[237], In January 2008, Fry broke his arm while filming Last Chance to See in Brazil. The child's mother, Camilla Fry, was the wife of Armstrong-Jones's best friend, Jeremy. "[260] Within days, the video was viewed over five million times. [219] In a tweet, Fry highlighted the plight of the Uyghurs.[220]. [162] Fry was also awarded an honorary degree from Anglia Ruskin University in 2005. For most of her life, Polly grew up believing Jeremy was her biologic father. [184], Fry married comedian Elliott Spencer in January 2015 in Dereham, Norfolk. It was all me. He is also known for his voice-over work; he read all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the UK audiobook recordings,[5] narrated Paddington Bear audiobooks,[6] narrated the video game series LittleBigPlanet and Birds of Steel, narrated an animated series of explanations of the laws of cricket[7] and narrated a series of animations about humanism for Humanists UK. However, he retracted the announcement that he would be leaving the following day. [198] When asked when he first acknowledged his sexuality, Fry quipped: "I suppose it all began when I came out of the womb. 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. [32] He was arrested in Swindon and, as a result, spent three months in Pucklechurch Prison on remand. [193] When in London, he drives a dark green TX4 London cab. 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. After returning, he explained that he had left Twitter to "avoid being sympathised with or told about an article" he "would otherwise never have got wind of". 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. Ms Fry was born just a few weeks before Margaret and Antony walked down the He had a love child with Camilla Fry. [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. What's that about? In 2012 he played Malvolio in Twelfth Night at Shakespeare's Globe. 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. Elliott Spencer is recognized as a husband of actor, comedian, and writer Stephen Fry.. His Partner, Stephen Fry. [185] Fry lives in West Bilney in Norfolk. Stephen and Elliott shared snaps of their big day - publicly revealing details about their clandestine coupling. He was best man at Laurie's wedding and is godfather to all three of his children. Yes even YOU. 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. [205], On 30 April 2008, Fry signed an open letter, published in The Guardian newspaper by a number of Jewish personalities, stating their opposition to celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. Fry's film acting roles include playing his idol Oscar Wilde in the film Wilde (1997), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor; Inspector Thompson in Robert Altman's murder mystery Gosford Park (2001); and Mr. Johnson in Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship (2016). What Margaret didn't know was that Armstrong-Jones was having affairs behind her backand one of those women gave birth to a child. 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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. The Hippopotamus (1994) is about Edward (Ted/Tedward) Wallace and his stay at his old friend Lord Logan's country manor in Norfolk. [97] As of 2021, it has been running for ten series and 37 episodes. [28] He was later dismissed from Paston School, a grant-maintained grammar school that refused to let him progress to study A-Levels. In a 1988 television special, Blackadder's Christmas Carol, he played the roles of Lord Melchett and Lord Frondo. He described the cancer as aggressive and said that early intervention had saved his life. The award was given for his BBC2 programme Stephen Fry: Out There. Both have a sense of injustice. "[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. 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. 14 by Beethoven. [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. He portrayed Maurice Woodruff in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, served as narrator in the 2005 film version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and in 2005 appeared in both A Cock and Bull Story, based on Tristram Shandy, and V for Vendetta, as a closeted TV presenter who challenges the fascist state. In 2007, Fry wrote, for director Peter Jackson, a script for a remake of The Dam Busters. 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). In September 2011, Fry's Planet Word, a five-part documentary about language, aired on BBC HD and BBC Two. [80] It earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor Drama. "It captures the feeling of the times.". Having made his film dbut in the 1985 film The Good Father, Fry had a brief appearance in A Fish Called Wanda (in which he is knocked out by Kevin Kline, who is posing as an airport security man), and then appeared as the eponymous Peter in Kenneth Branagh's Peter's Friends in 1992. [106], In 2009, Fry provided the voice of St Peter for Liberace, Live From Heaven by Julian Woolford at London's Leicester Square Theatre. is polly fry related to stephen fry. [91], Fry came to the attention of radio listeners with the 1986 creation of his alter-ego, Donald Trefusis, whose "wireless essays" were broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 programme Loose Ends. [124][125] He also narrated the first four Harry Potter games: Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, and Goblet of Fire. He attributed the weight loss to walking while listening to audiobooks. : 1) 7 2) Miss Piggy 3) Chucky 4) Chucky 3) Who created the TV show "30 Rock"? I take this opportunity to apologise now." In 2007, Fry wrote a Christmas pantomime, Cinderella, which ran at London's Old Vic Theatre. Research genealogy for Polly J. Fry of Thurman, Warren, New York, as well as other members of the Fry family, on Ancestry. On 13 July 2010, he was made an honorary fellow of Cardiff University,[165] and on 28 January 2011, he was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Sussex, for his work campaigning for people suffering from mental health problems, bipolar disorder and HIV. Fry has said, in his memoirs, that after receiving his payment for this work 25,000 he has never subsequently experienced "what one could call serious money troubles". first name Polly have been reported. "[265] Fry stepped down from his Board position in January 2016, to take up a new position as "Norwich City Ambassador". Polly Fry is the daughter Lord Snowdon fathered before marrying Princess Margaret. Camilla died in 2000. [194] This vehicle has been featured in Fry's production Stephen Fry in America. [235] Fry has attempted suicide on a number of occasions, most recently in 2012. in the United States recorded since 1880 is: 75.4 years. Following his release, he resumed his education at City College Norwich, promising administrators that he would study rigorously and sit the Cambridge entrance exams. The Life Summary of Polly. 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". Polly Fry, a member of the Fry's chocolate dynasty, has claimed that a DNA test proved that she was the illegitimate half-sister of Viscount Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto, the The actor, 65, admitted that he felt lost and adrift during his disastrous childhood after he was expelled from multiple schools. In 1986 the BBC commissioned a sketch show that was to become A Bit of Fry & Laurie. [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. 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. Possibly he was related to John Fry, a Dorset man who signed the death warrant for Charles I in 1648. When writing a book review for Tatler, Fry wrote under a pen name, Williver Hendry, editor of A Most Peculiar Friendship: The Correspondence of Lord Alfred Douglas and Jack Dempsey, a field close to his heart as an Oscar Wilde enthusiast. [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. In an interview, Fry has confronted that he is linked to former England cricketer C.B. QI has the highest viewing figures for any show on BBC Four and Dave (formerly UKTV G2). [50], Fry narrated the first two seasons of the English-language version of the Spanish children's animated series Pocoyo. 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. It was a rubbishy, cheap and offensive remark that I have been regretting ever since. 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. Fry, Stephen [as Mrs. Stephen Fry] (2010). "[199] Fry was in a 15-year relationship with Daniel Cohen, which ended in 2010. But Stephen Fry is more than just a popular British comedian. She married Philip Fry. In 1997, he also had a cameo in the Spice Girls film Spice World. When Polly Fry was born in 1798, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Fry, [83], Fry continues to make regular film appearances, notably in treatments of literary cult classics. He may also have been related to the Quaker Frys who founded the chocolate [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. 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". I was merely saying things that Bertrand Russell and many finer heads of the mind have said for many thousands of years, going all the way back to the Greeks. [88] He played Mycroft Holmes in the 2011 film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, directed by Guy Ritchie. [96], Since August 2008, he has presented Fry's English Delight, a series on BBC Radio 4 about the English language. "[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. [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. [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. [69] His choice for the greatest gadget was the cigarette lighter, which he described as "fire with a flick of the fingers". Steven Fry performes stand up and recounts personal experiences to coincide with the release of his memoir. 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. [10][11][12][13] He has an older brother, Roger, and a younger sister, Joanna. [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. [138], Fry wields a considerable amount of influence through his use of Twitter. [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. In 1983, the BBC offered Fry, Laurie and Thompson their own show, which became The Crystal Cube, a mixture of science fiction and mockumentary that was cancelled after the first episode. Following a 1987 pilot, the programme ran for 26 episodes across four series between 1989 and 1995. [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. [209][210] Cameron stated on Twitter he believed "we can better challenge prejudice as we attend, rather than boycotting the Winter Olympics". The Fry Family, Chocolate Makers. It was possible she belonged to Jeremy, but a 2004 DNA test confirmed she was the biological daughter of Armstrong-Jonesand she was saddened to discover the truth. "[266] In February 2014, Fry became the honorary president of Proud Canaries, a new club for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender fans. [241][242] Fry has stated that he is allergic to champagne[243] and bumble bee stings. The website content is created by Fry and produced by Andrew Sampson. [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. [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. Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me: With Stephen Fry, Jackie Clune, Jo Crocker. Armstrong-Jones died in January of this year. He is also highly interested in Internet production. : 1) Stephen Fry 2) 1957 3) Miss Piggy 4) Muhammad Ali 4) Who played the role of Kenneth Parcell on the TV [167] Fry was the last person to be named Pipe Smoker of the Year before the award was discontinued. Portraying his idol Oscar Wilde (of whom he had been an ardent admirer since the age of 13) in the 1997 film Wilde, he fulfilled the role to critical acclaim. [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. Making History (1996) is partly set in an alternative universe in which Adolf Hitler's father is made infertile and his replacement proves a more effective Fhrer. [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]. The revue caught the attention of Granada Television, who, keen to replicate the success of the BBC's Not the Nine O'Clock News, hired Fry, Laurie and Thompson to star alongside Ben Elton in There's Nothing to Worry About! In the summer 2009 series of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Fry was one of a trio of hosts replacing Humphrey Lyttelton (the others being Jack Dee and Rob Brydon). [107][108] The production transferred to Broadway, with Opening Night on 10 November 2013. Fry. [183], In 2021, he was made a Commander of the Order of the Phoenix by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou for his contribution in enhancing knowledge about Greece in the United Kingdom and reinforcing ties between the two countries. The 59-year-old is a photographer and interior designer, as well as a mother to her five daughters. [43], Towards the end of 2003, Fry starred alongside John Bird in the television adaptation of Absolute Power, previously a radio series on BBC Radio 4. [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. [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. "[227], Fry has cyclothymia, a form of bipolar disorder (considered to be a milder type). [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. "Eugene Onegin Alexander Pushkin Audiobook" (Stephen Fry Reads James E. Fallen, trans. Polly Fry (she Is Now Married To Barnaby Higson)the Now 44 Year Old Society Heiress Who Claims She Is The Society Love [156][157] He returned to Twitter in August 2016. His television roles include Lord Melchett in the BBC television comedy series Blackadder, the title character in the television series Kingdom and Absolute Power, as well as recurring guest roles as Dr. Gordon Wyatt on the American crime series Bones and Arthur Garrison MP on the Channel 4 period drama It's a Sin. Season 2 of The Crown dives into the personal life of Princess Margaret, exploring her marriage to photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones. 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. [30] Over the summer, Fry absconded with a credit card stolen from a family friend. According to The Daily Mail, she attended Lord Snowdon's funeral in 2017, 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. [46] The show was cancelled after one season. [163][164], He was made honorary president of the Cambridge University Quiz Society and honorary fellow of his alma mater Queens' College, Cambridge. This comprised a set of three one-man shows (titled Gods, Heroes and Men), each two hours in length, which were performed consecutively, multiple times during the show's run. [116], Fry has been the reader for the British versions of all of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of audiobooks. In 2003, Fry made his directorial dbut with Bright Young Things, adapted by him from Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies. "[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. 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. [114] The production received its European premiere in August 2019 at the Edinburgh International Festival. I'm very very happy of course but had hoped for a private wedding. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. In the 1994 romantic comedy film I.Q., he played the role of James Moreland. 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. [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]. In 2010, having learned some Irish for the role,[54] he filmed a cameo role in Ros na Rn, an Irish-language soap opera broadcast in Ireland, Scotland and the US. The numbers currently linked to Polly are (408) 275-8855 (Pacific Bell), (408) 569-6447 (Sprint Spectrum LPPacific Bell). 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. Fry was the special guest in their "Blackmail" sketch. [236] In an interview with Richard Herring in 2013, Fry revealed that he had attempted suicide the previous year while filming abroad. [182] In an episode of QI, "M-Merriment", originally broadcast in December 2015, Fry was awarded membership of The Magic Circle. He also appeared as a shiny New Millennium Bonzo on their post-reunion album, Pour l'Amour des Chiens, on which he recited a recipe for "Salmon Proust", played a butler in "Hawkeye the Gnu", and voiced ads for the fictitious "Fiasco" stores. Eugene Onegin), This page was last edited on 6 January 2023, at 23:15. [13][23][24] His mother's aunt and cousins were sent to Auschwitz and Stutthof and never seen again.[13]. [77][78] In 2006, Fry won the Rose d'Or award for "Best Game Show Host" for his work on the series. [2][3][4], Fry is also known for his work in theatre. In 1988, Fry wrote and presented a six-part comedy series entitled Saturday Night Fry. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957)[1] is an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist. [158] He left Twitter again in November 2022,[159] joining Mastodon that same month. [69] In the same month, the nature documentary series Ocean Giants, narrated by Fry, premiered. 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. [15][16] The Fry family originates around the Shillingstone and Blandford areas of Dorset; in the early 1800s, Samuel Fry settled in Surrey, with his descendants residing in Middlesex. At this time Bristol was a major port where ships arrived from and departed to the New World. His blog attracted more than 300,000 visitors in its first two weeks. His maternal grandparents, Martin and Rosa Neumann, were Hungarian Jewish immigrants from urany, which is now in Slovakia. [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. 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. [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. [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. [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. His mother's aunt and cousins died in Auschwitz. 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). [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. [74] In October 2013, Fry presented Stephen Fry: Out There, a two-part documentary in which he explores attitudes to homosexuality and the lives of gay people in different parts of the globe. [100], Fry wrote the play Latin! He also starred in the sketch series Alfresco (19831984) alongsi [121] In June 2020, it was announced that Fry would read J. K. Rowling's children's book, The Ickabog. Fry and was also a part of an interview during Englands victory over Australia in ashes 2005. [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. [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. [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. [244] Fry also has prosopagnosia ("face blindness"). [76], In 2003, Fry began hosting QI (Quite Interesting), a comedy panel game television quiz show. In 2001, he began hosting the BAFTA Film Awards, a role from which he stepped down in 2006. [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. 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