Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries

Born: February 17, 1934
Died: April 22, 2023
in Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia
John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE (17 February 1934 - 22 April 2023) was an Australian comedian, satirist, dadaist, artist, author and character actor, perhaps best known for his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife and "gigastar", and Sir Les Patterson, Australia's foul-mouthed cultural attaché to the Court of St. James's.

He was a film producer and script writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, an award-winning writer and an accomplished landscape painter. For his delivery of dadaist and absurdist humour to millions, biographer Anne Pender described Humphries in 2010 as not only the most significant theatrical figure of our time … [but] the most significant comedian to emerge since Charlie Chaplin. Humphries' characters, especially Dame Edna Everage, have brought him international renown, and he had appeared in numerous films, stage productions and television shows. Originally conceived as a dowdy Moonee Ponds housewife who caricatured Australian suburban complacency and insularity, Edna had evolved over four decades to become a satire of stardom, the gaudily dressed, acid-tongued, egomaniacal, internationally feted Housewife Gigastar, Dame Edna Everage. Humphries' other major satirical character creation was the archetypal Australian bloke Barry McKenzie, who originated as the hero of a comic strip about Australians in London (with drawings by Nicholas Garland) which was first published in Private Eye magazine.

The stories about "Bazza" (Humphries' nickname, as well as an Australian term of endearment for the name Barry) gave wide circulation to Australian slang, particularly jokes about drinking and its consequences (much of which was invented by Humphries), and the character went on to feature in two Australian films, in which he was portrayed by Barry Crocker. Humphries' other satirical characters include the "priapic and inebriated cultural attaché" Sir Les Patterson, who has "continued to bring worldwide discredit upon Australian arts and culture, while contributing as much to the Australian vernacular as he has borrowed from it", gentle, grandfatherly "returned gentleman" Sandy Stone, iconoclastic 1960s underground film-maker Martin Agrippa, Paddington socialist academic Neil Singleton, sleazy trade union official Lance Boyle, high-pressure art salesman Morrie O'Connor and failed tycoon Owen Steele.

Humphries died following complications from hip surgery at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney on 22 April 2023.

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Movies for Barry Humphries...

Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
Title: Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
Character: Self
Released: December 23, 2023
Type: Movie
Intimate, upbeat and honest look back at the life and work of Barry Humphries - the legendary comic trailblazer behind Dame Edna Everage and other characters - with incredible tributes from friends.
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Barry Humphries at the BBC
Title: Barry Humphries at the BBC
Character: Self (archive material) / Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson
Released: May 28, 2023
Type: Movie
Alex Jones looks back at the highlights of Barry’s career on a selection of BBC shows, featuring some of Barry’s funniest, rudest and most revealing moments from over the decades.
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Parkinson at 50
Title: Parkinson at 50
Character: Dame Edna Everage (archive footage)
Released: August 28, 2021
Type: Movie
Sir Michael Parkinson looks back over his 50 years as a broadcaster, revealing some tricks of the interview trade and remembering some of his favourite encounters.
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Standing Up for Sunny
Title: Standing Up for Sunny
Character: Barry Humphries
Released: June 12, 2019
Type: Movie
An isolated guy with cerebral palsy is railroaded into helping an unassertive comedienne, and finds love and acceptance through stand-up comedy.
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Title: Magical Land of Oz
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: February 10, 2019
Type: TV
A blue chip, continent-wide series ranging from Australia's highest snow peaks to the depths of the frigid and wild southern seas; from its last populations of wild numbats to its largest diorama of giant cuttlefish. It's a land of diverse beauty, that delights and surprises. The series both entertains and deepens our understanding of how the natural world is made up of not just unique species, but distinct individuals, whose lives are far from predictable.
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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
Title: Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 2016
Type: Movie
This documentary showcases a number of new clips which have recently come to light from sketches which were thought to have been lost forever, some not seen for over 50 years, plus rare footage of routines performed in Australia when Cook and Moore made two episodes of their show, Not Only... But Also..., for the country back in 1971. Rob Brydon narrates this very special programme as Pete and Dud fans, friends and colleagues watch these newly discovered clips in the studio for the very first time. The programme includes contributions from Not Only... But Also... producer Dick Clement, Pete and Dud collaborator Barry Humphries, and long-time fans Richard Ayoade, Josie Lawrence, Will Sharpe and Ronnie Wood as they enjoy the sketches and reflect on the career of one of Britain's best-loved comedy partnerships.
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Title: A Granny's Guide to the Modern World
Released: August 3, 2016
Type: TV
What's grime music? Do superfoods have to taste awful? What's the difference between Grindr and Tinder? Barry Humphries and a team of senior investigative reporters provide an outsider's perspective of life in 2016, through reports, hidden camera experiments and comedy sketches. The results provide a fresh take on the mechanics of British society and culture, and a comedic look at the modern world's attitude to the country's burgeoning OAP population.
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Title: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Character: Charlie / Dame Edna
Released: July 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London's trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!
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Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show
Title: Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show
Character: Herself
Released: December 25, 2015
Type: Movie
In this Christmas Day special, Michael presents leading comedians including Dara O Briain, the fabulous Dame Edna Everage, and ventriloquist and winner of America's Got Talent Paul Zerdin. Featuring music superstars Ellie Goulding and Tom Jones plus Michael's own inimitable style of comedy, the show promises a night packed with festive treats and surprises.
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Blinky Bill the Movie
Title: Blinky Bill the Movie
Character: Wombo (voice)
Released: August 21, 2015
Type: Movie
Blinky Bill is a little koala with a big imagination. An adventurer at heart, he dreams of leaving the little town of Green Patch and following in his missing father’s footsteps. When Blinky discovers a mysterious marker that hints at his Dad’s whereabouts, he embarks on a journey that takes him beyond the boundary of Green Patch and into the wild and dangerous Outback.
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Title: Brilliant Creatures
Character: Self
Released: September 16, 2014
Type: TV
Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson traces the footsteps of Germaine Greer, Barry Humphries, Clive James and Robert Hughes arguing these Australian giants didn't just join the cultural revolution in the 60s - they led it.
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Jack Irish: Dead Point
Title: Jack Irish: Dead Point
Character: Justice Logan
Released: April 13, 2014
Type: Movie
Jack Irish is thrown into a world of club owners, drug dealers and killers when he is hired by a judge to find a mysterious red book.
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Justin and the Knights of Valour
Title: Justin and the Knights of Valour
Character: Braulio (voice)
Released: August 9, 2013
Type: Movie
A heart-warming tale about friendship, honor & courage, which sees a young boy become a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight.
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Title: The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Character: Contestant (Dame Edna Everage)
Released: January 21, 2013
Type: TV
Comic Relief takes over the Great British Bake Off tent. Different celebrity faces battle it out with their baking skills to claim one of the coveted Comic Relief Star Baker titles.
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Title: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Character: Great Goblin
Released: December 12, 2012
Type: Movie
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
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Kath & Kimderella
Title: Kath & Kimderella
Character: Dame Edna Everage
Released: September 6, 2012
Type: Movie
Kath & Kim turn more than just heads when they go on an overseas trip and end up being the centre of their very own fairytale.
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Title: A Comedy Roast
Released: April 7, 2010
Type: TV
A Comedy Roast is a British comedy television show broadcast by Channel 4. After a series of failed attempts by various broadcasters over the years, it is the first adaptation of the American comedy institution of roasting to be produced as a television show in Britain. The first series premiered on 7 April 2010. Hosted by Jimmy Carr it saw Bruce Forsyth, Sharon Osbourne and Chris Tarrant get roasted by various colleagues, comedians and celebrities. The show returned on 15 October 2010 targeting Davina McCall.
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Title: Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford
Released: March 26, 2010
Type: TV
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Making Mary and Max
Title: Making Mary and Max
Character: Self
Released: October 21, 2009
Type: Movie
Comedic behind-the-scenes film for the production of Mary and Max, originally released as webisodes.
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Salvation
Title: Salvation
Character: Client
Released: March 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Aging artist and scholar Barry is disenchanted with his existence - disillusioned by his sexless marriage to a televangelist, and repulsed by her brand of easy-to-swallow self-help Christianity. In dire need of an outlet he turns to Irina, a Russian immigrant and prostitute. Seeking better lives, both Barry and Irina find strength in each other as they seek mutual salvation.
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Mary and Max
Title: Mary and Max
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: February 9, 2009
Type: Movie
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.
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We Are Most Amused
Title: We Are Most Amused
Character: Self
Released: November 15, 2008
Type: Movie
We Are Most Amused was a gala event held at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 12 November 2008 in honour of the 60th birthday of Charles, Prince of Wales, in aid of The Prince's Trust. Prince Charles attended the event with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and younger son Prince Harry. The show had a similar format to the Royal Variety Show and showcased a variety of comedy acts. The performance was televised by ITV to the public on 15 November 2008. Robin Williams made his first UK stage appearance in more than 25 years. Tickets were sold to the general public and the event sold out in one hour.
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Not Quite Hollywood
Title: Not Quite Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: August 28, 2008
Type: Movie
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene's most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.
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Title: Q&A
Character: Self - Panellist
Released: May 22, 2008
Type: TV
Hosted by Hamish Macdonald, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to thrash out the hot issues of the week. It's about democracy in action - the audience gets to ask the questions.
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Title: I'd Do Anything
Character: Himself - Judge
Released: March 15, 2008
Type: TV
I'd Do Anything was a 2008 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom and broadcast on BBC One. It premièred on 15 March 2008. The show searched for a new, unknown lead to play Nancy and three young performers who will take it in turns to play Oliver in a West End revival of the British musical Oliver!. The show, named after the song "I'd Do Anything", was hosted by Graham Norton with Andrew Lloyd Webber again overseeing the programme, together with theatrical producer Cameron Mackintosh. In January 2008, John Barrowman confirmed he would be taking part in the show. The BBC also confirmed in late February 2008 that Barry Humphries would join Barrowman and Denise Van Outen on the judging panel of the show. Auditions for the show began in January 2008, with the show airing on BBC One throughout March, April and May 2008. In the final, on 31 May, Jodie Prenger was announced as the winner of the series.
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Title: Who Do You Think You Are?
Character: Self
Released: January 13, 2008
Type: TV
Australian celebrities play detective as they go in search of their family history, revealing secrets from the past. Along the way there will be scandal, adultery, pioneers, bushrangers, artists and royalty. Join the trail of discovery to uncover where these celebrities came from as they find out just who they think they are.
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Title: The Dame Edna Treatment
Released: March 17, 2007
Type: TV
The Dame Edna Treatment was a British, ITV talk show created by Barry Humphries and starring his characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. It aired on ITV at various times. The theme tune was written and performed by Robin Gibb. It was based upon the 1997 British talk show Dr Dame Edna Kisses It Better. It is set in Dame Edna's health-spa, where her celebrity guests have come for some "treatment". Viewing figures varied from 2.5m according to Digital Spy.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Herself
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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It Started with Swap Shop
Title: It Started with Swap Shop
Character: Self
Released: December 28, 2006
Type: Movie
Noel Edmonds, Keith Chegwin, John Craven and Maggie Philbin reunite for a one-off edition of the Saturday morning classic Swap Shop to celebrate its 30th anniversary.
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Title: Betjeman and Me
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
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Title: The One Show
Character: Dame Edna Everage
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD. The programme is currently hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker from Monday-Thursday, with Chris Evans appearing instead of Baker on Fridays and relief presenters appearing when required.
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Title: The One Show
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD. The programme is currently hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker from Monday-Thursday, with Chris Evans appearing instead of Baker on Fridays and relief presenters appearing when required.
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Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
Title: Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’
Character: Self
Released: March 6, 2006
Type: Movie
First there was ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’, then ‘My Brilliant Career’, and now best of all ‘The Getting of Wisdom’. It is incomparably moving and powerful.
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Da Kath & Kim Code
Title: Da Kath & Kim Code
Character: John Monk
Released: November 27, 2005
Type: Movie
The squabbling mother and daughter, Kath and Kim, embark on an excursion into the unexplored crannies of life at Lagoon Court, Fountain Lakes.
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Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Title: Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Character: Self - Edna Everage
Released: December 9, 2004
Type: Movie
The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters - from Python and Beyond the Fringe - and performers then relatively unknown, like Rowan Atkinson. Narrated by Dawn French, the programme includes interviews with many of the comedians and musicians who took part: John Cleese, Stephen Fry, Michael Palin, Sting, Lenny Henry and many more. The shows and their stars had a huge effect on modern British comedy. There are few comics today whose careers have not been heavily influenced by the anarchic and surreal humour of these events.
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Title: The Tony Danza Show
Character: Dame Edna
Released: September 13, 2004
Type: TV
The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television.
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Barry Humphries Presents Back to My Roots and Other Suckers
Title: Barry Humphries Presents Back to My Roots and Other Suckers
Character: Sir Les Patterson/Owen Steele/Sandy Stone/Dame Edna Everage
Released: December 8, 2003
Type: Movie
Recorded live at the State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre on the 15th of August 2003. Contains the hilarious on-stage antics of Dame Edna Everage, Sir Les Patterson and Sandy Stone.
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Title: Little Britain
Released: September 16, 2003
Type: TV
A zany comedy show with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featuring characters from all over Little Britain.
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Title: QI
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 2003
Type: TV
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
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Finding Nemo
Title: Finding Nemo
Character: Bruce (voice)
Released: May 30, 2003
Type: Movie
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.
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Title: Micallef Tonight
Character: Self
Released: May 12, 2003
Type: TV
Micallef Tonight was a short-lived Aria Award–winning Australian variety show that aired on the Nine Network in 2003. It was hosted by comedian Shaun Micallef and also featured the talents of Francis Greenslade, Jason Geary, Livinia Nixon and Pete Smith.
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Nicholas Nickleby
Title: Nicholas Nickleby
Character: Mrs. Crummies/Mr. Leadville
Released: December 27, 2002
Type: Movie
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
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Title: Hollywood Squares
Released: September 14, 1998
Type: TV
On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg served as the permanent center square, with series head writer Bruce Vilanch, Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Mull, and Caroline Rhea as regular panelists and Brad Garrett, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wallace, Kathy Griffin and various others as semi-regular panelists. Shadoe Stevens returned to announce, although he was not given a square on the panel as he had been when John Davidson was host.
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Welcome to Woop Woop
Title: Welcome to Woop Woop
Character: Blind Wally
Released: August 13, 1998
Type: Movie
A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.
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Spice World
Title: Spice World
Character: Kevin McMaxford
Released: December 18, 1997
Type: Movie
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.
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Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
Title: Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
Character: Bert / Lady Shopper / Manager
Released: October 7, 1997
Type: Movie
Pixie is cursed with turning into a Pterodactyl when her husband is caught messing with bones on an ancient burial ground. Her husband, children, friends, and neighbours must come to terms with Pixie's new "look". Her only chance to return to her normal state is to find the shaman who inflicted the curse on her.
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Title: Ally McBeal
Character: Claire Otoms
Released: September 8, 1997
Type: TV
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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The Leading Man
Title: The Leading Man
Character: Humphrey Beal
Released: December 12, 1996
Type: Movie
Successful playwright Felix Webb has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal. Directed by his old friend Humphrey, it is already being hailed as a masterpiece; but Felix can't enjoy his success. He has fallen passionately in love with Hilary, a beautiful, fiesty young actress, and is preparing to desert his perfect family, his wife Elena and three lively children. His intolerable situation is further complicated when Humphrey casts Hilary as one of the leads in 'The Hit Man'. Enter Robin Grange, a charismatic young Hollywood actor making his London theatre debut. Robin is attractive, charming and dangerous, and soon inveigles his way into everyone's life. He ingratiates himself with the cast and, quickly grasping Felix's dilemma, sets about weaving his web of mischief. He suggests that if he were to seduce Elena, she would be distracted from Felix's affair, regain her self respect, and perhaps even willingly part from the unfaithful husband to whom she clings...
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Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Title: Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Character: Self
Released: December 19, 1995
Type: Movie
A documentary about the life of British satirist and founder of 'Private Eye' Peter Cook. “marvelous, engrossing tribute” Allison Pearson, The Observer “painstakingly constructed.. sharp yet sensitive” Victor Lewis-Smith
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Napoleon
Title: Napoleon
Character: Kangaroo (voice)
Released: June 30, 1995
Type: Movie
The adventures of Golden Retriever pup Napoleon and his friend, the parrot Birdo Lucci.
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Immortal Beloved
Title: Immortal Beloved
Character: Clemens Metternich
Released: December 16, 1994
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle with hearing loss. Following Beethoven's death in 1827, his assistant, Schindler, searches for an elusive woman referred to in the composer's love letters as "immortal beloved." As Schindler solves the mystery, a series of flashbacks reveal Beethoven's transformation from passionate young man to troubled musical genius.
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Title: RTL Samstag Nacht
Released: November 6, 1993
Type: TV
RTL Samstag Nacht was a comedy show, which ran from 6 November 1993 to 23 May 1998 on the German TV network RTL. RTL Samstag Nacht was the first major comedy show in German television, created after the example of the long-running American show Saturday Night Live and broadcast late on Saturday night. It helped comedy in German television to a breakthrough and was a model for several later comedy shows. Karl Ranseier was a recurring character featured in fake news reports telling about his death at the end of each episode. The name Karl Ranseier has become a catchphrase in Germany that has led to its own joke category of Ranseiers which are in widespread usage outside of the comedy origin.
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Title: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character: Dame Edna
Released: September 13, 1993
Type: TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. The second incarnation of NBC's Late Night franchise, O'Brien's debuted in 1993 after David Letterman, who hosted the first incarnation of Late Night, moved to CBS to host Late Show opposite The Tonight Show. In 2004, as part of a deal to secure a new contract, NBC announced that O'Brien would leave Late Night in 2009 to succeed Jay Leno as the host of The Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon began hosting his version of Late Night on March 2, 2009.
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Joan Rivers: Abroad in London
Title: Joan Rivers: Abroad in London
Character: Dame Edna Everage
Released: October 8, 1992
Type: Movie
Joan delivers her biting tongue to the Queen and her country.
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Title: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Released: May 25, 1992
Type: TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that initially aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and resumed production on March 1, 2010. The fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show franchise made its debut on May 25, 1992, three days following Johnny Carson's retirement as host of the program. The program originates from NBC Studios in Burbank, California, and is broadcast Monday through Friday at 11:35 PM in the Eastern and Pacific time zones. Unlike Carson or his predecessor Jack Paar, Leno only once utilized a guest host, preferring to host the series by himself. On April 26, 1999, the show began broadcasting in 1080i HDTV, becoming the first American nightly talk show to be shot in high definition. The show is shot in 16:9 aspect ratio. The series, which followed the same basic format as that of his predecessors, ran until May 29, 2009, after which Leno was succeeded by Conan O'Brien. NBC signed Leno to a new deal for a nightly talk show in the 10:00 pm ET timeslot. The primetime series, titled The Jay Leno Show, debuted on September 14, 2009, following a similar format to the Leno incarnation of Tonight.
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Title: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character: Dame Edna Everage
Released: May 25, 1992
Type: TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that initially aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and resumed production on March 1, 2010. The fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show franchise made its debut on May 25, 1992, three days following Johnny Carson's retirement as host of the program. The program originates from NBC Studios in Burbank, California, and is broadcast Monday through Friday at 11:35 PM in the Eastern and Pacific time zones. Unlike Carson or his predecessor Jack Paar, Leno only once utilized a guest host, preferring to host the series by himself. On April 26, 1999, the show began broadcasting in 1080i HDTV, becoming the first American nightly talk show to be shot in high definition. The show is shot in 16:9 aspect ratio. The series, which followed the same basic format as that of his predecessors, ran until May 29, 2009, after which Leno was succeeded by Conan O'Brien. NBC signed Leno to a new deal for a nightly talk show in the 10:00 pm ET timeslot. The primetime series, titled The Jay Leno Show, debuted on September 14, 2009, following a similar format to the Leno incarnation of Tonight.
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Title: Dame Edna's Hollywood
Character: Dame Edna Everage
Released: November 30, 1991
Type: TV
Dame Edna's Hollywood is an American series starring Barry Humphries as Dame Edna Everage in a spoof of Hollywood talk shows.
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Title: Pebble Mill
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 1991
Type: TV
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on October 14, 1991. The show was a mixture of celebrity guests and music. Alan Titchmarsh was a presenter on the show throughout it's complete run. Other presenters included Judi Spiers, Gloria Hunniford and Ross King.
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Title: Boulevard Bio
Character: Self
Released: August 6, 1991
Type: TV
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Selling Hitler
Title: Selling Hitler
Character: Rupert Murdoch
Released: June 11, 1991
Type: Movie
In 1981, Gerd Heidemann, a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes what he believes is the literary and historical scoop of the century: the personal diaries of Adolf Hitler. Over the next two years, Heidemann and the senior management figures at Stern secretly pay 10 million German marks to a mysterious 'Dr Fischer' for the sixty volumes of 'Hitler's diaries'. However, to the dismay of all, it is discovered after the publication of first extract that the diaries are crude forgeries, faked by Stuttgart criminal Konrad Kujau.
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An Audience with Jackie Mason
Title: An Audience with Jackie Mason
Released: December 27, 1990
Type: Movie
The great American comedian Jackie Mason entertains a celebrity audience including Bruce Forsyth, Barry Humphries, Henry Cooper and Michael Winner.
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One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Title: One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Character: Dame Edna Everage
Released: December 25, 1988
Type: Movie
The gloriously glamorous Dame Edna entertains a celebrity audience in this 1988 special.
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Title: The Dame Edna Experience
Released: September 12, 1987
Type: TV
The Dame Edna Experience is a British television comedy talk-show hosted by Dame Edna Everage. It ran for twelve regular episodes on ITV, plus two Christmas specials. The first seven aired for the first time in 1987, the next seven in 1989. It was directed by Ian Hamilton and Alasdair MacMillan and produced by London Weekend Television. Regulars on the program, besides Dame Edna, were her "bridesmaid" Madge Allsop and Robin Houston who was the announcer, with orchestra conducted and arranged by Laurie Holloway. Each program featured several celebrity guests, usually three, but some programs included up to eight guests. There would also be other invited "guests" like Kurt Waldheim and Imelda Marcos who once introduced at stage right would fall victim to a trap door or something similar and fail to make it to their chair. The entire series was released on DVD by BBC Video in June 2004, and can now also be purchased as a complete set including the Christmas specials and the three An Audience with Dame Edna specials, plus other material. The series was released for Region 2 by Network DVD in the UK in 2007, as a 4-disc set. For reasons unknown, the Region 2 release does not include the 1989 Christmas special "The Dame Edna Satellite Experience" that ended the second series and featured Ursula Andress, Yehudi Menuhin, and Robert Kilroy-Silk. It does, however, include the one-off 1990 Christmas special A Night On Mount Edna with guests Mel Gibson, Charlton Heston, Gina Lollobrigida and Julio Iglesias.
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Howling III: The Marsupials
Title: Howling III: The Marsupials
Character: Academy Award Presenter
Released: May 15, 1987
Type: Movie
A strange race of human-like marsupials appear suddenly in Australia, and a sociologist who studies these creatures falls in love with a female one. Is this a dangerous combination?
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Les Patterson Saves the World
Title: Les Patterson Saves the World
Character: Sir Les Patterson / Dame Edna Everage
Released: April 9, 1987
Type: Movie
Fat middle aged 24/7 drunkard Les Patterson represents Australia at the UN where his fart literally incinerates an Arab ambassador. Patterson is reassigned to the Middle East so he can be tortured to death by the country he insulted. Patterson's arrival is the prefect distract of a coup and he is spared. At a bar Patterson meets a bio weapons scientist who's developed a horrific disease for the KGB whom plan to distribute it to the Pentagon via toilet seats. Patterson of course is far too drunk to understand anything happening and teams up with Dane Edna to save the world.
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Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Title: Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Character: Dame Edna
Released: December 30, 1984
Type: Movie
Dame Edna shares her views and answers questions in front of a celebrity audience.
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Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Title: Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Character: Richard Deane
Released: October 8, 1984
Type: Movie
Dr. Fischer has an unusual hobby — to expose human greed. How much humiliation will his fellow man endure enticed by valuable presents? Dignity for money! Death for money?
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A (BBC Arena) Birthday Tribute to Dame Edna Everage
Title: A (BBC Arena) Birthday Tribute to Dame Edna Everage
Character: Edna Everage
Released: February 17, 1984
Type: Movie
As much a parody of the typical BBC documentary style as an extravagant curtsy to Dame Edna Everage, Housewife Superstar. The Dame is known mostly through her special broadcast in 1983; in Britain s/he is a household name. This 1984 birthday tribute is a deeply probing investigative profile of one of the world's spookiest celebrities.
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Title: Wogan
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 1982
Type: TV
Wogan is a British television chat show
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The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Title: The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Character: Himself - Various Roles
Released: March 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums – Cleese, Lewis and Walker planned the next show to be a more spectacular event. Cleese focused on broadening the comedic talent to be presented at the show. In addition to the Amnesty show stalwarts drawn from the Oxbridge/Monty Python/Beyond The Fringe orbit, he invited newcomers such as Rowan Atkinson’s colleagues from the BBC TV show Not the Nine O'Clock News including Pamela Stephenson and Griff Rhys Jones; comedian Victoria Wood and regional comic Jasper Carrott. Lewis secured a return appearance by Billy Connolly and a debut appearance by "alternative" comedian Alexei Sayle who Lewis had recently discovered and was managing. Building on the success of Pete Townshend's 1979 appearance Lewis recruited other rock musicians to perform at the 1981 show including Sting, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Donovan and Bob Geldof.
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Shock Treatment
Title: Shock Treatment
Character: Bert Schnick
Released: October 30, 1981
Type: Movie
Janet and Brad Majors, unhappily married, are separated after appearing on a game show. Janet becomes a superstar while Brad is thrown into a mental hospital. But what does fast food magnate Farley Flavors have up his sleeve?
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The Rocky Horror Treatment
Title: The Rocky Horror Treatment
Character: Himself
Released: February 4, 1981
Type: Movie
A 1981 documentary looking at the Cult following of the Rocky Horror show and introducing the sequel "Shock Treatment".
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A Toast to Melbourne
Title: A Toast to Melbourne
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Using archival film, aerial photography, stills, prints and contemporary footage, this documentary presents the city of Melbourne and its lifestyle. Looks at the unique Victorian architecture that transformed Melbourne from a tent city during the Gold Rush to a modern and prosperous city. Captures the vibrant streetscapes, the trams, the elaborate arcades and some of the institutions that cater to Melbourne's elite such as the Georges store and the Melbourne Club.
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An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Title: An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Released: December 26, 1980
Type: Movie
Dame Edna Everage takes questions from a celebrity audience about her life and career.
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Title: Russell Harty
Released: October 28, 1980
Type: TV
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Title: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Character: Our Guests at Heartland
Released: July 24, 1978
Type: Movie
A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must thwart a plot to destroy their home town. Built around the music of The Beatles, this musical uses some big name groups like Peter Frampton and Aerosmith.
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Title: The South Bank Show
Character: Self
Released: January 14, 1978
Type: TV
The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.
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Title: An Audience with...
Character: Dame Edna Everage
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
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Title: An Audience with...
Character: Dame Edna Everage / Sir Les Patterson
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
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The Getting of Wisdom
Title: The Getting of Wisdom
Character: Rev. Strachey
Released: August 25, 1977
Type: Movie
The Getting of Wisdom is based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson (born Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson). Her novel is thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. The film is about a young girl, Laura Tweedle-Rambotham who grew up in the outback, and at around the age of 14, is sent off by her poor mother who has scrimped and saved for her to go to a prestigious women’s private college in Melbourne, the Presbyterian Ladies College.
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Pleasure at Her Majesty's
Title: Pleasure at Her Majesty's
Character: Edna Everage
Released: December 29, 1976
Type: Movie
The first of the Amnesty International comedy benefit galas. The title is a play on the phrase at Her Majesty's pleasure (the show was performed at Her Majesty's Theatre, London). This show came to be considered part of the Secret Policeman's Ball series of shows that it inspired, although it pre-dated the first show in the series by three years. The event was organized by a team of three: Monty Python member John Cleese, Amnesty's Assistant Director Peter Luff and Transatlantic Records executive Martin Lewis. It featured the cream of Britain's comedic talent of the era, setting a precedent that would inspire many subsequent Amnesty galas...
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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The Great MacArthy
Title: The Great MacArthy
Character: Col Ball-Miller
Released: August 4, 1975
Type: Movie
Macarthy is a country town football champ who is kidnapped in a neon lit helicopter by tyrant Colonel Ball-Miller, the tycoon president of the South Melbourne football club.
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Side by Side
Title: Side by Side
Released: April 30, 1975
Type: Movie
Glam Rock musical comedy about two clashing nightclubs
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Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Title: Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Character: Edna Everage
Released: December 12, 1974
Type: Movie
Barry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Queen of England and thinks that kidnapping her will draw tourists to his country. Barry and his mates set out to rescue her and bring her back to Australia.
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Percy's Progress
Title: Percy's Progress
Character: Dr. Anderson / Australian TV Lady
Released: August 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the world's water that makes men impotent.
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The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Title: The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Character: Aunt Edna Everage
Released: October 12, 1972
Type: Movie
Barry McKenzie sets off for England with his aunt, Edna Everage, to advance his cultural education. Bazza is an innocent abroad, fond of beer, Bondi and beautiful sheilas, but he soon settles into the Australian ghetto in Earls Court, where his old mate Curly has a flat.
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The Naked Bunyip
Title: The Naked Bunyip
Character: Edna Everage
Released: February 2, 1970
Type: Movie
A shy young man is hired by an ad agency to conduct a survey on sex in Australia. The somewhat clueless young man investigates homosexuality, transvestites, prostitution, and strip clubs along with every other variant on the "norm". While doing his interviews he meets celebrities, self proclaimed sex experts, prostitutes, female impersonators, pop stars, actors, and legislators as well as self appointed morals guardians.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Title: The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Character: Mr. Wainwright
Released: September 11, 1968
Type: Movie
Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her. One day, Harriet's sewing machine breaks, so Robert sends a repairman, Ambrose, to fix it. It's lust at first sight for Harriet, who convinces Ambrose to hide out in the attic for a tryst. When her new beau shows no desire to leave, the pair begin a years-long love affair right under Robert's nose.
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Bedazzled
Title: Bedazzled
Character: Envy
Released: October 30, 1967
Type: Movie
A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.
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Title: The Wednesday Play
Released: September 30, 1964
Type: TV
The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary social dramas, and for bringing issues to the attention of a mass audience that would not otherwise have been discussed on screen.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Dame Edna Everage
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch was a comic game show created by Barry Humphries for ITV.
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Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch
Title: Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch
Character: Dame Edna
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
With her familiar greeting of "Welcome possums!" Dame Edna uses her purple possum picker to find three contestants from the all-female audience of her hit game show. The unprepared contestants find a camera crew poised in front of one of their homes ready to invade her bedroom, bathroom and her drawers and cabinets for all the world to see.
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Dame Edna Rules The Waves
Title: Dame Edna Rules The Waves
Character: Dame Edna Everidge
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Filmed in front of an audience, Dame Edna will host a very exclusive evening with celebrity chat, staffed by some familiar faces.