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His father was an affluent construction manager. Barry was a very intelligent boy who attended Melbourne University. There, he began in revues and doing some impersonations. He moved to London around 1960 and began his TV career. He has created numerous characters, including Dame Edna Everidge and Sir Les Patterson. See full bio »

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2012 The Project (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
2012 What a Debacle, Freddy Farkle! (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2011 Kinect Disneyland Adventures (Video Game)
Bruce (voice)
 
2011 The Rob Brydon Show (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
Episode #2.5 (2011) … Dame Edna Everage (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
2001-2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Dame Edna / Dame Edna Everage - Royal Wedding Correspondent / Dame Edna Everage
Episode #16.212 (2008) … Dame Edna (as Dame Edna)
Episode #16.153 (2008) … Dame Edna (as Dame Edna)
Episode #13.224 (2005) … Dame Edna (as Dame Edna)
 
2008-2010 Loose Women (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
2004-2010 The View (TV series)
Dame Edna
Episode dated 25 March 2010 (2010) … Dame Edna (as Dame Edna)
Episode dated 8 December 2004 (2004) … Dame Edna (as Dame Edna)
 
2009 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Dame Edna - Excerpt Reader
Episode #6.7 (2009) … Dame Edna - Excerpt Reader
 
2009 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
Episode #16.24 (2009) … Dame Edna Everage (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
2009 Mary and Max
Narrator (voice)
 
2008 Salvation
Client
 
2008 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
Episode #3.7 (2008) … Dame Edna Everage (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
1978-2007 Parkinson (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
Episode #8.14 (1978) … Dame Edna Everage (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
2007 Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage (short)
Bruce (voice)
 
2007 This Morning (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
2006 It Started with... Swap Shop (TV movie)
Dame Edna Everage (voice)
 
2006 Spicks and Specks (TV series)
Dame Edna
Another Specky Christmas (2006) … Dame Edna (as Dame Edna)
 
2006 9am with David & Kim (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
2005 Da Kath & Kim Code (TV movie)
John Monk
 
2005 The Tony Danza Show (TV series)
Dame Edna
Episode #1.132 (2005) … Dame Edna (as Dame Edna)
 
2005 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Dame Edna
Episode dated 22 March 2005 (2005) … Dame Edna (as Dame Edna)
 
2004 Rove Live (TV series)
Sir Les Patterson
 
2003 Finding Nemo
Bruce (voice)
 
2002 Just for Laughs (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
2002 The Jubilee Girl (TV movie)
Dame Edna Everage
 
2002 Nicholas Nickleby
Mrs. Crummles/Mr. Leadville (also as Dame Edna Everage)
 
2001-2002 Ally McBeal (TV series)
Claire Otoms
Bygones (2002) … Claire Otoms (as Dame Edna Everage)
All of Me (2002) … Claire Otoms (as Dame Edna Everage)
What I'll Never Do for Love Again (2002) … Claire Otoms (as Dame Edna Everage)
Another One Bites the Dust (2002) … Claire Otoms (as Dame Edna Everage)
Tom Dooley (2002) … Claire Otoms (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
2000 This Hour Has 22 Minutes (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
Episode #8.6 (2000) … Dame Edna Everage (uncredited)
 
1997 Spice World
Kevin McMaxford
 
1997 Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
Bert/Lady Shopper/Manager
 
1997 Welcome to Woop Woop
Blind Wally
 
1996 The Leading Man
Humphrey Beal
 
1995 Napoleon
Kangaroo (voice: English version) (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
1995 Drag-Attack (short)
Dame Edna (as Dame Edna)
 
1994 Talkshowet (TV series)
Dame Edna
Dame Edna (1994) … Dame Edna
 
1991-1993 Dame Edna's Hollywood (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
1993 Edna Time (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
1991 Selling Hitler (TV mini-series)
Rupert Murdoch
Episode #1.5 (1991) … Rupert Murdoch
Episode #1.4 (1991) … Rupert Murdoch
 
1991 The Life and Death of Sandy Stone (TV series)
Sandy Stone
Episode #1.1 (1991) … Sandy Stone
Episode #1.2 (1991) … Sandy Stone
Episode #1.3 (1991) … Sandy Stone
Episode #1.4 (1991) … Sandy Stone
 
1987-1989 The Dame Edna Experience (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson
 
1985-1989 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
Episode #6.14 (1989) … Dame Edna Everage (as Dame Edna Everage)
Episode #2.5 (1985) … Dame Edna Everage (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
1988 Friday Night Live (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
1987 Howling III
Dame Edna Everage (Academy Award presenter)
 
1987 Les Patterson Saves the World
Sir Les Patterson (as Sir Les Patterson/Dame Edna Everage) / Dame Edna Everage (as Sir Les Patterson/Dame Edna Everage)
 
1985 Dr. Fischer of Geneva (TV movie)
Richard Deane
 
1984 Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage (TV movie)
Dame Edna Everage (as Dame Edna Everage) / Sir Les Patterson (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
1979 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
1978 The Getting of Wisdom
Rev. Strachey
 
1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Dame Edna Everage - Our Guests at Heartland (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
1977 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
1976 The Barry Humphries Show (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
1975 Side by Side
Rodney
 
1975 The Great MacArthy
Col Ball-Miller
 
1974 Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Aunt Edna Everage / Dr. Meyer Delamphrey / Offensive Buck-toothed Englishman / …
 
1974 It's Not the Size That Counts
Dr. Anderson/Australian TV Lady
 
1965-1970 Not Only... But Also (TV series)
In 'Poets Cornered'
Episode #3.3 (1970)
Episode #3.1 (1970)
Christmas Special (1966) … In 'Poets Cornered'
Episode #1.2 (1965)
 
1970 Barry Humphries' Scandals (TV series)
Mrs. Norm Everage / Various Characters
Episode #1.4 (1970) … Mrs. Norm Everage/Various Characters
Episode #1.3 (1970) … Mrs. Norm Everage/Various Characters
Episode #1.2 (1970) … Mrs. Norm Everage/Various Characters
Episode #1.1 (1970) … Mrs. Norm Everage/Various Characters
 
1969 Frost on Saturday (TV series)
Edna Everage
 
1968 The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Art dealer
 
1967 Bedazzled
Envy
 
1967 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
 
1966 The Late Show (TV series)
Edna Everage
 
Show ShowWriter (17 titles)
2007 The Dame Edna Treatment (TV series)
Dame Edna's 50th Anniversary Special (2007) (written by)
Episode #1.5 (2007) (written by)
Episode #1.1 (2007) (writer)
 
1999 Flashbacks with Barry Humphries (TV series documentary) (writer)
 
1993 Edna Time (TV series) (1993)
 
1991 Dame Edna's Hollywood (TV series)
 
1991 The Life and Death of Sandy Stone (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (1991) (written by)
Episode #1.2 (1991) (written by)
Episode #1.3 (1991) (written by)
Episode #1.4 (1991) (written by)
 
1990 A Night on Mount Edna (TV movie) (uncredited)
 
1987-1989 The Dame Edna Experience (TV series)
Episode #2.6 (1989) (uncredited)
Episode #2.5 (1989) (uncredited)
Episode #2.4 (1989) (uncredited)
Episode #2.3 (1989) (uncredited)
Episode #2.2 (1989) (uncredited)
 
1976 Pleasure at Her Majesty's (TV documentary)
 
1976 The Barry Humphries Show (TV series)
 
1970 Barry Humphries' Scandals (TV series)
 
1966 The Late Show (TV series)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (7 titles)
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (performer: "Torture Song")
 
1990 A Night on Mount Edna (TV movie) (performer: "The Happy Wanderer")
 
1988 One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage (TV movie) (performer: "Call Me Old-Fashioned")
 
1984 Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage (TV movie) (music: "Shyness" / lyrics: "Shyness" / performer: "Shyness")
 
1981 Shock Treatment (performer: "Little Black Dress", "Shock Treatment")
 
1980 An Audience with Dame Edna Everage (TV movie) (performer: "That's What My Public Means to Me")
 
1972 The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (lyrics: "My One-eyed Trouser Snake", "Old Pacific Sea", "The Adventures of Barry McKenzie")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
1984 Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage (TV movie) (composer: song "I'm Shy")
 
1981 Flamingo Park (short) (music - as Dame Edna Everage)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
2003 Concert for George (video documentary) (camera rigger)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1993 Edna Time (TV series) (executive producer - 1993)
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2007 'Little Britain' Down Under (TV documentary) (thank you - as Dame Edna Everage)
 
2005 Great Performances (TV series) (special thanks - 1 episode)
One Night with Rod Stewart (2005) (special thanks)
 
2003 Barry Humphries Gives Us the Good Oil (video) (thanks)
 
1999 Funny by George: The George Wallace Story (TV documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (84 titles)
2012 100 Years of the Royal Variety Performance (TV documentary)
Dame Edna Everage (also archive footage) (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
2012 Raising the Curtain (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2012 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage - Guest
2012 Semi-Final (2012) … Dame Edna Everage - Guest
 
2012 Q&A (TV series)
Himself - Panelist
Barry Humphries joins Q&A (2012) … Himself - Panelist
 
2012 Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.7 (2012) … Himself
 
2009-2011 The ONE Show (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage / Himself
Episode dated 25 November 2011 (2011) … Dame Edna Everage (as Dame Edna Everage)
Episode dated 4 September 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2011 This Morning (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
2011 Piers Morgan Tonight (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 27 April 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2010 Late Review (TV series)
Himself - Cultural Highlights Interviewee
Episode dated 24 September 2010 (2010) … Himself - Cultural Highlights Interviewee
 
2010 QI (TV series)
Himself
Gravity (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (TV series)
Himself
Episode #5.4 (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Rove Live (TV series)
Himself
Episode #10.32 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #11.1 (2009) … Himself (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
2008 I'd Do Anything (TV series)
Himself - Judge
Episode #1.12 (2008) … Himself - Judge
Episode #1.13 (2008) … Himself - Judge
Episode #1.11 (2008) … Himself - Judge
Episode #1.10 (2008) … Himself - Judge
Episode #1.9 (2008) … Himself - Judge
 
2008 The British Soap Awards 2008 (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2008 The Man Inside Dame Edna (TV documentary)
Himself / Dame Edna / Les Patterson
 
2007 Loose Women (TV series)
Himself
Episode #12.72 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 100 Greatest Stand-Ups (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage) (as Dame Edna Everage and Les Patterson)
 
2006 Betjeman and Me: Griff Rhys Jones (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992-2006 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
Episode #14.54 (2006) … Himself
Episode #11.168 (2003) … Himself
Episode #11.4 (2003) … Himself
Episode #10.61 (2002) … Himself
Episode dated 30 November 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
2005 Celebrate 'Oliver!' (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 The Unseen Spike Milligan (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 April 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 17 November 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2003 The Sharon Osbourne Show (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
2003 'Nicholas Nickleby': The Cast on the Cast (video short)
Himself
 
2003 Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.11 (2003) … Himself
 
1999-2003 The Panel (TV series)
Himself / Sir Les Patterson
Episode #2.13 (1999) … Himself
 
2003 Micallef Tonight (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (TV series)
Dame Edna
The Entertainers (2003) … Dame Edna
 
1999-2003 Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Dame Edna - Center Square / Dame Edna
 
2003 Barry Humphries Gives Us the Good Oil (video)
Himself
 
1979-2002 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
Episode #11.31 (1982) … Himself (as Dame Edna Everage) (also as Sir Les Patterson)
Episode #9.28 (1979) … Himself
 
2002 Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace (TV documentary)
Dame Edna Everage - Host (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
2001 Aussies: Who Gives a XXXX (TV documentary)
Les Patterson
 
2001 The 55th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Dame Edna - Presenter (as Dame Edna)
 
2000 The Talk Show Story (TV mini-series documentary)
Dame Edna Everage
 
2000 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
Dame Edna Everage (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
1999 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
Dame Edna Everage / Himself / Sandy Stone / …
Barry Humphries (1999) … Himself (also archive footage) / Dame Edna Everage (also archive footage) / Sir Les Patterson (also archive footage) / …
 
1999 Flashbacks with Barry Humphries (TV series documentary)
Himself / Dame Edna / Sir Les Patterson / …
 
1998 A Royal Birthday Celebration (TV documentary)
 
1998 The Roseanne Show (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
1998 The Laurence Olivier Awards 1998 (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1997 Comic Relief (TV special)
Dame Edna Everage
 
1992-1996 Pebble Mill at One (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 9 January 1996 (1996) … Himself
Episode dated 11 November 1992 (1992) … Himself
 
1995 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Street Party (TV movie)
Dame Edna Everage
 
1995 Clive Anderson Talks Back (TV series)
Various
Episode #10.2 (1995) … Various
 
1995 The Celluloid Heroes (TV movie)
Himself
 
1993 The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Performer (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
1992 Vicki! (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
Episode #1.39 (1992) … Dame Edna Everage (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
1992 The Late Show (TV series documentary)
Dame Edna Everage / Himself
 
1991 Tonight Live with Steve Vizard (TV series)
Himself
Barry Humphries as Himself (1991) … Himself
 
1988-1990 Wogan (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
Episode dated 21 November 1988 (1988) … Dame Edna Everage (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
1989 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
Barry Humphries (1989) … Himself
 
1988 The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1987 The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.2 (1987) … Himself
 
1986 The Story of English (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Joan Rivers: Can We Talk? (TV series)
Episode dated 31 March 1986 (1986) (as Les Patterson)
Episode dated 10 March 1986 (1986) (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
1983 Breakfast Time (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 12 July 1983 (1983) … Himself
 
1983 Time with Betjeman (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 20 February 1983 (1983) … Himself
 
1982 The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (documentary)
Himself/Various Roles
 
1982 Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
1981 The Rocky Horror Treatment (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1979 Christmas Snowtime Special (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
1979 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Dame Edna Everage
 
1979 Saturday Night at the Mill (TV series)
Edna Everage
Episode #4.16 (1979) … Edna Everage (as Edna Everage)
 
1976 Pleasure at Her Majesty's (TV documentary)
Edna Everage
 
1974 Barry McKenzie: Ogre or Ocker (TV movie)
Himself
 
1970 The Naked Bunyip (documentary)
Edna Everage
 
1965 The Australian Londoners (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (17 titles)
2012 The Unforgettable Russell Harty (TV documentary)
Herself - Interviewee on The Russell Harty Show (as Dame Edna Everage)
 
2012 The 7.30 Report (TV series)
 
2011 Billy T: Te Movie (documentary)
 
2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
 
2011 Come in Number Five (video documentary)
Dame Edna Everidge (uncredited)
 
2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2010 QI (TV series)
 
2008 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
 
2006 The Best of the Royal Variety (TV series)
 
2005 Greatest TV Comedy Moments (TV documentary)
Dame Edna Everage
 
2004 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (TV special documentary)
Dame Edna Everage - #84 Things They Shouldn't Have Said (as Dame Edna Everidge)
 
2001 The Greatest (TV series documentary)
 
1997 Seriously Funny: An Argument for Comedy (TV mini-series)
 
1993 Without Walls (TV series documentary)
 
1990 Harry Måneskin (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(Janaury 1961) He played Mr. Soweberry in Lionel Bart's musical, "Oliver," at the New Theatre in London, England with Ron Moody, Georgia Brown, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Hope Jackman, Danny Sewell, Keith Hamshere, and Martin Horsey in the cast. Peter Coe was director. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview  | 5 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »


Alternate Names:

Dame Edna | Dame Edna Everage | Edna Everage | Sir Les Patterson/Dame Edna Everage | Dame Edna Everidge | Dame Edna Everage and Les Patterson | Les Patterson | Sir Les Patterson

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

It's very important to be interesting yourself. Most guests, let's face it, however famous they are, are boring, with no intellectual resources and very little sense of humor, particularly if they are comedians. People only watch my shows for me, and those shows have remained evergreen long after the guests are forgotten... See more »

Trivia:

He was awarded the Australian National Medal in December 1979. See more »

Trademark:

As Dame Edna, he greets his audience, "Hello Possums"! See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius