Barry Humphries
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Barry Humphries first played Edna Everage as a timid Melbourne housewife in 1955 and over six decades turned her into Dame Edna, a gladioli-throwing megastar with her own chat shows on British and American television. Edna's mix of glamour and savage politeness made a drag character one of the best-known comic creations in the English-speaking world.
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