Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries AO CBE
Humphries in 2001
Born	John Barry Humphries (1934-02-17)17 February 1934 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	(2023-04-22)22 April 2023 (aged 89 years, 64 days) Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Occupations	Actor author artist comedian satirist
Spouses	Brenda Wright ​ ​ (m. 1955; div. 1957)​ Rosalind Tong ​ ​ (m. 1959; div. 1970)​ Diane Millstead ​ ​ (m. 1979; div. 1989)​ Elizabeth "Lizzie" Spender ​ ​ (m. 1990)​
Children	4, including Tessa and Oscar
Comedy career
Years active	1953–2023
Genres	Character comedy satire
Notable works and roles	Dame Edna Everage Sir Les Patterson Sandy Stone

John Barry Humphries AO CBE (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) was an Australian actor, artist, author, comedian and Supercentenarian. He was best known for making up and portraying the characters of Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife and "gigastar", and Sir Les Patterson, who is a really rude "Australian diplomat". He was also a movie producer and scriptwriter, a star of London's West End musical theatre, an award-winning writer and a landscape painter.

Humphries spent two years studying at the University of Melbourne, where he studied Law, Philosophy and Fine Arts. During this time he was a Private in the Melbourne University Regiment,^[1] serving a period of National Service in the CMF of the Australian Army.

He was on TV, in movie and on stage. He became popular in Australia in the 1950s, then Britain from the 1960s and finally in America in the 1990s. He has been called the most important comedian since Charlie Chaplin.^[2] He also voice Bruce in the Disney Pixar movie Finding Nemo.

Humphries died following complications from hip surgery at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney on 22 April 2023. He was 89.^[3][4] He had suffered a fall in February.

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