Rex Harrison Born: Mar 05, 1908 in Huyton, England Died: Jun 02, 1990 in New York City, New York Occupation: Actor, Active: '30s-'60s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Career Highlights: The Agony and the Ecstasy, Unfaithfully Yours, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir First Major Screen Credit: Men Are Not Gods (1936)
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Debonair and distinguished British star of stage and screen for more than 50 years, Sir Rex Harrison is best remembered for playing charming, slyly mischievous characters. Born Reginald Carey in 1908, he made his theatrical debut at age 16 with the Liverpool Repertory Theater, remaining with that group for three years. Making his British stage and film debut in 1930, Harrison made the first of many appearances on Broadway in {+Sweet Aloes} in 1936. He became a bona fide British star that same year when he appeared in the theatrical production {+French Without Tears}, in which he showed himself to be very skilled in black-tie comedy. He served as a flight lieutenant in the RAF during World War II, although this interruption in his career was quickly followed by several British films. 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 was perhaps best known for his performance as Professor Henry Higgins in the musical {+My Fair Lady}, a character he played on Broadway from 1956-1958 (winning a Tony award in 1957) and again in its 1981 revival, as well as for a year in London in the late '50s; in 1964, he won 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 (1963). Harrison continued to act on both the stage and screen in the 1970s and into the '80s. He published his autobiography, {-Rex}, in 1975, and, four years later, edited and published an anthology of poetry {-If Love Be Love}. Knighted in 1989, he was starring in the Broadway revival of Somerset Maugham's {+The Circle} (with Stewart Granger and Glynis Johns) until one month before he died of pancreatic cancer in 1990. Three of Harrison's six marriages were to actressesLilli Palmer, Kay Kendall, and Rachel Roberts. ~ All Movie Guide.
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