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Dame Edna Everage, often known simply as Dame Edna, is a character created and performed by late Australian comedian Barry Humphries, known for her lilac-coloured ("wisteria hue") hair and cat eye glasses ("face furniture"); her favourite flower, the gladiolus ("gladdies"); and her boisterous greeting "Hello, Possums!"
John Barry Humphries AC CBE (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) was an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He was best known for writing and playing his stage and television characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson.
Dame Edna Everage read a message, and a poem and then sang a song in tribute to Melbourne, via a live video, while 1,000 so-called "Commonwealth Dames", wearing various costumes, some from the beginning of the show, performed on the circular stage, waving gladioli and dancing. During this, many fireworks were set off, finally ending in a large ...
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The character of Dame Edna began as a dowdy Mrs. Norm Everage, who first took to the stage in Humphries’ hometown of Melbourne in the mid-1950s. She reflected a postwar suburban inertia and ...
Dame Edna Everage spectacles among items in Barry Humphries auction. Ellie Iorizzo and Kerri-Ann Roper, PA. December 12, 2024 at 1:00 AM. The personal collection of late entertainer Barry ...
Hosted by the flamboyant Dame Edna Everage, on the surface, three members of her "all-female, invitation-only audience" would be randomly chosen to play a quiz game for fabulous prizes. (Prizes included a Ferrari , jewellery , and a box of chocolates with all the soft-centres removed, as well as work-out sessions with Edna's own "personal ...
Dame Edna Everage – arguably his best-known character, instantly identifiable by her purple hair and extravagant glasses – first appeared in the Fifties when Humphries was living in Australia.