Comedians

Barry Humphries Net Worth

Published

2 months ago

February 12, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

John Barry Humphries's Net Worth as of 2024
$12 Million

John Barry Humphries was born on 17 February 1934, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, of part-English descent. Barry is an actor, artist, author, and comedian, best known for his playing his alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He also produces films and is an award winning writer. All of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Barry Humphries? As of mid-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $12 million, earned through success in his numerous endeavors. His characters have bought him international renown and all of his achievements ensured the position of his wealth.

Barry Humphries Net Worth $12 million

At a young age, Barry enjoyed dressing up as different characters, and pursued the arts though his parents weren’t very supportive. Despite that he started to collect rare books, paint, and watch theatre productions. He attended Melbourne Grammar School, and after matriculating, went to the University of Melbourne (Queen’s College) which he studied Law, Fine Arts, and Philosophy. He became a leading person in the Dada movement which used pranks and satire.

While doing so, he performed, sketches, some of which he wrote at the university. He eventually left to join the Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC), newly formed, where he created his first and best-known character, Edna Everage, while touring with MTC. In 1957 he moved to Sydney joining the Philip Street Revue Theatre, where Edna would find huge popularity, and soon he would also create the character Sandy Stone. He also appeared in a production of “Waiting for Godot”, playing Estragon. His net worth was starting to build.

In 1959, Barry moved to London, and would work there throughout the 1960s. He appeared in a variety of West End stage productions, such as “Maggie May” and then “Oliver!” , his major break in Britain when he was cast as the undertaker, Mr. Sowerberry in the original production. He also appeared in projects such as “Treasure Island” and “The Bed-Sitting Room”. In 1967, he had a cameo role in the film “Bedazzled” which is his first film role, which led to him appearing in “The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom”. He returned to Australia in the 1970s to make his/her Edna Everage movie debut in “The Naked Bunyip”, and continued to work on various films, including “Side by Side”, “The Getting of Wisdom”, and “Shock Treatment”. His net worth rose steadily thanks to opportunities such as “Dr. Fischer of Geneva”, “Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills”, and “The Leading Man”.

In 2003, he ventured into voice work, as the shark Bruce in “Finding Nemo”. A few of his latest projects include performing as the Goblin King in the film adaptation of “The Hobbit”. He also voiced Wombo the Wombat in “Blinky Bill the Movie”, and had a dual role in “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie”. He announced his retirement from live entertainment in 2012, but somehow still manages to appear and entertain at various unscripted moments.

For his personal life, it is known that Humphries married four times, firstly at 21 to Brenda Wright, but it only lasted for two years. His next marriages was to Rosalind Tong and Diane Millstead, two children being the results of each one. In 1990, he married Lizzie Spender and they reside in West Hampstead, London. His first two marriages failed due to problems with alcoholism, but since the early ‘70s he has been teetotal. He is an art collector, and an accomplished painter himself, and a self-proclaimed “bibliomaniac”, supposedly having around 25,000 books in his collection. He also enjoys avant-garde music.

Daniel Wanburg

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Comedians

Graham Norton Net Worth

Published

23 hours ago

April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Graham William Walker, better known by his stage name Graham Norton, is a famous Irish comedian, actor, commentator, TV presenter and writer-columnist who has a net worth of $30 million. He was born on April 4, 1963 in Clondalkin, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, but he was raised in Bandon. Today Norton is one of the most recognised faces on British TV, having begun in show business 1992. Graham Norton is also known as a great businessman: in 1998 he established a production company “So Television” with Graham Stuart. This company still produces Norton’s chat shows, such as the famous “So Graham Norton” and “The Graham Norton Show”. When Norton decided to sell this company in 2012, he received about $28 million.

Graham Norton Net Worth $30 Million

Although this amount of money composes a huge part of Graham’s net worth, he also earns millions of dollars thanks to his acting and writings; today Norton’s income reaches $5 million per year. Some portion of his net worth was received in 2007, when Graham Norton with Claudia Winkelman hosted the first annual Eurovision Dance Contest. Later he hosted the 2008 contest in Glasgow too. Since 2009, Graham Norton has been known by people in the United Kingdom as a BBC commentator of the famous Eurovision Song Contest .

Graham Norton has been successful not only as a Eurovision commentator and businessman, but also as an actor. The first time he appeared on screen was in 1996 as Father Noel Furlong in the movie “Father Ted”. Later Graham played Mr. Puckov in “Another Gay Movie”, voiced plants on BBC in “Rex the Hunt” and even had the opportunity to play himself in a TV show called “Absolutely Fabulous: Gay”. He has also been the host of a myriad number of TV shows, and Graham’s voice has been heard on the BBC radio station “BBC Radio 2” since October 2, 2010, when he took over from Jonathan Ross.

Graham Norton has written 4 books: the first was called “London before the Blitz, 1906-40: from the coming of the motor-car to the outbreak of war” and the last one was called simply and shortly: “So me”. During his career this famous actor and writer has received some awards, the first in 1999 as the “Gay Entertainer of the Year”. He has since received the same award 5 times, plus the BAFTA Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance for his TV shows “So Graham Norton” and “The Graham Norton shows”, the last one being in 2012.

Graham Norton is usually seen driving his Lexus hybrid RX 450h. The car was stolen from him a few years ago, but the owner was able to find it in Wandsworth, West London thanks to English police and to the unique vehicle recovery device which was fitted to it. When Graham doesn’t drive his car and has some free time, he spends it with his two dogs – a terrier cross named Madge (it was named after famous singer Madonna) and labradoodle Madge. Both of his dogs Norton adopted from the UK charity called “Dogs Trust”.

Comedians

Brittany Furlan Net Worth

Published

23 hours ago

April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Brittany Furlan was born on the 5th September 1986, in Perkasie, Pennsylvania USA, and is an actress, comedian and internet personality, probably best known to the world for being one of the most followed females on the Vine application. She is also recognized as an actress, starring in the role of Sara in “We Are Your Friends”. Besides that, she has also appeared in the TV show “America’s Next Top Model”.

Have you ever wondered how rich is Brittany Furlan, as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Furlan’s net worth is as high as $800,000, an amount earned through her successful career in the world of entertainment, active since the mid- 2000s.

Brittany Furlan Net Worth $800,000

Brittany, of mixed ancestry, since she has Italian and American ancestry, grew up in her hometown, but soon after finishing her education moved to the big city of Los Angeles, California.

Brittany`s popularity comes from a website Vine, on which users post short comedy videos. Currently, Brittany has more than 1000 posts, and a fan base of almost 10 million, which makes her one of the most popular female “Viners”, second only to Lele Pons, who has 11 million fans.

Thanks to her popularity on Vine, Brittany launched her career on television, and so far she has appeared in more than 20 films and TV series.

Starting in 2009 with an appearance in the TV series “Reality Hell”, and two years later she appeared in the film “L.A. Paranormal Activity”. In 2015, her career reached a whole new level, as she began to feature in more popular films, including “We Are Your Friends” with Zac Efron and Emily Ratajkowski, and the following year she appeared in the film “Dreamland”, alongside Beverly D` Angelo and Lilli Birdsell, consistently boosting her net worth.

Most recently, she was selected for the role of Angela Gambazzo in the film “Random Tropical Paradise” (2017), appearing next to Bryan Greenberg, Brooks Wheelan and Spencer Grammer, which certainly added to her net worth. Furthermore, Brittany will appear in the film “Airplane Mode”, which is currently in post-production, but without a release date, and will also feature in the comedy film “The Unicorn”, scheduled for a 2018 release.

Thanks to her talents, Brittany has earned several nominations, including for Teen Choice Awards in the category of Choice Web: Viner in 2015, among others.

Regarding her personal life, there is no information about Brittany Furlan in the media, except the fact that she is currently in a relationship with famous drummer Tommy Lee. Her current residence is in Los Angeles, California. In addition to her career on Vine, she is also active on other social networks such as Twitter and Instagram, on which she has over 1.7 million followers.