[184], Fry married comedian Elliott Spencer in January 2015 in Dereham, Norfolk. [32] In 2018, alongside Nadiya Hussain and Olly Alexander, Fry was part of Sport Relief's attempt to raise awareness of mental health. Series Two: Celebrity Gallery", "Stephen Fry discovers that he too is 'just another ruddy peasant', "QI: Why Did Hitler Have A Silly Moustache? 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. [126], In 2010, Fry became an investor in Pushnote,[127] a UK tech startup. In 2017, Fry also released his own audio book on Audible, titled Mythos,[120] which he both wrote and narrated. 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. [269] Fry is the co-owner, with Gina Carter and Sandi Toksvig, of Sprout Pictures, an independent film and television company. 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? [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. 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. Eugene Onegin), This page was last edited on 6 January 2023, at 23:15. [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. [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. [2][3][4], Fry is also known for his work in theatre. Yes even YOU. [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. [150] As of June2021[update] he had 12.4million followers. The child's mother, Camilla Fry, was the wife of Armstrong-Jones's best friend, Jeremy. In September 2011, Fry's Planet Word, a five-part documentary about language, aired on BBC HD and BBC Two. Once a columnist in The Listener and The Daily Telegraph, he now writes a weekly technology column in the Saturday edition of The Guardian. Since 2011, he has served as president of the mental health charity Mind.[1]. I'm very very happy of course but had hoped for a private wedding. 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. He has published several books and hosts the TV comedy quiz show QI. Something for everyone! [228][229][230] Fry has spoken publicly about his experience with the condition, which was depicted in the documentary Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive. 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. 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 . 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'. Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me: With Stephen Fry, Jackie Clune, Jo Crocker. 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 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). [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. 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". His favourite piece was the String Quartet No. [236] In an interview with Richard Herring in 2013, Fry revealed that he had attempted suicide the previous year while filming abroad. [240] Fry is between 6feet 4inches (1.93m) and 6feet 5inches (1.96m) in height. [97] As of 2021, it has been running for ten series and 37 episodes. [209][210] Cameron stated on Twitter he believed "we can better challenge prejudice as we attend, rather than boycotting the Winter Olympics". Both Pushnote and Sidewiki were discontinued the following year. 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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. Fry also starred in the 2018 heist comedy film The Con Is On, previously titled The Brits Are Coming. [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. [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. [124][125] He also narrated the first four Harry Potter games: Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, and Goblet of Fire. [76], In 2003, Fry began hosting QI (Quite Interesting), a comedy panel game television quiz show. [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. "[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. The actor, 65, admitted that he felt lost and adrift during his disastrous childhood after he was expelled from multiple schools. 8808 deaths of people with the. [45] In 2016, Fry had a lead role in the American sitcom The Great Indoors. 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. [102] The Cellar Tapes, the Footlights Revue of 1981, won the Perrier Comedy Award. "[260] Within days, the video was viewed over five million times. His dry sarcasm, intellectualism, and coy euphemisms all play on the British ideal of what is "proper" yet it is still edgy and fearless. [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. [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". [62] Fry narrated The Story of Light Entertainment, which was shown from JulySeptember 2006. [28] He was later dismissed from Paston School, a grant-maintained grammar school that refused to let him progress to study A-Levels. Ridiculus sociosqu cursus neque cursus curae ante scelerisque vehicula. 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. As The Crown series reveals in Episode 7 "Matrimonial," Camilla became pregnant with Armstrong-Jones's child during his engagement to Princess Margaret. [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. The award was given for his BBC2 programme Stephen Fry: Out There. 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. In a 1988 television special, Blackadder's Christmas Carol, he played the roles of Lord Melchett and Lord Frondo. "[266] In February 2014, Fry became the honorary president of Proud Canaries, a new club for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender fans. 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. [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. [121] In June 2020, it was announced that Fry would read J. K. Rowling's children's book, The Ickabog. Stephen Fry on the Joys of SwearingFrom celebrations of Fry's 50th birthday. [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. 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. [182] In an episode of QI, "M-Merriment", originally broadcast in December 2015, Fry was awarded membership of The Magic Circle. The child's mother, Camilla Fry, was the wife of Armstrong-Jones's best friend, Jeremy. He is also a friend of Rowan Atkinson and was best man at Atkinson's wedding to Sunetra Sastry at the Russian Tea Room in New York City. Stephen's great grandfather, Albert (1869-1923), died of tuberculosis. [275][276] Fry has also expressed support for action on climate change[277] and activist group Extinction Rebellion, and has criticized climate change denial. 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[14] His paternal grandmother, Ella Fry (ne Pring), had roots in Cheshire and Kent. : 1) 7 2) Miss Piggy 3) Chucky 4) Chucky 3) Who created the TV show "30 Rock"? Fry and was also a part of an interview during Englands victory over Australia in ashes 2005. In 1986 the BBC commissioned a sketch show that was to become A Bit of Fry & Laurie. [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. Fry, Stephen [as Mrs. Stephen Fry] (2010). [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. Both have a sense of injustice. In 2012, Fry wrote the foreword to the Union of UEA Students report on the student experience for LGBT+ members. He later said that he would have killed himself if he had not had "the option of disappearing". Season 2 of The Crown dives into the personal life of Princess Margaret, exploring her marriage to photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones. [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. 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Lisa McLoughlin. 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. Fry and Hitchens argued that the church did more harm than good, and were declared the victors after an audience vote. For most of her life, Polly grew up believing Jeremy was her biologic father. "[262] "Because the God who created this universe, if it was created by God, is quite clearly a maniac, utter maniac. [117] He has also read for Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film tie-in edition and has made recordings of his own books, such as The Stars' Tennis Balls and Moab Is My Washpot, and of works by Roald Dahl, Michael Bond, A. The Fry Family, Chocolate Makers. 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. [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. [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's career in television began with the 1982 broadcasting of The Cellar Tapes, the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue[40] which was written by Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, and Tony Slattery. Legendary actor Stephen Fry has come out as not a [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's weekly gadget column Dork Talk appeared in The Guardian from November 2007 to October 2008. 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. [10][11][12][13] He has an older brother, Roger, and a younger sister, Joanna. He was awarded the AoC Gold Award in 2004, and was entered into their Hall of Fame. [86], Fry was offered a role in Valkyrie, but was unable to participate. 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". In 2004 he was the narrator for an adaptation of Vanity Fair on BBC Radio 4. Polly never knew her biological father, and in a way that makes her as much a "victim" of his womanizing as Margaret. 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. Fry. 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. 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[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. In 2018, Fry released a follow-up to Mythos, titled Heroes. 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. [244] Fry also has prosopagnosia ("face blindness"). [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. 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. [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. [148] In November 2010, he welcomed his two-millionth follower with a blog entry detailing his opinions and experiences of Twitter. [88] He played Mycroft Holmes in the 2011 film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, directed by Guy Ritchie. is polly fry related to stephen fry. [77][78] In 2006, Fry won the Rose d'Or award for "Best Game Show Host" for his work on the series. Camilla died in 2000. In 2007, Fry wrote, for director Peter Jackson, a script for a remake of The Dam Busters. [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. "[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. [59][60], Fry's first documentary was the Emmy Award-winning Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive in 2006. 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. In April 1986, Fry was among the British comedians who appeared in the first live telethon Comic Relief. 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). "[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. He discussed this project in an interview with Rowling in 2005. He had a love child with Camilla Fry. His blog attracted more than 300,000 visitors in its first two weeks. [161] He also served two consecutive terms 1992 to 1995 and 1995 to 1998 as the student-elected Rector of the University of Dundee. Ms Fry was born just a few weeks before Margaret and Antony walked down the 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. In 2001, he began hosting the BAFTA Film Awards, a role from which he stepped down in 2006. [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. BIO1871: MCQS Date: 2021 1) Which English city was actor Stephen Fry born in? In 2002, he played The Minister of Chance in the Doctor Who audio drama Death Comes to Time. [207] Fry was among over 100 signatories to a statement published by Sense about Science on 4 June 2009, condemning British libel laws and their use to "severely curtail the right to free speech on a matter of public interest". 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. "It captures the feeling of the times.". The numbers currently linked to Polly are (408) 275-8855 (Pacific Bell), (408) 569-6447 (Sprint Spectrum LPPacific Bell). [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. 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. Related: Why Craig Ferguson Completely Changed His Show For Stephen Fry 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. He did not leave any money to Polly, but she attended his funeral at Westminster Abbey, Town and Country magazine noted. Polly was born three weeks into their honeymoon. Fry performed several of Stanshall's numbers as part of the Bonzos' 2006 reunion concert at the London Astoria. A. Milne, Anthony Buckeridge, Eleanor Updale, George Orwell, and Alexander Pushkin. How dare you? He is involved with the mental health charity Stand to Reason[232] and is president of Mind. The University of Cambridge alumnus joked that he would have to "put petty rivalries behind [him]. [138], Fry wields a considerable amount of influence through his use of Twitter. Fry attacked the Catholic Church's teachings on sexuality and denounced its wealth. In October 2015, it was announced that Fry would retire as the host of QI after the "M" series, and he was replaced by Sandi Toksvig.[79]. Elliott Spencer is recognized as a husband of actor, comedian, and writer Stephen Fry.. His Partner, Stephen Fry. 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. He attended the then-Prince's wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005. Stephen Frys paternal ancestors are thought to have come from Dorset. [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. ", 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.". [136], Fry was, at one time, slated to adapt A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole for the big screen. [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. He was a massive lover of cricket and used to play cricket. At this time Bristol was a major port where ships arrived from and departed to the New World. 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. [30] Over the summer, Fry absconded with a credit card stolen from a family friend. 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. How dare you create a world where there is such misery that's not our fault? He may also have been related to the Quaker Frys who founded the chocolate company. QI has the highest viewing figures for any show on BBC Four and Dave (formerly UKTV G2). [271] In the film, Fry explains the principles of software freedom central to the development of the Linux and GNU software projects. [198] When asked when he first acknowledged his sexuality, Fry quipped: "I suppose it all began when I came out of the womb. 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. He also interviewed the Prime Minister Tony Blair as part of a series of podcasts released by 10 Downing Street. : 1) Stephen Fry 2) 1957 3) Miss Piggy 4) Muhammad Ali 4) Who played the role of Kenneth Parcell on the TV [67], In May 2009, Fry unveiled The Dongle of Donald Trefusis, an audiobook series following Donald Trefusis (a fictional character from Fry's novel The Liar and from the BBC Radio 4 series Loose Ends), set over 12 episodes. Research genealogy for Polly J. Fry of Thurman, Warren, New York, as well as other members of the Fry family, on Ancestry. The Hippopotamus was later adapted into a 2017 film. [247][248], In March 2021, Fry hailed the "wonderful moment" at receiving the OxfordAstraZeneca COVID vaccine at Westminster Abbey. [200] Fry was listed number 2 in 2016 and number 12 in 2017 on the Pride Power list. 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[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. [280] The sketch had been put together by Comic Relief and Children in Need to raise money and keep people entertained during the lockdown. 1 on the UK Album Chart list. [122], Fry is the patron of the audiobook charity Listening Books. The resulting vulnerability to his radial nerve which affects use of the arm was not diagnosed until he saw a consultant in the UK. [151], Fry has a history of temporarily distancing himself from the social networking site which began when he received criticism in October 2009. [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". The 59-year-old is a photographer and interior designer, as well as a mother to her five daughters. He appears frequently on other panel games, such as the radio programmes Just a Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. In 1988, Fry wrote and presented a six-part comedy series entitled Saturday Night Fry. The latest news about Stephen Fry With Morgan Freeman In America Bbc One Flv. [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. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. Polly Fry is the daughter Lord Snowdon fathered before marrying Princess Margaret. [114] The production received its European premiere in August 2019 at the Edinburgh International Festival. of people named Polly Fry. [32] He was arrested in Swindon and, as a result, spent three months in Pucklechurch Prison on remand. According to The Daily Mail, she attended Lord Snowdon's funeral in 2017, [270], In 2008, Fry appeared in a film made by the Free Software Foundation to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the GNU Project to create a completely free operating system. [100], Fry wrote the play Latin! 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. Actually, I'm going to. 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. [80] It earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor Drama. [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. [87] Fry starred in the Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland, as the voice of the Cheshire Cat. 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". The book won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. [186] He became friends with King Charles III while Charles was Prince of Wales, through his work with The Prince's Trust. [146][147], In November 2009, Fry's Twitter account reached one million followers. Gutting IRS Will Help Wealthy Avoid More Taxes | Opinion, Eliminating Income Tax Means More Money for Americans | Opinion, 'The Crown' Tackles Duke of Windsor's Nazi Collusion, 'The Crown' Adapts Princess Margaret's Queer Love. [50], Fry narrated the first two seasons of the English-language version of the Spanish children's animated series Pocoyo. 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