Humphries

Humphries
(1934– )
an Australian comedian who is well known in Britain for two characters he has created: ‘housewife superstar’ Dame Edna Everage, for which Humphries wears women’s clothes, and Sir Les Patterson, a disgusting man who is supposed to be a representative of the Australian government in London.

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