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Her full name: Dame Edna Everage. While many know her as megastar, talk show host and icon, she is also a respected journalist (often posing for photographs with refugees and Royalty), and illustrator of children's books.
She first emerged in Australia, but one continent proved far too small for her extensive talents. During the 1970s, she took on London successfully with stage shows including Housewife Superstar and A Night With Dame Edna. She continued her trimuphant tour through such theatres as London's Royal Albert Hall, the prestigious Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
Not content with the stage, she brought her formidable talents to bear on the small screen as well. Two seasons of "The Dame Edna Experience" saw her chatting with such guests as Jane Fonda, Charlton Heston, Liza Minnelli, Sean Connery and Mel Gibson. In addition to her series, she has also hosted a number of TV Specials such as the critically acclaimed UK specials: "An Audience with Dame Edna" and "Another Audience with Dame Edna". Her most recent effort, "A Night on Mount Edna" won the Golden Rose of Montreux.
She's also been bestowed with a number of other awards including ones from the San Francisco International Film Festival and Gold Awards at the New York Film and TV Festival as well as a special Tony Award.
While her stage and screen presence is formidable, her most lasting impression (mostly because you do not need a TV screen or tickets to be so enriched) are her books Dame Edna's Coffee Table Book, Dame Edna's Bedside Companion and her seminal autobiography My Gorgeous Life.
A widow (and possibly Jewish), Dame Edna has three children who give her various degrees of angst: Lois, Valmai, and Kenny. When not flitting between her homes scattered around the globe, she maintains her priceless collection of Tiffany windows and Tamara de Lempicka paintings. Being a caring and nurturing soul, she organizes and runs "Friends of the Prostate" and the World Prostate Olympics, and offers counselling to Royalty on cultural and gender issues.
Recently, she has turned her hand to writing. With Chagall at the Chock Full o' Nuts in which Chagall, Tom Stoppard, and Buddy Holly play metaphysical Scrabble, Dame Edna has won over critics with her language skills and insight. She is hoping to follow her Broadway offering with a new production of Racine's Phaedra starring herself.