Barry Humphries

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Birthday:

17 February 1934, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Birth Name:

John Barry Humphries

Height:

178 cm

His father was an affluent construction manager. Barry was a very intelligent boy who attended Melbourne University. There, he began in revues and doing some impersonations. He moved to London around 1960 and began his TV career. He has created numerous characters, including Dame Edna Everidge and Sir Les Patterson.

It's very important to be interesting yourself. Most guests, let's face it, however famous they are, are boring, with no intellectual resour...Show more »

It's very important to be interesting yourself. Most guests, let's face it, however famous they are, are boring, with no intellectual resources and very little sense of humor, particularly if they are comedians. People only watch my shows for me, and those shows have remained evergreen long after the guests are forgotten. Always wear beautiful clothes, preferably a different frock for every show, and don't overdo the hospitality beforehand. An intoxicated guest is a loose canon and I'm not referring to my famous interview with Jack Palance that didn't go to air! Show less «

Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.

Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.

New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.

To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother.