[23] His maternal grandparents, Martin and Rosa Neumann,[13] were Hungarian Jews who emigrated from urany (now in Slovakia) to the UK in 1927. Stephen Fry's full name Stephen John Fry was born on 24 August 1957 in Hampstead, London, England.. His mother's name is Marianne Eve Fry, and his father's name is late Alan John Fry, a physicist and inventor.He was raised in a village of ", "I saw hate in a graveyard Stephen Fry", "Bear's Wild Weekend with Stephen Fry, broadcast 25 December 2013", "University Challenge page at UK Game Shows", "Stephen Fry. Ms Fry was born just a few weeks before Margaret and Antony walked down the I looked back up at my mother and thought to myself, 'That's the last time I'm going up one of those'. Despite his praise of the Blair/Brown government's work on social reform, Fry was an outspoken critic of the Labour Party's Third Way concept. [26] He took his O-Levels in 1972 at the age of 14 and passed all except physics,[27] but was expelled from Uppingham half a term into the sixth form. Possibly he was related to John Fry, a Dorset man who signed the death warrant for Charles I in 1648. Eugene Onegin), This page was last edited on 6 January 2023, at 23:15. to the US Social Security Administration (SSA). [103], Fry was cast in Simon Gray's The Common Pursuit for its first staging in the West End on 7 April 1988, with Rik Mayall, John Sessions, Sarah Berger, Paul Mooney and John Gordon Sinclair, directed by Simon Gray. Fry helped to fund a 1988 London re-staging of Stanshall's Stinkfoot, a Comic Opera, written by Vivian and Ki Longfellow-Stanshall for the Bristol-based Old Profanity Showboat. Steven Fry performes stand up and recounts personal experiences to coincide with the release of his memoir. Related Stories 'The Crown' Tackles Duke of Windsor's . He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring in A Bit of Fry & Laurie (19891995) and Jeeves and Wooster (19901993). : 1) 7 2) Miss Piggy 3) Chucky 4) Chucky 3) Who created the TV show "30 Rock"? [180] As recognition of his public support for LGBT+ rights and for the Union's report, the Union of UEA Students awarded him, on 18 October 2012, Honorary Life Membership of the Union. Stephen Fry is an English comedian, actor and writer, born 24 August 1957 (age 65). [186] He became friends with King Charles III while Charles was Prince of Wales, through his work with The Prince's Trust. He said that he took a "huge number of pills and a huge [amount] of vodka" and had to be brought back to the UK to be "looked after". Answer (1 of 3): I think this answers your question perfectly, in Fry's own words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL5WVecNdhk In the 1980s, he starred as David Lander in four series of the BBC Radio 4 show Delve Special, written by Tony Sarchet, which then became the six-part Channel 4 series This is David Lander in 1988. Camilla died in 2000. 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He also narrates a section of Bungie's Destiny 2 expansion Warmind as the "Concierge"; an AI that, when interacted with at certain points, will give the player background information on Bray Exoscience. [244] Fry also has prosopagnosia ("face blindness"). Fry's use of the word "luvvie" (spelled "lovie" by Fry), in The Guardian on 2 April 1988, is given by the Oxford English Dictionary as the earliest recorded use of the word as a humorous synonym for "actor". [271] In the film, Fry explains the principles of software freedom central to the development of the Linux and GNU software projects. The numbers currently linked to Polly are (408) 275-8855 (Pacific Bell), (408) 569-6447 (Sprint Spectrum LPPacific Bell). It's utterly, utterly evil. [80] It earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor Drama. How dare you create a world where there is such misery that's not our fault? [72], At the 2012 Pride of Britain Awards shown on ITV on 30 October, Fry, along with Michael Caine, Elton John, Richard Branson and Simon Cowell, recited Rudyard Kipling's poem "If" in tribute to the 2012 British Olympic and Paralympic athletes. He is involved with the mental health charity Stand to Reason[232] and is president of Mind. [128], Fry has appeared in numerous advertisements, predominantly on UK television either on-screen or in voice-over starting with an appearance as "Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar" in a 1982 advert for Whitbread Best Bitter. He was awarded the AoC Gold Award in 2004, and was entered into their Hall of Fame. Stephen and Elliott shared snaps of their big day - publicly revealing details about their clandestine coupling. The show transferred to Broadway and Fry was nominated for a Tony Award for his adaptation. Season 2 of The Crown is currently streaming on Netflix. It was all me. "Finding out at the age of 45 that the man I had idolized and put on a pedestal higher than Nelson's Column since I was a small child was not in fact my father was a hard burden to bear," Polly wrote in an op-ed for the Daily Mail in 2008. Both Pushnote and Sidewiki were discontinued the following year. In 2011, Fry portrayed Professor Mildeye in the BBC adaptation of Mary Norton's 1952 novel The Borrowers. [237], In January 2008, Fry broke his arm while filming Last Chance to See in Brazil. [175], BBC Four dedicated two nights of programming to Fry on 17 and 18 August 2007, in celebration of his 50th birthday. [208], In August 2013, Fry published an open letter to David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, and the International Olympic Committee calling for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, due to concerns over the state-sanctioned persecution of LGBT people in Russia under the 2013 anti-"gay propaganda" laws. Forty-four years later, in 2004, Polly contacted Tony. He was her godfather and had been a much-loved uncle-figure to all five Fry children as they grew up. But ever since she was 18, Polly had heard rumours from family friends that Tony, not Jeremy, was her father. [211][212] Fry said in 2015 that the Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre "has done more to damage the Britain I love than any single person". Love you all. As The Crown series reveals in Episode 7 "Matrimonial," Camilla became pregnant with Armstrong-Jones's child during his engagement to Princess Margaret. [267], In May 2022, it was announced that Fry would succeed Clare Connor as the president of Marylebone Cricket Club in October. The remark prompted a complaint from the Polish Embassy in London, an editorial in The Economist and criticism from British Jewish historian David Cesarani. [42] In 1986 and 1987, Fry and Laurie performed sketches on the LWT/Channel 4 show Saturday Live. [139][140] He is frequently asked to promote various charities and causes, often inadvertently causing their websites to crash because of the volume of traffic generated by his large number of followers; as Fry notes on his website: "Four thousand hits a second all diving down the pipeline at the same time for minutes on end. He attributed the weight loss to walking while listening to audiobooks. The Life Summary of Polly. [151], Fry has a history of temporarily distancing himself from the social networking site which began when he received criticism in October 2009. In 2011, he was the subject of Molly Lewis's song An Open Letter to Stephen Fry, in which the singer jokingly offers herself as a surrogate mother for his child. [109][110] In August 2013, he lent his voice to the title role in Benjamin Britten's operetta Paul Bunyan at the Wales Millennium Centre with the Welsh National Youth Opera. Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me: With Stephen Fry, Jackie Clune, Jo Crocker. 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Fry wrote on Twitter: "It looks as though a certain cat is out of a certain bag. of people named Polly Fry. [266] Fry said, "My five years in the role have been an honour and a privilege beyond almost anything I can remember. At this time Bristol was a major port where ships arrived from and departed to the New World. [122], Fry is the patron of the audiobook charity Listening Books. [236] In an interview with Richard Herring in 2013, Fry revealed that he had attempted suicide the previous year while filming abroad. [190] Fry is also a supporter of GNU and the Free Software Foundation. He later said that he would have killed himself if he had not had "the option of disappearing". [222] During the interview, he stated: There has been a history, let's face it, in Poland of a right-wing Catholicism which has been deeply disturbing for those of us who know a little history, and remember which side of the border Auschwitz was on and know the stories, and know much of the anti-semitic, and homophobic and nationalistic elements in countries like Poland. Once a columnist in The Listener and The Daily Telegraph, he now writes a weekly technology column in the Saturday edition of The Guardian. [86], Fry was offered a role in Valkyrie, but was unable to participate. [30] Over the summer, Fry absconded with a credit card stolen from a family friend. Anne de Courcy reported this claim by Polly, born in the third week of [149] On 11 March 2012, Fry noted his passing of the four-million-followers mark with a tweet: "Lordy I've breasted the 4 million followers tape. [219] In a tweet, Fry highlighted the plight of the Uyghurs.[220]. In an interview, Fry has confronted that he is linked to former England cricketer C.B. [118], In 2015, Fry made a live audio recording of the winning short story of the annual RA & Pin Drop Short Story Award, Ms. Featherstone and the Beast by Bethan Roberts, at a ceremony held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. A lifelong fan of "the Canaries" and a regular visitor to Carrow Road, he said, on being appointed, "Truly this is one of the most exciting days of my life, and I am as proud and pleased as I could be. [101] It had a revival in 2009 at London's Cock Tavern Theatre, directed by Adam Spreadbury-Maher. Fry attacked the Catholic Church's teachings on sexuality and denounced its wealth. His short was based on a story from his childhood at school. Lisa McLoughlin. He portrays the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland (2010) and its 2016 sequel, and the Master of Lake-town in the film series adaptation of The Hobbit. [187] His best friend is Hugh Laurie,[129] whom he met while both were at Cambridge and with whom he has collaborated many times over the years. [82] Later that same year, he wrote the English libretto and dialogue for Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of The Magic Flute. QI was created and co-produced by John Lloyd, and features permanent panellist Alan Davies. "[169], In December 2006, he was ranked sixth for the BBC's Top Living Icon Award,[170] was featured on The Culture Show, and was voted Most Intelligent Man on Television by readers of Radio Times. Arsavir Tarver, Alan R Fry, Ari Tarver were identified as possible owners of the phone number (408) 569-6447 [146][147], In November 2009, Fry's Twitter account reached one million followers. In 1997, he also had a cameo in the Spice Girls film Spice World. 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He attended the then-Prince's wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957)[1] is an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist. [160], In 1995, Fry was presented with an honorary doctorate from the University of Dundee, which named their main Students' Association bar after his novel The Liar. For most of her life, Polly grew up believing Jeremy was her biologic father. In 2017, the bird louse Saepocephalum stephenfryii was named after him, in honour of his contributions to the popularization of science as host of QI. But Stephen Fry is more than just a popular British comedian. In 2007, Fry wrote a Christmas pantomime, Cinderella, which ran at London's Old Vic Theatre. [28] He was later dismissed from Paston School, a grant-maintained grammar school that refused to let him progress to study A-Levels. Stephen's great grandfather, Albert (1869-1923), died of tuberculosis. Frequent radio appearances have ensued, notably on panel games Just a Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. He was the longtime host of the BBC television quiz show QI, with his tenure lasting from 2003 to 2016, during which he was nominated for six British Academy Television Awards. [112] On 17 September 2015, Fry shared the role of the Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show which was staged at London's Playhouse Theatre and broadcast as the Rocky Horror Show Live. Fry was born in Hampstead, London, on 24 August 1957, the son of Marianne Eve Fry (ne Newman) and Alan John Fry, who was an English physicist and inventor. [10][11][12][13] He has an older brother, Roger, and a younger sister, Joanna. Fry moved to Norfolk College of Arts and Technology, where, after two years in the sixth form studying English, French, and History of Art,[29] he ultimately failed his A-Levels, not turning up for his English and French papers. [67] In the same year, he narrated the nature documentaries Spectacled Bears: Shadow of the Forest for the BBC Natural World series. [106], In 2009, Fry provided the voice of St Peter for Liberace, Live From Heaven by Julian Woolford at London's Leicester Square Theatre. In 2003, Fry made his directorial dbut with Bright Young Things, adapted by him from Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies. Having successfully passed the entrance exams in autumn 1977, Fry was offered a scholarship to Queens' College, Cambridge, for matriculation in autumn 1978, briefly teaching at Cundall Manor School,[34] a preparatory school in North Yorkshire, before taking his place. [257] On 22 February 2011, Fry was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University.[258][259]. [51][52] From 2007 to 2009, Fry played the lead role in (and was executive producer for) the legal drama Kingdom, which ran for three series on ITV1. His site The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry has existed since 2002 and has attracted many visitors following his first blog in September 2007, which was consisted of a 6,500-word "blessay" on smartphones. He has been described as "deeply dippy for all things digital" and claims to have bought the third Macintosh computer sold in the UK (his friend Douglas Adams bought the first two). [70][71] In November 2011, an episode of Living The Life featured Fry in an intimate conversation discussing his life and career with The Rolling Stones' bass player Bill Wyman. [204], Fry was an active supporter of the Labour Party for many years and appeared in a party political broadcast on its behalf with Hugh Laurie and Michelle Collins in November 1993. [129] He has since appeared in adverts for products and companies such as Marks & Spencer, Twinings, Kenco, Vauxhall Motors, Honda, Calpol, Heineken, Alliance & Leicester (a series of adverts which also featured Hugh Laurie),[130] After Eight mints, Direct Line insurance (with Paul Merton), Trebor mints, Virgin Media, Walkers potato crisps (fronting a new flavour),[131] and Sainsbury's supermarket. Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid God who creates a world which is so full of injustice and pain? [192] For the 25th anniversary of the GNU operating system, Fry appeared in a video explaining some of the philosophy behind GNU by likening it to the sharing found in science. 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"[214], On 18 May 2018, Fry participated in the semi-annual Munk Debates in Toronto, Canada, where he argued against political correctness on the Con side of the topic "Be it resolved, what you call political correctness, I call progress" alongside Jordan Peterson, and in opposition to Pro side represented by Michelle Goldberg and Michael Eric Dyson. He did not vote in the 2005 general election because of the stance of both the Labour and Conservative parties with regard to the Iraq War. [273] He has been the President of the Great Fen Project since 2006[274] and Vice-president of international NGO Fauna and Flora International since 2009. In September 2012, Fry made a return to the stage at Shakespeare's Globe, appearing as Malvolio in a production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, which transferred to the West End in November 2012. [95] In July 2008, he appeared as himself in I Love Stephen Fry, an Afternoon Play for Radio 4 written by former Fry and Laurie script editor Jon Canter. He discussed this project in an interview with Rowling in 2005. [172] That same year, Broadcast magazine listed Fry at number four in its "Hot 100" list of influential on-screen performers, describing him as a polymath and a "national treasure". The child's mother, Camilla Fry, was the wife of Armstrong-Jones's best friend, Jeremy. I'm very very happy of course but had hoped for a private wedding. What's that about? 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[269] Fry is the co-owner, with Gina Carter and Sandi Toksvig, of Sprout Pictures, an independent film and television company. Series Two: Celebrity Gallery", "Stephen Fry discovers that he too is 'just another ruddy peasant', "QI: Why Did Hitler Have A Silly Moustache? Regarding football, he is a supporter of Norwich City FC, and is a regular visitor to their home ground at Carrow Road. [198] When asked when he first acknowledged his sexuality, Fry quipped: "I suppose it all began when I came out of the womb. In 1984, Fry adapted the hugely successful 1930s musical Me and My Girl for the West End, where it ran for eight years and received two Laurence Olivier Awards. He may also have been related to the Quaker Frys who founded the chocolate [105], Fry is a long-standing fan of the anarchic British musical comedy group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and particularly of its eccentric front man, the late Vivian Stanshall. The University of Cambridge alumnus joked that he would have to "put petty rivalries behind [him]. His blog attracted more than 300,000 visitors in its first two weeks. She married Philip Fry. : 1) Stephen Fry 2) 1957 3) Miss Piggy 4) Muhammad Ali 4) Who played the role of Kenneth Parcell on the TV [81] A year later, Fry starred in David Yates' small independent film The Tichborne Claimant, and in 2001, he played the detective in Robert Altman's period costume drama, Gosford Park. Fry, Stephen [as Mrs. Stephen Fry] (2010). [213], In March 2014, Fry publicly backed "Hacked Off" and its campaign towards press self-regulation by "safeguarding the press from political interference while also giving vital protection to the vulnerable. Fry. [162] Fry was also awarded an honorary degree from Anglia Ruskin University in 2005. [32] In June 2015, Fry was the guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. Stephen Fry has told how he attempted to take his own life as a teenager in a candid new interview. When Juliet Amelia "Polly" Fry was born on 28 January 1862, in Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas, United States, her father, Benjamin James Fry, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann [132] He filmed a 2016 advertisement where he explains the essence of British culture to foreigners arriving at London's Heathrow Airport.[133]. He has also written and presented several documentary series, including the Emmy Award-winning Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, which saw him explore his bipolar disorder, and the travel series Stephen Fry in America. [171] Later the same month, he was announced as the 2007 Mind Champion of the Year,[1] in recognition of the success of his documentary The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive in raising awareness of bipolar disorder. [63] In 2007, he presented a documentary on the subject of HIV and AIDS, HIV and Me. Following his release, he resumed his education at City College Norwich, promising administrators that he would study rigorously and sit the Cambridge entrance exams. [268], In 2008, Fry formed SamFry Ltd, with long-term collaborator Andrew Sampson to produce and fund new material and manage his official website. [136], Fry was, at one time, slated to adapt A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole for the big screen. QI has the highest viewing figures for any show on BBC Four and Dave (formerly UKTV G2). is polly fry related to stephen fry. In 2004, their daughter Polly claimed that her biological father had in fact been Armstrong-Jones. [233], In 1995, while appearing in the West End play Cell Mates, Fry had a nervous breakdown and walked out of the production, causing its early closure and incurring the displeasure of co-star Rik Mayall and playwright Simon Gray. Stephen Fry is a comedy icon and a living representation of British humor. Polly currently resides at 509 Hoover Aven, San Jose, CA 95126-2408. The original sentence reads, "True literature can exist only when it is created, not by diligent and reliable officials, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels and skeptics. He blacked out his website as part of Internet Blackout Week NZ to protest against the controversial New Zealand 'Section 92A' law which has ISPs disconnect users accused of copyright infringement. The production was then taken to the West End before transferring to Broadway where he received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. [75], On Christmas Day 2013, Fry featured with adventurer Bear Grylls in an episode of Channel 4's Bear's Wild Weekends. [32] He was arrested in Swindon and, as a result, spent three months in Pucklechurch Prison on remand. Ultimately however only three episodes were released, the rest with the note 'exact release date pending'. [235] Fry has attempted suicide on a number of occasions, most recently in 2012. Legendary actor Stephen Fry has come out as not a [69] His choice for the greatest gadget was the cigarette lighter, which he described as "fire with a flick of the fingers". Something for everyone! [135] After its release, it reached No. [279] In the lighthearted sketch, Fry reprises his Blackadder character Lord Melchett, who is on a Zoom call with the Duke of Cambridge as they talk about television shows such as EastEnders and Tiger King as well as homeschooling. and "It detracted from and devalued my argument, such as it was, and it outraged and offended a large group of people for no very good reason. The Independent on Sunday Pink List named Fry the second most influential gay person in Britain in May 2007; he had taken the twenty-third position on the list the previous year. first name Polly have been reported. king and the sting wiki; Blog ; 13 Dec, 2021 by ; kerala manninayi lyrics meaning in english; whistling straits yardage book is polly fry related to stephen fry. [68], In August 2011, Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets was shown on Channel 4 as one of the 100 Greatest strand. [47], He reprised his role as (a descendant of) Lord Melchett for The Big Night In, a 20 April 2020 telethon held during the COVID-19 pandemic, for a skit in which he held a video call with Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, who made a surprise appearance. Fry grew up in the village of Booton, Norfolk, having moved at an early age from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, where he had attended Chesham Preparatory School. He jokes that he has never encountered a smartphone that he has not purchased. His book choice was Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot and his luxury item was "canvasses, easels, brushes, an instruction manual". [137], In 2011, Fry appeared on Kate Bush's album 50 Words for Snow, featuring on the title track where he recites a list of surreal words to describe snow. "[203] Eleven days after the news story, Fry married Spencer on 17 January at Dereham in Norfolk. [8], Stephen John Fry was born on 24 August 1957 in the Hampstead area of London,[9] the son of Marianne Eve Fry (ne Newman) and physicist and inventor Alan John Fry (19302019). "[265] Fry stepped down from his Board position in January 2016, to take up a new position as "Norwich City Ambassador". In February 2008, he launched his private podcast series, Stephen Fry's Podgrams (defunct), and a forum, including discussions on depression and activities in which he is involved. [97] As of 2021, it has been running for ten series and 37 episodes. [126], In 2010, Fry became an investor in Pushnote,[127] a UK tech startup. Ridiculus sociosqu cursus neque cursus curae ante scelerisque vehicula. "[256] Later that year, Fry joined 54 other public figures in signing an open letter published in The Guardian stating their opposition to Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom being a state visit. [168] In 2017, Fry became the latest patron of the Norwich Film Festival, and said he was "Very proud now to be a patron of a festival that encourages people from Norfolk, Norwich and beyond to be enchanted, beguiled and entranced by all kinds of film that might not otherwise reach them. Polly Fry. Genealogy profile for Polly Fry Polly Fry (McGee) (1812 - 1884) - Genealogy Genealogy for Polly Fry (McGee) (1812 - 1884) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Polly Fry At 23-years-old Daughter Of Millionare Jeremy Fry. However, he retracted the announcement that he would be leaving the following day. He may also have been related to the Quaker Frys who founded the chocolate company. Polly PerryFry Birth 12 Apr 1895 Dunlow, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA Death 29 Jan 1988 (aged 92) Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA Burial Community Memorial Gardens Wayne, Wayne County, Fry's book The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within is a guide to writing poetry. Following a 1987 pilot, the programme ran for 26 episodes across four series between 1989 and 1995. I wish I could take credit for ushering the club up from League One to the Premiership during that time on the Board. Fat chance! [94] In February 2008, Fry began presenting podcasts entitled Stephen Fry's Podgrams, in which he recounts his life and recent experiences. [1] In 2013, he revealed that, in the previous year, he had started taking medication for the first time, in an attempt to control his condition. [77][78] In 2006, Fry won the Rose d'Or award for "Best Game Show Host" for his work on the series. "[254] Later that year, he and Christopher Hitchens participated in an "Intelligence Squared" debate in which they argued against Ann Widdecombe and Archbishop John Onaiyekan, who supported the view that the Catholic Church was a force for good. His mother's aunt and cousins died in Auschwitz. In 2000, he began starring as Charles Prentiss in the Radio 4 comedy Absolute Power, reprising the role for three further series on radio, and two on television. His dry sarcasm, intellectualism, and coy euphemisms all play on the British ideal of what is "proper" yet it is still edgy and fearless. But now I'm so happy to relinquish my seat on the board to Thomas Smith and to engage as fully as I can in the role of ambassador for Norwich City. When interviewed in 2015 by the Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne, Fry was asked what he would say if he came face-to-face with God, to which he replied: "Bone cancer in children: what's that about? [155] Fry alluded to this on an April 2016 episode of The Rubin Report in which he criticised groupthink mentality and stated that his return to Twitter was a "maybe". Polly never knew her biological father, and in a way that makes her as much a "victim" of his womanizing as Margaret. During this time, Fry starred in Blackadder II as Lord Melchett, made a guest appearance in Blackadder the Third as the Duke of Wellington, then returned to a starring role in Blackadder Goes Forth, as General Melchett. Alan R Fry is also linked to this address. He is perhaps best known for his comedy partnership with Hugh Laurie, with whom he appeared in the popular series Blackadder alongside Rowan Atkinson. "[252] Fry claims to have been expelled from Salt Lake City, Utah, because of a joke made about doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [48][49], Fry has appeared in a number of BBC adaptations of plays and books, including a 1992 adaptation of the Simon Gray play The Common Pursuit (he had previously appeared in the West End stage production); a 1998 Malcolm Bradbury adaptation of the Mark Tavener novel In the Red, taking the part of the Controller of BBC Radio 2; and in 2000 in the role of Professor Bellgrove in the BBC serial Gormenghast, which was adapted from the first two novels of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast series. Fry also starred in the 2018 heist comedy film The Con Is On, previously titled The Brits Are Coming. She was a daughter of the Reverend John McGee and Margaret Elizabeth Peggy Deal. [253], In 2009, The Guardian published a letter from Fry addressing his younger self, explaining how his future is soon to unfold, reflecting on the positive progression towards gay acceptance and openness around him, and yet not everywhere, while warning on how "the cruel, hypocritical and loveless hand of religion and absolutism has fallen on the world once more. 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Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters. Fry appeared in campaign literature to support changing the British electoral system from first-past-the-post to alternative vote for electing members of parliament to the House of Commons in the Alternative Vote referendum of 2011. [58], In November 2019, it was announced that Fry would guest star in "Spyfall", the two-part opening episode of Doctor Who's twelfth series, which was broadcast on New Year's Day 2020. Stephen Frys paternal ancestors are thought to have come from Dorset. : 1) 1946 2) Tracy Morgan 3) Frank Oz 4) Tracy Morgan 2) What year was actor Stephen Fry born? [100], Fry wrote the play Latin! Fry's weekly gadget column Dork Talk appeared in The Guardian from November 2007 to October 2008. Fry and Hitchens argued that the church did more harm than good, and were declared the victors after an audience vote. He also starred in the sketch series Alfresco (19831984) alongsi What Margaret didn't know was that Armstrong-Jones was having affairs behind her backand one of those women gave birth to a child. [37][38] Fry also met his future comedy collaborator Hugh Laurie (through their mutual friend Emma Thompson) at Cambridge and starred alongside him in the Footlights.[39]. [92] In 2002, Fry was one of the narrators of A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, in which he voiced Winnie-the-Pooh. [50], Fry narrated the first two seasons of the English-language version of the Spanish children's animated series Pocoyo. In 2012 he played Malvolio in Twelfth Night at Shakespeare's Globe. He presented a 20-part, two-hour series, The Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music, a "witty guide" to the genre over the past 1,000 years, on Classic FM. [188], A fan of cricket, Fry has stated that he is related to former England cricketer C. B. Fry,[189] and was interviewed for the Ashes Fever DVD, reporting on England's victory over Australia in the 2005 Ashes series. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. Frys on-off relationship with Twitter means his latest departure has met with scepticism, and sparked speculation he will be back in the future in due course. [275][276] Fry has also expressed support for action on climate change[277] and activist group Extinction Rebellion, and has criticized climate change denial. Polly was born three weeks into their honeymoon. [209][210] Cameron stated on Twitter he believed "we can better challenge prejudice as we attend, rather than boycotting the Winter Olympics". A second series, retitled Alfresco, was broadcast in 1983, and a third in 1984; it established Fry and Laurie's reputation as a comedy double act. [107][108] The production transferred to Broadway, with Opening Night on 10 November 2013. He portrayed an outdoor magazine publisher helping to ease his best worldly reporter (Joel McHale) into a desk job. But let's dedicate today to Douglas Adams's diamond jubilee". The Hippopotamus was later adapted into a 2017 film. Stephen Fry. For other people named Stephen Fry, see Stephen Fry (disambiguation). Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He and Hugh Laurie are the comic double act Fry and Laurie, who starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster . [241][242] Fry has stated that he is allergic to champagne[243] and bumble bee stings. The following is the most up-to-date information related to Stephen Fry with Morgan Freeman in America - BBC One.flv. [239], Appearing on the BBC's Top Gear in 2009, Fry had lost a significant amount of weight, and explained that he had shed a total of 6 stone (84lb; 38kg). 8808 deaths of people with the. [231] In the programme, he interviewed other people with bipolar disorder including Robbie Williams, Carrie Fisher, Richard Dreyfuss and Tony Slattery. [148] In November 2010, he welcomed his two-millionth follower with a blog entry detailing his opinions and experiences of Twitter. [238] While climbing aboard a boat, he slipped between it and the dock, and, stopping himself from falling into the water, his body weight snapped his right humerus. [76], In 2003, Fry began hosting QI (Quite Interesting), a comedy panel game television quiz show. Undeterred, Fry, Laurie and Thompson appeared in "Bambi", an episode of The Young Ones from 1984 where they parodied themselves as the University Challenge representatives of "Footlights College, Oxbridge",[41] and Fry also appeared in Ben Elton's 1985 Happy Families series. [116], Fry has been the reader for the British versions of all of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of audiobooks. [173] He was also granted a lifetime achievement award at the British Comedy Awards on 5 December 2007,[174] and the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards on 20 January 2010. [61] The same year, he appeared on the BBC's genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are?, tracing his maternal family tree to investigate his Jewish ancestry. Between 1990 and 1993, Fry starred as Jeeves (alongside Hugh Laurie's Bertie Wooster) in Jeeves and Wooster, 23 hour-long adaptations of P. G. Wodehouse's novels and short stories. On 6 October 2009, Fry was interviewed by Jon Snow on Channel 4 News[221] as a signatory of a letter to British Conservative Party leader David Cameron expressing concern about the party forming a political alliance with the right-wing Polish Law and Justice party in the European Parliament. [194] This vehicle has been featured in Fry's production Stephen Fry in America. Both have a sense of injustice. The award was given for his BBC2 programme Stephen Fry: Out There. [35] At Cambridge, he joined the Footlights, appeared on University Challenge,[36] and read for a degree in English Literature, graduating with upper second-class honours. Over the course of two days, in the Italian Dolomites, Fry travelled on the skids of a helicopter, climbed down a raging 500-foot waterfall, slept in a First World War trench and abseiled down a towering cliff face. [89] He portrayed the Master of Lake-town in two of Peter Jackson's three film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit: the second The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,[90] and the third The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. [31] He had taken a coat when leaving a pub, planning to spend the night sleeping rough, but had then discovered the card in a pocket. Ridiculus sociosqu cursus neque cursus curae ante scelerisque vehicula. Stephen Fry on the Joys of SwearingFrom celebrations of Fry's 50th birthday. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. Fry was nominated for a Tony in the category Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for the Broadway revival. Fry, Stephen, 2017. "[251] He has stated that religion can have positive effects: "Sometimes belief means credulity, sometimes an expression of faith and hope which even the most sceptical atheist such as myself cannot but find inspiring. [124][125] He also narrated the first four Harry Potter games: Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, and Goblet of Fire. In 1986 the BBC commissioned a sketch show that was to become A Bit of Fry & Laurie. He was a massive lover of cricket and used to play cricket. [119] In February 2017, Audible released Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, a complete collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, all read by Fry, who also narrated an introduction for each novel or collection of stories. "[199] Fry was in a 15-year relationship with Daniel Cohen, which ended in 2010. Polly Fry asserted that a DNA test in 2004 proved Snowdon's paternity. Jeremy Fry rejected her claim, and Snowdon denied having taken a DNA test. However, four years later, after Fry had died, Snowdon admitted that this account was true. Polly Fry is the daughter Lord Snowdon fathered before marrying Princess Margaret. [264] The following year, in 2018, the article on blasphemy was removed from the Irish Constitution following a referendum. The Hippopotamus (1994) is about Edward (Ted/Tedward) Wallace and his stay at his old friend Lord Logan's country manor in Norfolk. Tony was in the third week of his honeymoon in the Caribbean when, back in Britain, a daughter was born to Jeremy and Camilla Fry. [102] The Cellar Tapes, the Footlights Revue of 1981, won the Perrier Comedy Award. [197], Fry struggled to keep his homosexuality secret during his teenage years at public school, and by his own account did not engage in sexual activity for 16 years until the mid-1990s. [115] In September 2020, Fry was among the stars to mark the 100th anniversary of Sir Nol Cowards West End debut with a stage celebration titled "A Marvellous Party". He did not leave any money to Polly, but she attended his funeral at Westminster Abbey, Town and Country magazine noted. The show accurately portrays Margaret's relationship with Armstrong-Jones. [161] He also served two consecutive terms 1992 to 1995 and 1995 to 1998 as the student-elected Rector of the University of Dundee. [138], Fry wields a considerable amount of influence through his use of Twitter. He was best man at Laurie's wedding and is godfather to all three of his children. [104] He was also cast in a lead role in Simon Gray's 1995 play Cell Mates, which he left three days into the West End run, pleading stage fright. It was a rubbishy, cheap and offensive remark that I have been regretting ever since. [250] In his first autobiography he described how he once considered ordination to the Anglican priesthood, but came to the conclusion that he "couldn't believe in God, because [he] was fundamentally Hellenic in [his] outlook. He also interviewed the Prime Minister Tony Blair as part of a series of podcasts released by 10 Downing Street. [17] In his autobiographical writings and elsewhere, Fry has claimed relationship to the Fry family that founded the eponymous chocolate company, John Fry (one of the signatories to the death warrant for Charles I),[18][19][20] and the cricketer C. B. [46] The show was cancelled after one season. [88] He played Mycroft Holmes in the 2011 film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, directed by Guy Ritchie. The Fry Family, Chocolate Makers. In 2012, Fry wrote the foreword to the Union of UEA Students report on the student experience for LGBT+ members. Since the publication of his first novel, The Liar (1991), Fry has written three further novels, several non-fiction works and three volumes of autobiography. [44] He appeared as the Christian God in 2011's Holy Flying Circus. [278], In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Fry appeared in a sketch alongside Prince William for a charity show titled The Big Night In on BBC One. The first night, comprising programmes featuring Fry, began with a sixty-minute documentary entitled Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out. Yes even YOU. In 1988, Fry wrote and presented a six-part comedy series entitled Saturday Night Fry. Research genealogy for Polly J. Fry of Thurman, Warren, New York, as well as other members of the Fry family, on Ancestry. [178] In February 2011, Fry was awarded the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University, the Harvard Secular Society and the American Humanist Association.[179]. [245][246], In February 2018, Fry announced that he was recovering from an operation to treat prostate cancer, involving the removal of the prostate and 11 adjacent lymph nodes. "[263] In May 2017 it was announced that Fry, along with broadcaster RT, were under criminal investigation for blasphemy under the Defamation Act 2009, following a complaint from a member of the public about the broadcast: the case was dropped after Garda confirmed that they had not been able to locate a sufficient number of offended people. [96], Since August 2008, he has presented Fry's English Delight, a series on BBC Radio 4 about the English language. He has also made appearances in the films Chariots of Fire (1981), A Fish Called Wanda (1988), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), V for Vendetta (2005), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). [93], In 2007, he hosted Current Puns, an exploration of wordplay, and Radio 4: This Is Your Life, to celebrate the radio station's 40th anniversary. [55][56][57] In 2014, he began starring alongside Kiefer Sutherland and William Devane in 24: Live Another Day as British Prime Minister Alastair Davies. In 2004 Miss Fry persuaded Lord Snowdon to take a DNA test after persistent rumours that he - not his friend Jeremy Fry who had brought Polly up as his own - was her biological father. [150] As of June2021[update] he had 12.4million followers. In a 1988 television special, Blackadder's Christmas Carol, he played the roles of Lord Melchett and Lord Frondo. Following three one-man shows in Australia, Fry announced a 'sort of stand-up' performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London for September 2010. [261] Fry later stated he did not refer to any specific religion, and said: "I said quite a few things that were angry at this supposed God. Fry is a patron of its Lip Theatre Company. [13][23][24] His mother's aunt and cousins were sent to Auschwitz and Stutthof and never seen again.[13]. "It captures the feeling of the times.". He also received a grade A in an alternative O-Level in the Study of Art[33] and scored a distinction in an S-Level paper in English. [107][108] He received excellent reviews. "[227], Fry has cyclothymia, a form of bipolar disorder (considered to be a milder type). In 2004 he was the narrator for an adaptation of Vanity Fair on BBC Radio 4. In January 2016, it was announced that Fry would be appearing as the character "Cuddly Dick" in Series 3 of the Sky One family comedy Yonderland. or Tobacco and Boys for the 1980 Edinburgh Festival, where it won the Fringe First prize. [123] Fry said of his patronage, "Im proud and delighted to be patron of the first audiobook charity to offer downloads to its members and excited about what this will mean for all print impaired people who can now listen on-the-go. [121] In June 2020, it was announced that Fry would read J. K. Rowling's children's book, The Ickabog. "[249], Fry has repeatedly expressed opposition to organised religion, and has identified himself as an atheist and humanist, while declaring some sympathy for the ancient Greek belief in capricious gods. The resulting vulnerability to his radial nerve which affects use of the arm was not diagnosed until he saw a consultant in the UK. In 2010, Fry took part in a Christmas series of short films called Little Crackers. He appears frequently on other panel games, such as the radio programmes Just a Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. [98] In 2012, he appeared as a guest panellist in the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show Wordaholics. 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He is related to English sportsman, politician and polymath C. B. Fry. The Wachowskis pointed out that it was Fry's "normalcy" in the face of the insanity of the censorship of BTV that makes his character truly powerful and adds a "wholly unexpected dimension to the film". [158] He left Twitter again in November 2022,[159] joining Mastodon that same month. Stephen Fry. is polly fry related to stephen fry. How dare you? Possibly he was related to John Fry, a Dorset man who signed the death warrant for Charles I in 1648. Since 2011, he has served as president of the mental health charity Mind.[1]. [83], Fry continues to make regular film appearances, notably in treatments of literary cult classics. [255], In 2010, Fry was made a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association, stating: "it is essential to nail one's colours to the mast as a humanist. in the United States recorded since 1880 is: 75.4 years. Actually, I'm going to. [85] That year he also appeared in Eichmann (2007). [280] The sketch had been put together by Comic Relief and Children in Need to raise money and keep people entertained during the lockdown. "[218], On 1 February 2021, Fry supported the petition of two Holocaust survivors, Dorit Oliver-Wolff and Ruth Barnett who were asking to meet Prime Minister Boris Johnson regarding the 'genocide amendment' to the trade bill; this amendment would allow an independent parliamentary judicial committee to examine evidence of genocide. "[141] He uses his influence to recommend underexposed musicians and authors (who often see large increases in web hits and sales)[142][143] and to raise awareness of contemporary issues in the world of media and politics, notably the dropping of an injunction against The Guardian[144][145] and public anger over Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir's article on the death of Boyzone member Stephen Gately. [184], Fry married comedian Elliott Spencer in January 2015 in Dereham, Norfolk. Season 2 of The Crown dives into the personal life of Princess Margaret, exploring her marriage to photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones. [114] The production received its European premiere in August 2019 at the Edinburgh International Festival. The book won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. He briefly attended Cawston Primary School in Cawston, Norfolk,[25] before going on to Stouts Hill Preparatory School in Uley, Gloucestershire, at the age of seven, and then to Uppingham School in Rutland, where he joined Fircroft house and was described as a "near-asthmatic genius". ", She continued: "Despite my recent discovery, I still believe in the sanctity of family life even if in my own case it has proved to be a tad more complicated than I had previously thought.". A. Milne, Anthony Buckeridge, Eleanor Updale, George Orwell, and Alexander Pushkin. 1 on the UK Album Chart list. [53] He has also taken up a recurring guest role as FBI psychiatrist Dr. (later chef) Gordon Wyatt in the popular American drama Bones. The second night was composed of programmes selected by Fry, as well as a 60-minute interview with Mark Lawson and a half-hour special, Stephen Fry: Guilty. [234] Fry went missing for several days and contemplated suicide. 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In the 2009 television series Last Chance to See, Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine sought out endangered species, some of which had been featured in Douglas Adams' and Carwardine's 1990 book and radio series of the same name. [176][177] The weekend programming proved such a ratings hit for BBC Four that it was repeated on BBC Two on 16 and 17 September 2007. [215][216] During the debate, Fry paraphrased a famous sentence from the 1923 essay I Am Afraid, in which Old Bolshevik-turned-Soviet dissident Yevgeny Zamyatin denounced censorship in the Soviet Union. "Rather than being twisted with guilt and shame at what I've done in uncovering a secret that I should have been told long ago, I can just carry on being little old me, the person I am today. Fry captioned one image with the words: 'On Saturday afternoon we did have cake. 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