Barry Humphries Biography
John Barry Humphries is a famous Australian comedian and theatre personality. His most famous personas are Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He has a wide range of skills, including those of film producer, director, writer, actor, comedian, and satirist. He had had a productive career spanning over half a century, appearing in everything from one-man performances to television to feature films. Stardom on a global scale resulted from his depiction of Edna, a dowdy Australian housewife, spanning close to fifty years.
Humphries started his performing career on stage and eventually became a major figure in London’s West End musical theatre scene. First appearing in a small role in the 1967 smash blockbuster Bedazzled, he went on to appear in a number of additional cameos and small supporting parts in other films. Novels, memoirs, treatises, screenplays, and plays are only some of the works that have come from Humphries’ pen.
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