Barry Humphries
- Australian
- Actor, writer, comedian, composer and satirist
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Barry Humphries: The satirist and comedian whose life was dominated by Dame Edna Everage
Barry Humphries was described as one of the greatest raconteurs and stand-up comedians of his age.
BBC, 22nd April 2023Barry Humphries: A life in pictures
In a purple wig, garish outfits and outrageous spectacles, Barry Humphries was instantly recognisable as Dame Edna Everage.
BBC, 22nd April 2023Kathy Lette on Barry Humphries: 'His charm was more disarming than a UN peacekeeping force'
We spoke to the author Kathy Lette, a close friend of Barry Humphries for more than 40 years. She visited him in hospital recently, and he was still cracking jokes. We asked how special he was to her, and to the comedy world.
Cathy Newman, Channel 4, 22nd April 2023Barry Humphries - a life in pictures
The Australian actor and comedian has died aged 89. Here are some of the best pictures from his long career.
The Guardian, 22nd April 2023Barry Humphries was a master of provocation and glorious grotesquerie
Despite a legacy tainted by PC-baiting provocation, many will remember Humphries with affection as the carnivalesque Dame Edna and foul-mouthed Sir Les Patterson.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 22nd April 2023Barry Humphries obituary
Entertainer whose outrageous caricatures Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson took the one-man show to new heights.
Peter Coleman, The Guardian, 22nd April 2023Farewell, Barry Humphries and Dame Edna - an unrepeatable, mischievous one-off
Edna's greeting of "Hello Possums" became as famous as the gladioli that she would throw into the audience at her live shows.
Gerard Gilbert, i Newspaper, 22nd April 2023RIP Barry Humphries
It was not just Barry Humphries who died on Saturday.
It was that towering skewerer of pomposity and humbug, and gate-crasher of Royal boxes, Dame Edna Everage. It was Australia's roving cultural attaché and Australian Minister for the Yartz, Sir Les Patterson. It was pathetic Melbourne suburban pensioner, Sandy Stone. It was colonial hellraiser Barry McKenzie. It was a host of other characters, who burst forth from Humphries's determination to be different in a world that worshipped conformity, and his witheringly sharp eye for the absurdities of the human condition.
Terry Barnes, The Spectator, 22nd April 2023Barry Humphries is 'stable and responsive' after hospital dash
Doctors treating comedian Barry Humphries have issued a hopeful health update on his condition days after he was rushed back to hospital.
Anthony Blair, The Sun, 21st April 2023Dame Edna Everage rushed to hospital
Legendary Australian comedian Barry Humphries has been rushed to hospital just days after being discharged.
The 89-year-old, who is most famous for his character Dame Edna Everage, has been readmitted to hospital in Sydney after suffering a "serious" health setback.
Anthony Blair, The Sun, 19th April 2023