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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Huyton, Lancashire, England
  • PLACE OF DEATH: New York City, New York
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Rex Harrison was an English stage and screen actor, perhaps best remembered for his role as Henry Higgins in both the musical and film My Fair Lady.


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Rex Harrison was an English stage and screen actor who at the age of 16 began apprenticing with the Liverpool Repertory Theatre. During the 1930s, he earned praise for the films Blithe Spirit and Anna and the King of Siam. He is perhaps best remembered for his role as Henry Higgins in both the musical and film My Fair Lady. Harrison continued to perform until one month before his death in 1990.

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