Known throughout the world as 'Dame Edna Everage' What was the comics real name?
Dame Edna Everage Dame Edna Everage Dame Edna Everage is a character created and performed by Australian comedian Barry Humphries, known for her lilac-coloured or "wisteria hue" hair and cat eye glasses or "face furniture", her favourite flower, the gladiolus ("gladdies") and her boisterous greeting: "Hello, Possums!" As Dame Edna, Humphries has written several books including an autobiography, "My Gorgeous Life", appeared in several films and hosted several television shows (on which Humphries has also appeared as himself and other alter-egos). Humphries has regularly updated Edna, originally a drab Melbourne housewife satirising Australian suburbia. Then he caused the Edna character to adopt an
Dame Edna Everage Patterson in the UK, Dame Edna again toured with what was declared "My First Last Tour". On television in early 2009, she appeared in adverts to publicise the insurance company Norwich Union's change of name to Aviva, quoting her change of name from Mrs Everage. On 9 June 2009, she appeared as a guest on "The Late Late Show" with Craig Ferguson. On 17 July 2009, she appeared as a guest on "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross". On an episode of "The One Show" in September 2009 a piece of graffiti on Sunderland's Penshaw Monument read "Edna Woz Ere 09"