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02-20-2008, 03:37 PM
Edna's 'bridesmaid' dies at 100
BBC
February 20, 2008
Actress Emily Perry, who played Dame Edna Everage's sidekick Madge
Allsop, has died at the age of 100.
The performer, who played the megastar's taciturn and long-suffering
bridesmaid for many years, was 80 when she first took on the role in
1987.
Perry appeared on Dame Edna's ITV star-studded shows and travelled the
world as part of comic Barry Humphries' stage spectaculars.
Humphries told the BBC: "It is a great loss to me, she was a close
friend."
Savage comments
The actress appeared in the Dame Edna Experience, a comedy chat show
which attracted a whole host of UK and Hollywood names, from 1987 to
1989.
As New Zealander Madge Allsop she never uttered a word, and her main
function was to affix badges to star guests - and bear the brunt of
Dame Edna's savage comments.
Allsop appeared in two other Dame Edna shows in the early 1990s,
eventually retiring in 2004 and moving to Brinsworth House, the
entertainment industry's retirement home in Twickenham, south-west
London.
The actress also made a one-off appearance in long-running BBC sitcom
Last of the Summer Wine in 1995.
Devon-born Perry - who was known as Pat - ran a children's dancing
school for 25 years before finding fame late in life.
Speaking to the BBC News website last year ahead of her 100th
birthday, Perry said: "You know, my memory's gone. I've been all
around the world with Barry, and I can't remember a thing."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7254308.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7254308.stm)
BBC
February 20, 2008
Actress Emily Perry, who played Dame Edna Everage's sidekick Madge
Allsop, has died at the age of 100.
The performer, who played the megastar's taciturn and long-suffering
bridesmaid for many years, was 80 when she first took on the role in
1987.
Perry appeared on Dame Edna's ITV star-studded shows and travelled the
world as part of comic Barry Humphries' stage spectaculars.
Humphries told the BBC: "It is a great loss to me, she was a close
friend."
Savage comments
The actress appeared in the Dame Edna Experience, a comedy chat show
which attracted a whole host of UK and Hollywood names, from 1987 to
1989.
As New Zealander Madge Allsop she never uttered a word, and her main
function was to affix badges to star guests - and bear the brunt of
Dame Edna's savage comments.
Allsop appeared in two other Dame Edna shows in the early 1990s,
eventually retiring in 2004 and moving to Brinsworth House, the
entertainment industry's retirement home in Twickenham, south-west
London.
The actress also made a one-off appearance in long-running BBC sitcom
Last of the Summer Wine in 1995.
Devon-born Perry - who was known as Pat - ran a children's dancing
school for 25 years before finding fame late in life.
Speaking to the BBC News website last year ahead of her 100th
birthday, Perry said: "You know, my memory's gone. I've been all
around the world with Barry, and I can't remember a thing."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7254308.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7254308.stm)