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Humphries, Barry, 1934-2023

LC control no.n 82125717
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR9619.3.H785
Personal name headingHumphries, Barry, 1934-2023
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Variant(s)Edna, Dame, 1934-2023
Everage, Edna, Dame, 1934-2023
Humphries, John Barry, 1934-2023
McKenzie, Barry, 1934-2023
Patterson, Les, Sir, 1934-2023
Birth date1934-02-17
Death date2023-04-22
Place of birthKew (Vic.)
Place of deathSydney (N.S.W.)
Field of activityActing Comedy Motion picture authorship Television authorship
AffiliationUniversity of Melbourne
Profession or occupationActors Comedians Satirists Screenwriters
Found inHis A nice night's entertainment, 1981: t.p. (Barry Humphries)
Author's My gorgeous life, 1992: CIP t.p. (Dame Edna Everage) pub. info. (author is Barry Humphries writing as Dame Edna Everage; Australian "megastar")
Coleman, P. The real Barry Humphries, c1990: t.p. (Barry Humphries) p. 4 of cover (Dame Edna Everage; [character] created by Barry Humphries) p. [18] (John Barry Humphries, b. 2/18/1934; raised in Melbourne, [Australia])
Dame Edna's neighbourhood watch, 1997.
The traveller's tool, 1985: t.p. (Sir Les Patterson)
Wikipedia www site, 2 Aug. 2007: Barry Humphries page (John Barry Humphries, Australian comedian, satirist & character actor; best known for his on-stage & TV alter egos Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife, and Sir Les Patterson, Australia's foul-mouthed cultural attacheĢ to Britain)
The Barry McKenzie movies, 2005: back cover (written by Barry Humphries)
IMDb, May 5, 2021: (Barry Humphries, actor, writer ; b. February 17, 1934 in Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ; attended Melbourne University)
New York Times WWW site, April 27, 2023 (Barry Humphries, who brought Dame Edna to life; d. Saturday [April 22, 2023], Sydney)
   <https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/22/theater/barry-humphries-dead.html>
At century's ebb, 2008: t.p. (Barry Humphries)
Associated languageeng
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