Apparently, when 'Madge' (Emily Perry) retired from performing in her 90s she moved into an elderly care home in South London which was rather substandard. Upon hearing of this, Barry Humphries took it upon himself to locate much better lodgings - ultimately finding her a place at Brinsworth House, Twickenham (a residential and nursing retirement home for former theatre and entertainment professionals). She passed away in 2008, at age 100.

RIP Barry/Dame Edna/Sir Les. Thank you for your wit and utter hilarity. Rest well x

What a performer, intelligent, fast as a whip and very funny , his ability to read a room was absolutely perfect.

"Goodbye, Possums". Only the good die young, but only a mega star dies at 89. Rest in peace.

There will never be another Dame Edna, bless her. Always an hilarious entertaining idol.

Dame Edna obliterates every interview. The ultimate scene stealer and legend!

Dame Edna absolutely OWNS every interview she ever does. Brilliant!

Dame Edna as always, a fabulous guest. Parky, the perfect interviewer. Just brilliant!

Yes a genius in his own right! How she keeps up her conversation not skipping a Beat!! Phenomenal 👏🏼👏🏼💖

RIP Barry Humphries. You were a great Australian and will be missed.😢😢😢😢😢

I love Dame Edna. I saw her on Broadway in the early 90's. My group and I were invited back stage to meet her. She is truly a mega star!

So good to have a laugh in these sinister times. Dame Edna is comedy gold 🤣🤣🤣

No one has come close to making me laugh so hard and so much as Dame Edna (Barry); his lightning fast whit, intelligence, magical way of telling a story, ability to induce hysterical laughter without even saying a word and of course, his ability to insult anyone but never leaving anyone feel insulted. Barry/Edna, you’ve reduced me to hysterics more times than I can remember and as far back as far as I can remember; thank you so much you are and will be greatly missed, the world will never be quite as funny

Comedy genius. Dame Edna had every host and guest on edge but in a wonderful way 💖

The only guest that can leave parky totally speechless 😂😂😂😂

I like how Parkinson listens to his guests and speaks when needed.

Wonderful to see! Comedy brilliance. Poor Jacques Villeneuve doesn't quite know what to make of Dame Edna but his innocent responses make it all the funnier. RIP Dame Edna, Sir Les & Barry Humphries.❤

I love the sly wicked humour of our Edna. On a Parkinson show she leaned over to Helen Mirren and asked her if she had got her Dame hood for finally making a film where she kept her clothes on. The Dame looked most offended which made it all the funnier.

Parky was the only interviewer who knew not to talk much when Dame Edna was on. Comedy gold. Her innuendo's were priceless

Dame Edna is hysterical especially when she teases Parky about his nervous hand movements 😆😆😆😆

Style, class and humour you’ll never get like this again.

Dame Edna Everage was the genius of 'her agent' Barry Humphries. A very talented man in his own right. 🙂 Such was the strength of Dame Edna's character, it was actually easy to forget that it was Barry Humphries under the costume and makeup. The performance with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa was something special and Dame Kiri showed a wonderful sense of humour herself. A remarkable, talented and world renowned star herself.

Nobody could ever replace our beautiful dame Edna 😅RIP Barry 😢

This is a reminder that the world once had a sense of humour.

Barry has made my life happier in every way. I still have a gladioli thrown by Barry, In the 70s, pressed in my favourite book. Love you Barry ❤❤❤

I've just watched a serious biography with Barry Humphreys talking about his life. You'd never believe it was the same man, how does he do it, his acting is unbelievable. A genius at work...

The world is poorer place without Dame Edna and Parky.

Madge was absolutely legendary as a sidekick

Her use of innuendo is sublime

A sad, sad, sad, day when i heard of Barrys/Dame Edna & Les Pattern pasing. Saw him live in Sydney some years ago in his Farwell Tour & tickets were $545 each & was worth every cent. My heart feels empty. R.I.P. Barry & thank you for making this world a better place.

Re-arranging himself behind his clipboard ...just brilliant...was crying laughing 😅

"Pierced multiply". For all of Dame Edna's hilarious crudeness, it's wonderfully wry turns of phrase like this that make me truly appreciate the linguistic genius of Barry Humphries. This had me howling.

Gotta love Humphries. Olympic-level improvisation. One of the wittiest men ever.

He was simply a comic genius.

Thanks for all the laughs, Dame Edna. We will miss you, possum.

Such a pure genius. Rest in peace ✌️🕊️

Thank you ppotter for sharing this hilarious clip with us. I laughed so much my cat left the room! I suffer from chronic pain and I always feel better after watching Dame Edna perform. Please keep posting humorous clips.....we need them!

Dame Edna.....the “Queen” of the back-handed compliment. 😂😂😂

The Talent, Intelligence and Experience to create and play the Dame Edna Character is simply unbelievable. She is something like the Leonardo da Vinci of Comedy. I wonder if there is a person on this world who can match her. I don't think so. Even the best Stand up comedians couldn't reach that level.

Dame Edna is pure gold!! No one like her:🌹

Dame Edna has the unique ability to control the situation and the way she(he) made Parky who is composed lose his composure with the face touching remarks is very clever. Such a quick witted talented person and people dont really appreciate how good it is

I only have to watch Dame Edna, and I feel better about the world. 😂❤

Poor Jacques had to be moved to a home for the permanently bewildered after this! 🤣🤣🤣

We have lost a wonderful funny man, so sad 😥 but we have all these great funny interviews and programs to watch forever. They keep our feet firmly on the ground and enable us to see the funny side of life which at the moment is in short supply. Lets watch and get get back to how life should be

I absolutely needed to hear her this morning. She has brightened my day.

Brings a smile to my face before she even says a word

What a comedic genius! RIP Barry Humphries

What an absolute legend RIP Dame Edna ❤

So not politically correct but so entertaining. What a shame we've lost ability to laugh at innuendos & just sit back & enjoy the moment.

The lady that played Madge Allsopp was 90 years old there! You would never of thought it. She passed away in 2008 just after celebrating her 100th Birthday.

RIP Barry Humphries. You bought so much joy to the world for decades 🥰🥰

Parkinson is clever enough to give Edna room to dominate the interview

You will never see this again. What a shame.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is the most magnificent opera singer I have ever heard. Dame Edna also held her own. Great performance.

Dame Edna was just brilliant and the world has lost a Golden Star 🌠🌠 in the fantastic person, performer, actor, artist etc etc that Barry Humphries was to the world. We need this humour, fun and wit because it feeds the Soul. God Bless and Rest his beautiful Soul.

If only we could have cloned this amazingly funny man .Vale Sir Barry.Australia and the world has definately lost a mega star😢😢😢

Jaques Villenuve is probably still wondering what he got himself into, to this day.

It’s not a surprise the Yanks didn’t get Dame Edna. When you look at this & past TV excerpts, everything is absolutely tongue in cheek & totally innocent. Todays woke brigade don’t understand any of this, Barry was so Australian with his roots firmly in WC1 😂😊 RIP fella, you made us enjoy laughter as it should be…

Impossible to feel down with Dame Edna

Parkinson must have had the time of his life with dame Edna absolutely brilliant

‘Since you got rid of your clipboard you’ve been fiddling with yourself again’! Sorry but that had me in stitches and almost crying with laughter! Beautiful double-entendre!

“Lipstick on his collar” 😂😂😂😂 - Genius

That Cilla jibe was genius!

OMG. We are really going to miss him. I love Dame Edna.

R.I.P. The one and only Barry Humphries! A great loss.

Could we see this genius now, no. Quality entertainment is fucked, thankfully we can go back to this

“Hello Possums” I will never tire of hearing that🏖️

Golden age of entertainment and comedy.

the glory days of tv interviews. Parky was the king. he had some wonderful guests, and some awkward ones (mentioning no names - meg ryan). the highlight of saturday nights was this show. Dame Edna did tend to take over when she was on - Parky loved the micky taking. much better than the american chat shows where the audience whoops and hollers over nothing. R.I.P. Dame Edna

Wise words from Dame Edna to Jacques about watching his manager...He had his creepy hanger-on school teacher Craig Pollack as his manager at that time.....A brilliant performance by Barry...👌

The skill is in moving from one comment to the next with a smoothness that is unparalleled.

What a lbig loss to comedy, Dame Edna. I watched every show 😢❤a Icon that will be missed dearly by the world. Bond voyage possum❤😢😭

Dame Edna has great research, she is able to disarm the host and other guests with her arcane knowledge of their careers.

Best funny person ever, brilliant, you'll be so missed

All that face touching and no hand gel anywhere. Those were the days my friends!

that dress.....the humor, tears in my eyes laughing!, how can madge resist laughing????

Even before the intrusive PC days parki was still on edge with Edna! Love it!..

Dame Edna - the greatest comedian ever!!

Our Dame Edna and our Lily Savage are floating somewhere up in the ether, having a great gossip between themselves. Two brilliant comedic talents that will be a great loss to us all.

RIP Barry, thanks for the laughs.

To hear Edna praise Lily, and to have lost them both in a matter of weeks, so very sad.

Just brilliant! Dame Edna's dance at the end: gorgeous 😂😂😂😂

watching Jacques Villeneuve enjoy the performance Dame Edna gave was almost as fun as SHE was!!

Jacques will never forget his time on Parkinson.

It was joyous to see old Madge again. I'd love to hear her speak. She'd have passed on by now I'd say. Thanks for uploading this blast from the pass.

One of the true genuis of comedy, not many left

Thanks for the laughs Dame Edna, now R.I.P.

This interview reminds me of when Peter Kay was on Parky...these amazing comedians can't help but take over ! But Parky loves it ! Such talent 🤣

Two wonderful people we miss all the great entertainment and laughter Rest in Peace Marie Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪

I love you Edna.The greatest character ever created,xxx

Absolute legend best interview ever

Kiri and Edna. What a team. This vid. is brilliant.

I cried with laughter, again. RIP Barry

Every interviewer dream guest dame Edna. Just ask question now and again and watch her go and make it spectacular

Oh she is fabulous. She is wonderful. Rest in peace ❤🎉❤

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa who twice recorded superlative renditions of Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs, just an example, singing with one of the great comedic geniuses of any age. My, what an honour to hear and see.

He is simply the best...

Sad to hear her mention Lily. What a double loss to us all

Barry Humphries, what an absolute legend! RIP.

Absolutely brilliant, my dears! Thanks so much! 👍 👍 👍