What is Barry Humphries’s net worth?
BELOVED comedian Barry Humphries – best known for his Dame Edna Everage character – has died at the age of 89.
Humphries amassed a large fortune over his long career – here’s everything we know.
What is Barry Humphries’s net worth?
Barry Humphries’s net worth was around £9million.
His income sources included scripts, film and theatre roles and several books including his prize-winning autobiography.
How did Barry Humphries make his fortune?
Humphries was just 21 when he created the character for which he would become world famous.
In 1955, while touring with the newly-formed Melbourne Theatre Company, the then-named Mrs Norm Everage had her debut.
As Dame Edna, he appeared in several films, hosted TV shows and wrote several books.
With her lilac hair and cat eye glasses, the character became known all over the world.
Humphries moved to London in 1959 where he befriended top British comedians and writers including Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, and Spike Milligan.
He performed at London nightclub The Establishment, owned by Peter Cook, and wrote for the satirical magazine Private Eye.
Humphries also appeared in West End musicals Oliver! and Maggie May.
He said his most famous character was based partly on his mother, and partly on the “provincial mayoresses” he met on a regional theatre tour.
The name Edna was taken from his beloved childhood nanny, he later explained.
Back in his native Australia, Humphries co-founded the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1987.
What TV shows has Barry Humphries been on?
Humphries played Dame Edna Everage in several TV shows and stage performances, including “An Audience with…”, “The Barry Humphries Show”, “The Dame Edna Experience” and “Dame Edna’s Neighbourhood Watch”.
He played Sir Les Patterson, Edna’s temperamental opposite, in many of the same shows as well as “A Late Lunch With Les” and “Les Patterson and the Great Chinese Takeaway”.
The satirist also played Estragon in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, Bruce the shark in Finding Nemo, the Great Goblin in The Hobbit and an Australian newspaper proprietor in Selling Hitler.