[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]. 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. [121] In June 2020, it was announced that Fry would read J. K. Rowling's children's book, The Ickabog. Frequent radio appearances have ensued, notably on panel games Just a Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. Polly Fry is the daughter Lord Snowdon fathered before marrying Princess Margaret. Fry wrote on Twitter: "It looks as though a certain cat is out of a certain bag. [271] In the film, Fry explains the principles of software freedom central to the development of the Linux and GNU software projects. [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. How dare you create a world where there is such misery that's not our fault? "[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. [161] He also served two consecutive terms 1992 to 1995 and 1995 to 1998 as the student-elected Rector of the University of Dundee. 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. [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. 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. [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. [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. [87] Fry starred in the Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland, as the voice of the Cheshire Cat. [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. [97] As of 2021, it has been running for ten series and 37 episodes. "Eugene Onegin Alexander Pushkin Audiobook" (Stephen Fry Reads James E. Fallen, trans. In 2008, Fry's narration for Bond's Paddington Bear story More About Paddington (1959) saw him receive the Audie Award for Young Listeners' Title from the Audio Publishers Association in the U.S.[6] In June 2015, Fry backed children's fairy tale app GivingTales in aid of UNICEF together with other British celebrities Sir Roger Moore, Ewan McGregor, Joanna Lumley, Michael Caine, David Walliams, Dame Joan Collins, Charlotte Rampling, Paul McKenna and Michael Ball. Meet Polly Fry, the photographer's love child. Eugene Onegin), This page was last edited on 6 January 2023, at 23:15. Fry was the special guest in their "Blackmail" sketch. It's utterly, utterly evil. He may also have been related to the Quaker Frys who founded the chocolate company. He had a love child with Camilla Fry. In 2004, their daughter Polly claimed that her biological father had in fact been Armstrong-Jones. [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]. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. The actor, 65, admitted that he felt lost and adrift during his disastrous childhood after he was expelled from multiple schools. He is perhaps best known for his comedy partnership with Hugh Laurie, with whom he appeared in the popular series Blackadder alongside Rowan Atkinson. The University of Cambridge alumnus joked that he would have to "put petty rivalries behind [him]. [206] Furthermore, he is a signatory member of the British Jews for Justice for Palestinians organisation, which campaigns for Palestinian rights. [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. 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). Stephen's great grandfather, Albert (1869-1923), died of tuberculosis. [237], In January 2008, Fry broke his arm while filming Last Chance to See in Brazil. When Polly Fry was born in 1798, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Fry, Following his release, he resumed his education at City College Norwich, promising administrators that he would study rigorously and sit the Cambridge entrance exams. 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, [195] On 16 April 2018, Fry released the first episode of a new podcast "Stephen Fry's 7 Deadly Sins" available on his website and other podcasting platforms[196] The first episode of the second series was released on 13 January 2020 and continued to be released over the course of nine weeks. His blog attracted more than 300,000 visitors in its first two weeks. 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. 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). I'm very very happy of course but had hoped for a private wedding. Possibly he was related to John Fry, a Dorset man who signed the death warrant for Charles I in 1648. first name Polly have been reported. He jokes that he has never encountered a smartphone that he has not purchased. "[266] In February 2014, Fry became the honorary president of Proud Canaries, a new club for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender fans. [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). "[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. Love you all. He is involved with the mental health charity Stand to Reason[232] and is president of Mind. "[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. [100], Fry wrote the play Latin! [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. Fry's weekly gadget column Dork Talk appeared in The Guardian from November 2007 to October 2008. BIO1871: MCQS Date: 2021 1) Which English city was actor Stephen Fry born in? [201][202], On 6 January 2015, British tabloid The Sun reported that Fry would marry his partner, comedian Elliott Spencer. He later said that he would have killed himself if he had not had "the option of disappearing". 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. is polly fry related to stephen fry. Stephen Fry is a comedy icon and a living representation of British humor. What's that about? [282], Prince William and Stephen Fry appear in comedy sketch for charity, Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, 1990 book and radio series of the same name, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music, The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within, List of awards and nominations received by Stephen Fry, state-sanctioned persecution of LGBT people in Russia, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom, Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism, "Stephen Fry announced as president of Mind", "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue returns to Radio 4", "BBC - Family History - WDYTYA? [21][22] Fry's mother is Jewish, but he was not brought up in a religious family. 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. In 2007, Fry wrote, for director Peter Jackson, a script for a remake of The Dam Busters. [175], BBC Four dedicated two nights of programming to Fry on 17 and 18 August 2007, in celebration of his 50th birthday. [200] Fry was listed number 2 in 2016 and number 12 in 2017 on the Pride Power list. [269] Fry is the co-owner, with Gina Carter and Sandi Toksvig, of Sprout Pictures, an independent film and television company. [14] His paternal grandmother, Ella Fry (ne Pring), had roots in Cheshire and Kent. [186] He became friends with King Charles III while Charles was Prince of Wales, through his work with The Prince's Trust. "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. In 2012 he played Malvolio in Twelfth Night at Shakespeare's Globe. Legendary actor Stephen Fry has come out as not a [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. [241][242] Fry has stated that he is allergic to champagne[243] and bumble bee stings. [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. Stephen Frys paternal ancestors are thought to have come from Dorset. Related: Why Craig Ferguson Completely Changed His Show For Stephen Fry The Life Summary of Polly. But Stephen Fry is more than just a popular British comedian. Fry is a patron of its Lip Theatre Company. [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. [163][164], He was made honorary president of the Cambridge University Quiz Society and honorary fellow of his alma mater Queens' College, Cambridge. 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". Camilla died in 2000. In 2004 he was the narrator for an adaptation of Vanity Fair on BBC Radio 4. Fry's book The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within is a guide to writing poetry. [281] In March 2021, Fry narrated a short film for Cambridge Children's Hospital. Lisa McLoughlin. [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. [234] Fry went missing for several days and contemplated suicide. The website content is created by Fry and produced by Andrew Sampson. Polly Fry. [32] In 2018, alongside Nadiya Hussain and Olly Alexander, Fry was part of Sport Relief's attempt to raise awareness of mental health. 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 . [10][11][12][13] He has an older brother, Roger, and a younger sister, Joanna. Research genealogy for Polly J. Fry of Thurman, Warren, New York, as well as other members of the Fry family, on Ancestry. 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". [106], In 2009, Fry provided the voice of St Peter for Liberace, Live From Heaven by Julian Woolford at London's Leicester Square Theatre. "[217] Fry's rendering, however, reads, "Progress is not achieved by preachers and guardians of morality, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and sceptics. 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. [150] As of June2021[update] he had 12.4million followers. She was a daughter of the Reverend John McGee and Margaret Elizabeth Peggy Deal. [77][78] In 2006, Fry won the Rose d'Or award for "Best Game Show Host" for his work on the series. Fry is also a prolific writer, contributing to newspapers and magazines and has written four novels and three autobiographies: Moab Is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me. Ms Fry was born just a few weeks before Margaret and Antony walked down the [88] He played Mycroft Holmes in the 2011 film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, directed by Guy Ritchie. [148] In November 2010, he welcomed his two-millionth follower with a blog entry detailing his opinions and experiences of Twitter. 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. I take this opportunity to apologise now." [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. 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. "[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. [63] In 2007, he presented a documentary on the subject of HIV and AIDS, HIV and Me. "[262] "Because the God who created this universe, if it was created by God, is quite clearly a maniac, utter maniac. Both Pushnote and Sidewiki were discontinued the following year. Both have a sense of injustice. [99] In September 2012, he guest-starred as himself in the audio comedy drama We Are The BBC, produced by the Wireless Theatre Company, written by Susan Casanove. [124][125] He also narrated the first four Harry Potter games: Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, and Goblet of Fire. 179824 September 1824 (Age 26)Pennsylvania, United States. In 1984 he adapted Me and My Girl for the West End where it ran for eight years and received two Laurence Olivier Awards. The Fry's chocolate 'family' do not come from one family, some from Bristol others from Devon, they were from a Society of Friends and Quaker families.. Stephen Fry was "[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. He commemorated the million-followers milestone with a humorous video blog in which a 'Step Hen Fry' clone speaks from the year 2034, where MySpace, Facebook and Twitter have combined to form 'Twit on MyFace'. [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 59-year-old is a photographer and interior designer, as well as a mother to her five daughters. [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. In 2007, Fry wrote a Christmas pantomime, Cinderella, which ran at London's Old Vic Theatre. I looked back up at my mother and thought to myself, 'That's the last time I'm going up one of those'. [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. Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid God who creates a world which is so full of injustice and pain? "You see how Margaret was a victim of Tony Armstrong-Jones even before they got married," royal historian Robert Lacey told People magazine on Tuesday. The book won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. Polly was born three weeks into their honeymoon. I wish I could take credit for ushering the club up from League One to the Premiership during that time on the Board. The child's mother, Camilla Fry, was the wife of Armstrong-Jones's best friend, Jeremy. [264] The following year, in 2018, the article on blasphemy was removed from the Irish Constitution following a referendum. [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. [114] The production received its European premiere in August 2019 at the Edinburgh International Festival. [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. "[123], Fry's voice has been featured in a number of video games, including an appearance as Reaver, an amoral supporting character in Lionhead Studios games Fable II and Fable III, and as the narrator of the LittleBigPlanet series. to the US Social Security Administration (SSA). [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". He did not leave any money to Polly, but she attended his funeral at Westminster Abbey, Town and Country magazine noted. 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. [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. Yes even YOU. The award was given for his BBC2 programme Stephen Fry: Out There. The numbers currently linked to Polly are (408) 275-8855 (Pacific Bell), (408) 569-6447 (Sprint Spectrum LPPacific Bell). Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me: With Stephen Fry, Jackie Clune, Jo Crocker. [268], In 2008, Fry formed SamFry Ltd, with long-term collaborator Andrew Sampson to produce and fund new material and manage his official website.
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