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8 unusual facts about Barry Humphries


Jon Molvig

Molvig was an accomplished and honest portrait painter - painting fellow artists Charles Blackman, John Rigby, Joy Roggenkamp, Russell Drysdale and Barry Humphries as well as many privately commissioned portraits, i.e., Paul Beadle, Sir Charles Moses, Sir Percy Spender, Clem Jones and Dr. Scougall.

Natasha Spender

Their daughter Lizzie is married to the Australian actor/comedian Barry Humphries, and their son Matthew is married to the daughter of the Armenian-born artist Arshile Gorky.

Pieter-Dirk Uys

The character was inspired by Australian comedian Barry Humphries's character Dame Edna Everage.

Private Eye books

In particular, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, the exploits of an uncouth Australian expatriate in Sixties London, written by Barry Humphries and illustrated by Nicholas Garland, was published in three collections, long since out of print and now collectors' items.

Roxburghe Club

The most recently elected member, in 2011, is the Australian comedian Barry Humphries.

South Hampstead

Barry Humphries, Australian celebrity known for playing Dame Edna Everage

Stella Gibbons

Gibbons maintained a wide circle of friends, who in her later years included Adams, the entertainer Barry Humphries and the novelist John Braine.

The Burnt Ones

The fourth story, "Clay" is also for fellow Australians, satirist Barry Humphries and actress Zoe Caldwell (p 114).


The Black Cap

The character Mrs Shufflewick was celebrated by artists such as Danny La Rue, Roy Hudd, Bob Monkhouse, Barry Cryer and Barry Humphries.


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