Humphries,+Barry

. || Studied law at University but dropped out of Uni to persue performing arts || source2:[] ||  ||  *created Edna Everidge and Sir Les Patterson Theatre Company. source 2:http://www.savill.com.au/barryhumphries.html || Well known persons working at the same time. || * Dudley Moore,Peter Cook,Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller,Spike Milligan, Willie Rushton,John Bluthal, Dick Bentley Tim Conway || Why do their life is regarded as significant and why they are admirable. ||  *Humphries' characters, especially Dame Edna Everage, have brought him international renown,
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 * Grandfather emmigrated from Manchester in England.
 * Father was a construction manager.
 * Barry lived in a clean modern home in Camberwell
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 * ^  || .*Born 17 February 1934
 * Very intelligent boy
 * in university he began impersonations
 * 1960 went to London
 * there he began his TV career ||
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 * Barry's early home life helped his stage career alot.
 * Barry was given everything he wanted but his parents did not spnd much time with him so he played in has back yard playing dress up's.
 * "Disguising myself as different characters and I had a whole box of dressing up clothes ... Red Indian, sailor suit, Chinese costume and I was very spoiled in that way ... I also found that entertaining people gave me a great feeling of release, making people laugh was a very good way of befriending them. People couldn't hit you if they were laughing." ||
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 * Father did not spend much time with Barry
 * so spent alot of time playing dress ups
 * after leaving university he joined the newly formed Melbourne Theatre Company]] (MTC).
 * Humphries then moved to Sydney and joined Sydney's Philip Street Revue Theatre
 * In 1959 he settled in London where he lived and worked throughout the 1960s.
 * He became friends with leading members of the British comedy scene including Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller, Spike Milligan, Willie Rushton and John Bluthal and Dick Bentley
 * He described working with Milligan as "one of the strangest and most exhilarating experiences of my career"
 * In 1967 his friendship with Cook and Moore led to his first film role
 * In 1970 Humphries returned to Australia
 * In 1971–72 he teamed up with producer Phillip Adams and writer-director Bruce Beresford to create a film version of the Barry McKenzie cartoons
 * He finally broke through to widespread critical and audience acclaim in Britain with his 1976 London production//Housewife,_Superstar!// ||
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 * ^  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;"> *The first stage sketch featuring Mrs Edna Everage, 'Olympic Hostess', premiered in December 1955,
 * A key event took place when he was nine -- his mother gave all his books to the Salvation Army, cheerfully explaining: "But you've read them, Barry." Humphries responded by becoming a voracious reader, a collector of rare books, a painter, a theatre fan and a surrealist ||
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 * Went to Melbourne University
 * There he began impersonations
 * Honorary Doctorate of Griffith University (Australia) in 1994 ||
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 * ^  || *educated at Camberwell Grammer School
 * in university studied law,philosophy and finee arts. ||
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 * ^  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;"> Studied law at University but dropped out of Uni to pursue performing arts ||
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 * Created the role of Mr. Sowerberry in the original West End production of Lionel Bart's musical "Oliver!"
 * He was awarded the A.O. in the 1982 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Theatre
 * He was awarded the C.B.E. in the 2007 Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Honors List for his services to entertainment
 * He was awarded the Australian National Medal in December 1979
 * In 2000, received a Special Tony Award for a Live Theatrical Presentation, for his one-person show titled "Dame Edna: The Royal Tour."
 * He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Australian society through acting and writing ||
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 * he wrote performed songs and sketches for university revues.
 * after university he joined newly formed
 * Here he started the creation of his best character Edna Everidge and then went on to introduce Barry McKenzie, Sir Les Patterson and sandy Stone plus numerous others.
 * moved from Melbourne to Sydney and joined the Philip Street Revue Theatre ||
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 * In London he began to write for Private Eye, and was a regular on the BBC’s satirical 'Late Show'
 * Barry Humphries has written many books, including a novel, made scores of recordings and written and produced films and television series.
 * In my mid to late teens, I became a junior pupil of George Bell in Melbourne, and every Saturday morning attended a life class at his studio in Malvern
 * I have been painting and drawing all my life. When I was only small my father, who was a good architectural draughtsman, used to draw comic profiles of men and women on sheets of paper, and then I drew the bodies. ||
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 * some friends were painter Arthur Boyd, politician Jeffrey Archer ||
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 * he has appeared in numerous films, stage productions and television shows

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 * is first and foremost a comedian and satirist - one of the funniest and most loved performers Australia has produced. Humphries has been a part of our cultural landscape for close to 50 years and has captured the hearts of millions of people from all around the world ||
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 * ^  || *Humphries is also regarded as one of the country's best landscape is the author of several plays, books, novels, and autobiographies
 * At one time hailed as the strongest proponent of Dada in Australia, the multi-talented Barry Humphries has excelled as a character actor in Europe and Australia and has become one of the best loved landscape painters Down Under ||
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 * his recent shows on TV DAME EDNA'S NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH, DAME EDNA'S WORK EXPERIENCE and DAME EDNA'S HOLLYWOOD,.
 * His most recent television special was DAME EDNA KISSES IT BETTER. ||
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 * ^  || ==* an evening with Barry Humphries at the Tea Room - QVB Oct 9 2008== ||
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