 At that time, there was another actress named Patricia Perry, so she adopted her middle name, Emily, as her stage name.Although the character of Madge Allsop was created by Barry Humphries during the 1960s, she was only mentioned in passing by Dame Edna and did not actually appear on stage until the late 1970s, when she was portrayed by the London-based Australian actress Madeleine Orr.Orr died of cancer in 1979, so when the role of Madge was written into Humphries' 1987 film "Les Patterson Saves the World", she was portrayed by another Australian actress, Connie Hobbs.