Dame Edna glasses

1955

Film
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Dame Edna Everage has been making generations of Australians laugh (and cringe) since she burst on the scene in 1955.

Barry Humphries created the character of Edna Everage (as in average) from the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds whilst touring with a group of actors around Victoria. She was a caricature of mayor’s wives they met on the road and was named after his childhood nanny.

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ACMI Identifier

NSFA-148707

Audience classification

Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)

Subject categories

Australian Theatre

History

object → 3D artefact

Colour

Black

Collected

41 times

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