Barry Humphries
Birthday
1934/02/17
Day of death
2023/04/22 (89 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia
Also know as
Dame Edna Everage, John Barry Humphries, Edna Everage, Les Patterson, Barry McKenzie, Sandy Stone, Bazza McKenzie
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 landsca...Read more
Acting
(2003) Finding Nemo
as Bruce (voice)
(1974) Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
as Aunt Edna Everage / Dr. Meyer Delamphrey / Offensive Buck-toothed Englishman / Senator Douglas Manton
(1972) The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
as Aunt Edna Everage / Hoot / Dr. DeLamphrey
(1998) Welcome to Woop Woop
as Blind Wally
(2009) Mary and Max
as Narrator (voice)
(1981) Shock Treatment
as Bert Schnick
(1994) Immortal Beloved
as Clemens Metternich
(2004) Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self - Edna Everage
(1978) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
as Our Guests at Heartland
(1996) The Leading Man
as Humphrey Beal
(2005) Da Kath & Kim Code
as John Monk
(2012) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as The Great Goblin
(1984) Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Dame Edna
Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch
as Dame Edna
(1967) Bedazzled
as Envy
(2023) Barry Humphries at the BBC
as Self (archive material) / Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson
(1970) The Naked Bunyip
as Edna Everage
(1976) Pleasure at Her Majesty's
as Edna Everage
(1982) The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self - Various Roles
(1974) Percy's Progress
as Dr. Anderson / Australian TV Lady
(1995) Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
as Self
(2013) Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Braulio (voice)
(2003) Barry Humphries Presents Back to My Roots and Other Suckers
as Sir Les Patterson/Owen Steele/Sandy Stone/Dame Edna Everage
(2021) Parkinson at 50
as Dame Edna Everage (archive footage)
(1975) Side by Side
as ---
(1975) The Great MacArthy
as Col Ball-Miller
(2009) Salvation
as Client
(2014) Jack Irish: Dead Point
as Justice Logan
(1980) An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as ---
(1991) Selling Hitler
as Rupert Murdoch
(1988) One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Dame Edna Everage
(1987) Les Patterson Saves the World
as Sir Les Patterson / Dame Edna Everage
(2023) Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
as Self
(2019) Dame Edna Rules The Waves
as Dame Edna Everidge
(1997) Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
as Bert / Lady Shopper / Manager
(2008) We Are Most Amused
as Self
(1990) An Audience with Jackie Mason
as ---
(2006) Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
as Self
(2015) Blinky Bill the Movie
as Wombo (voice)
(1977) The Getting of Wisdom
as Rev. Strachey
(1986) An Aussie Audience with Dame Edna
as Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson / Self
(2002) Nicholas Nickleby
as Mrs. Crummies/Mr. Leadville
(2016) Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
as Self
(1997) Spice World
as Kevin McMaxford
(2016) Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Charlie / Dame Edna
(1981) A Toast to Melbourne
as ---
(2015) Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show
as Self
(1992) Joan Rivers: Abroad in London
as Dame Edna Everage
(2019) Standing Up for Sunny
as Barry Humphries
(1984) A (BBC Arena) Birthday Tribute to Dame Edna Everage
as Edna Everage
(2008) Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
(1968) The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Mr. Wainwright
(1984) Dr. Fischer of Geneva
as Richard Deane
(2012) Kath & Kimderella
as Dame Edna Everage
(1995) Napoleon
as Kangaroo (voice)
(1987) Howling III: The Marsupials
as Academy Award Presenter
(2009) Making Mary and Max
as Self
(2006) It Started with Swap Shop
as Self
(1981) The Rocky Horror Treatment
as (archive footage)
(2021) Show of Titles
as "Anyone Can Whistle" Performer
(2007) Little Britain Down Under
as Dame Edna Everage
(2004) The Tony Danza Show
as Dame Edna
(1997) Ally McBeal
as Claire Otoms
(2006) The One Show
as Self
(2003) QI
as Self
(1997) The View
as Self
(1978) The South Bank Show
as Self
(1992) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as ---
(2007) The Dame Edna Treatment
as ---
(1993) Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Dame Edna
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as ---
(1992) Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch
as Dame Edna
(1991) Pebble Mill
as Self
(1987) The Dame Edna Experience
as ---
(1980) Russell Harty
as ---
(2006) Betjeman and Me
as ---
(2010) Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford
as ---
(2010) A Comedy Roast
as ---
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
(1992) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Dame Edna Everage
(2014) Brilliant Creatures
as Self
(2008) I'd Do Anything
as Himself - Judge
(1991) Dame Edna's Hollywood
as Dame Edna Everage
(2008) Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
(2006) The One Show
as Dame Edna Everage
(2007) The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(1978) An Audience with...
as Dame Edna Everage
(1978) An Audience with...
as Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson
(1998) Hollywood Squares
as ---
(1982) Wogan
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Dame Edna Everage
(2016) A Granny's Guide to the Modern World
as ---
(2003) Micallef Tonight
as Self
(2013) The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
as Contestant (Dame Edna Everage)
(2019) Magical Land of Oz
as Narrator (voice)
(1993) RTL Samstag Nacht
as ---
(2003) Little Britain
as Dame Edna Everage
(1991) Boulevard Bio
as Self
(2008) Q&A
as Self - Panellist
(1998) Parkinson
as Dame Edna Everage
(1993) The Team: A Season With McLaren
as Dame Edna Everage
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self