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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.
Emily Perry's appearance on the Dame Edna Experience was well-received; she subsequently became the definitive Madge Allsop, reprising the role in many of Humphries' other TV specials, including One more Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1988), A Night on Mount Edna (1990), Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch (1992), Dame Edna's Hollywood (1993) and ...
Barry 'Bazza' McKenzie travels to England with his aunt Edna Everage to advance his cultural education. Bazza is a young Aussie fond of beer, Bondi and beautiful sheilas. He settles in Earls Court, where his old friend Curly has a flat. He gets drunk, is ripped off, insulted by pretentious Englishmen and exploited by record producers, religious ...
A veteran of stage and screen, Humphries entertained generations with his satirical characters including the high camp of Dame Edna and the offensive cultural attache Sir Les Patterson. The ...
The Dame Edna Party Experience; Epic Records 463235 1 (1988) World Expo 88: The Songs; EMI Records, EMP 8801 (1988) LP: The Les Patterson Long Player (music and dialogue from Les Patterson Saves The World); WEA Records 254779.1 (1987) Dame Edna Everage: The Last Night of the Poms; EMI Records EMC2742/3 (1981)
[2] Perry's portrayal of Madge Allsop in The Dame Edna Experience was well-received, and she subsequently reprised the role in many of Humphries' other TV specials, including One more Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1988), A Night on Mount Edna (1990), Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch (1992) and Dame Edna's Hollywood (1993). Madge became ...
Edna only achieved European-wide, then world-wide attention during the 80's, once she had her two "gorgeous" television shows, and Humphries has said many times that this was her chance. John Lahr's book is an excellent place to find this, by the way.