Rex Harrison

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AKA: Reginald Carey Harrison
Nationality: English
Birthdate: 03/05/1908
Birthplace: Huyton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Death Date: 06/02/1990

biography

Stagestruck from boyhood, suave British actor Rex Harrison joined the Liverpool Repertory Theatre at the age of 16, beginning a 66-year career that would culminate with his final performance on Broadway, May 11, 1990, three weeks prior to his death. Best known for his Tony- and Oscar-winning portrayal of Professor Henry Higgins in Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's "My Fair Lady", he made his West End debut in "Getting George Married" (1930) and his Broadway debut in "Sweet Aloes" (1936), but it was a two year run on the London stage in Sir Terrence Rattigan's "French Without Tears" that Continued

Credits

Doctor Doolittle
1967
Henry Higgins
1964
Julius Caesar
1963
Brian Walker
Duke of Norfolk
Von Osten
Charlie Dyer
Pope Julius II
Tony Preston
Charles Hathaway
Marquess of Frinton
Cecil Fox
Jim Bourne
Jimmy Broadbent
Victor Chandebisse/Poche

milestones

Year
Milestone
1924 
Was member of Liverpool Repertory Theatre
1930 
London stage debut as Honorable Fred Thripplehorn in "Getting George Married"
1930 
Film debut, "The Great Game"
1936 
Broadway debut as Tubbs Barrow in "Sweet Aloes"
 
Became stage star in Terrence Rattigan's "French Without Tears"
Continued

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