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Barry Humphries - A life in pictures
Best known as Dame Edna Everage, the satirical persona he brought to stages, television and cinema screens around the world for more than 60 years, Barry Humphries was a man of many parts.
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Portrait of Barry Humphries the director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2015.Credit:Nic Walker
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Portrait of Barry Humphries in 2015. Credit:Nic Walker
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Barry Humphries in character as Dame Edna, for her last performance in Eat Pray Laugh at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney, Australia. Credit:Tony Walters
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Dame Edna Everage in 2019.Credit:James Brickwood
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Barry Humphries in character as Aunt Edna with Barry Crocker (right) in a London taxi during filming of The Adventures of Barry McKenzie. Credit:Supplied
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Barry Humphries and Meow Meow performing in their Weimar Cabaret with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.Credit:Eoin Carey
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Barry Humphries in character as Sir Les Patterson at Government House offering his services to be the next Governor-General, in 2003 the day after Peter Hollingworth resigned.Credit:Penny Bradfield
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Barry Humphries in character as Sir Les Patterson at Government House offering his services to be the next Governor-General, in 2003 the day after Peter Hollingworth resigned.Credit:Penny Bradfield
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Barry Humphries during promotional duties for the biggest and tallest commercial building in Melbourne, The Grand Central Tower.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Portrait of Australian comedian, actor, satirist, artist, and author, Barry Humphries. Credit:James Brickwood
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Barry Humphries during a promotional photoshoot for 8 Days.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Barry Humphries on stage during a performance tour in 2018.Credit:Supplied
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Barry Humphries in Melbourne for his one-man show titled A Load of Olde Stuf in 1971.Credit:John Lamb
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Barry Humphries with wife Diane and new baby Oscar Valentine in 1981. Credit:John Patrick O'Gready
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Dame Edna Everage, enjoying a spa bubble bath for his play at the Regent Theatre, An Evening's Intercourse with Barry Humphries in 1981. Credit:Robert Pearce
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Barry Humphries during a candid moment in 1981. Credit:Supplied
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Gough Whitlam talks with Barry Humphries and his escort Miss Roslyn Mackrell of Sydney in 1974.Credit:Robert Pearce
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The retired NSW governor Sir Roden Cutler, composer Peter Sculthorpe, artist Margaret Olley, author Thomas Keneally and entertainer Barry Humphries pose at the Art Gallery of NSW with their Archibald portraits in 1992. Credit:Rick Stevens
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Australian entertainer Barry Humphries holding koala bear and Qantas bag waving on arrival in Melbourne in 1965. Credit:Fairfax
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Australian entertainer Barry Humphries poses for pictures after he received his Most Excellent Order of the British Empire from Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, in 2007. Credit:STEVE PARSONS