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Rex Harrison made his theatrical debut, aged 16, with the Liverpool Repertory Theatre. After three years touring with the group, he left to further his career.

By 1936 he had become a bona fide British star, starring in ‘French Without Tears’, in which he showed himself to be very skilled in black-tie comedy.

Although a stint as a flight lieutenant in the RAF during World War II interrupted his career somewhat, he quickly re-established himself with a number of British films, after the war had ended.

Harrison moved to Hollywood in 1945, where his career continued to prosper. Among his many roles was that of the king in the 1946 production of ‘Anna and the King of Siam’.

Harrison will probably be best remembered for his performance as Professor Henry Higgins in the musical ‘My Fair Lady’, a character he played on Broadway from 1956-1958 and in London in the late 1950s. In 1964 he also picked up an Oscar for his onscreen version of the role. He had previously received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Julius Caesar in 'Cleopatra' in 1963.

Harrison continued to act on both the stage and screen in the 1970s and into the 1980s. He published his autobiography, ‘Rex’, in 1975 and four years later he edited and published an anthology of poetry - ‘If Love Be Love’.

Knighted in 1989, he starred in the Broadway revival of Somerset Maugham's ‘The Circle’, until one month before his death from pancreatic cancer in 1990.
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Rex Harrison won a Tony award in 1957 for his role in ‘My Fair Lady’.

Rex was married six times. His brides included actresses Lilli Palmer, Kay Kendall and Rachel Roberts.

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Heartbreak House (1986)
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986)
The Kingfisher (1983)
A Time to Die (1982)
The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
Ashanti (1979)
Shalimar (1978)
Crossed Swords (1978)
Platonov (1971)
Staircase (1969)
A Flea in Her Ear (1968)
Doctor Doolittle (1967)
The Honey Pot (1967)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Cleopatra (1963)
The Happy Thieves (1962)
Midnight Lace (1960)
The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
The Constant Husband (1955)
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
The Four Poster (1952)
The Long Dark Hall (1951)
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Escape (1948)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945)
Blithe Spirit (1945)
Major Barbara (1941)
Night Train to Munich (1940)
Ten Days in Paris (1940)
Men Are Not Gods (1936)
All at Sea (1935)

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