7.992 2003 HD

    img
  • 1997
    imgS28 E39

    The View

    The View

    4.5 1997 HD

    img
  • 1978
    imgS39 E1

    The South Bank Show

    The South Bank Show

    5 1978 HD

    img
  • 1992
    imgS21 E193

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    5.4 1992 HD

    img
  • 2007
    imgS1 E6

    The Dame Edna Treatment

    The Dame Edna Treatment

    7 2007 HD

    img
  • 1993
    imgS16 E98

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    7.1 1993 HD

    img
  • 1964
    imgS6 E34

    The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play

    4.5 1964 HD

    img
  • 1992
    imgS2 E6

    Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch

    Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch

    5.3 1992 HD

    img
  • 1991
    imgS5 E106

    Pebble Mill

    Pebble Mill

    3.1 1991 HD

    img
  • 1987
    imgS2 E6

    The Dame Edna Experience

    The Dame Edna Experience

    5 1987 HD

    img
  • 1980
    imgS3 E40

    Russell Harty

    Russell Harty

    1 1980 HD

    img
  • 2006
    imgS1 E3

    Betjeman and Me

    Betjeman and Me

    1 2006 HD

    img
  • 2010
    imgS1 E6

    Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford

    Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford

    1 2010 HD

    img
  • 2010
    imgS2 E1

    A Comedy Roast

    A Comedy Roast

    6 2010 HD

    img
  • 1975
    imgS50 E6

    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

    6.9 1975 HD

    img
  • 1992
    imgS21 E193

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    5.4 1992 HD

    img
  • 2014
    imgS1 E2

    Brilliant Creatures

    Brilliant Creatures

    1 2014 HD

    img
  • 2008
    imgS1 E22

    I'd Do Anything

    I'd Do Anything

    1 2008 HD

    img
  • 1991
    imgS1 E3

    Dame Edna's Hollywood

    Dame Edna's Hollywood

    1 1991 HD

    img
  • 2008
    imgS15 E8

    Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

    2.8 2008 HD

    img
  • 2006
    imgS14 E101

    The One Show

    The One Show

    4.6 2006 HD

    img
  • 2007
    imgS32 E7

    The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

    7.2 2007 HD

    img
  • 1978
    imgS2 E53

    An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

    5.3 1978 HD

    img
  • 1978
    imgS2 E53

    An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

    5.3 1978 HD

    img
  • 1998
    imgS6 E180

    Hollywood Squares

    Hollywood Squares

    6.5 1998 HD

    img
  • 1982
    imgS12 E61

    Wogan

    Wogan

    4.5 1982 HD

    img
  • 1962
    imgS31 E74

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

    img
  • 2016
    imgS1 E3

    A Granny's Guide to the Modern World

    A Granny's Guide to the Modern World

    1 2016 HD

    img
  • 2013
    imgS2 E5

    The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

    The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

    1 2013 HD

    img
  • 2003
    imgS1 E13

    Micallef Tonight

    Micallef Tonight

    9 2003 HD

    img
  • 2019
    imgS1 E3

    Magical Land of Oz

    Magical Land of Oz

    8.5 2019 HD

    img
  • 1993
    imgS5 E30

    RTL Samstag Nacht

    RTL Samstag Nacht

    8.2 1993 HD

    img
  • 2003
    imgS3 E6

    Little Britain

    Little Britain

    7.111 2003 HD

    img
  • 1991
    imgS13 E22

    Boulevard Bio

    Boulevard Bio

    6 1991 HD

    img
  • 2008
    imgS14 E24

    Q&A

    Q&A

    3.8 2008 HD

    img
  • 1998
    imgS11 E10

    Parkinson

    Parkinson

    1 1998 HD

    img
  • 1993
    imgS1 E7

    The Team: A Season With McLaren

    The Team: A Season With McLaren

    8 1993 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgS1 E1

    The Team: A Season With McLaren

    The Team: A Season With McLaren

    1 1970 HD

    img