Vale Emily Perry

Actress Emily Perry, famous for brilliantly portraying Dame Edna’s sidekick Madge Allsop for yeeeaaaars, has passed away at the ripe old age of 100.

The elderly English actress who played Dame Edna Everage’s sidekick Madge Allsop has died. The Sun newspaper said Emily Perry died aged 100. No other details were available. Perry began playing the sour-faced Madge, a New Zealander from Palmerston North, when she was 80. Madge, Edna’s elderly “bridesmaid” began appearing alongside Barry Humphries’ famous housewife and “gigastar” in 1987. She never spoke and was often the butt of Edna’s witty putdowns.

We grew up with a Dame Edna-obsessed mother and have incredibly fond memories of Emily Perry playing Madge, so today the metaphorical Defamer Australia flag flies at half-mast.