"(""Why Can't the English?""). At Covent Garden one evening, he meets Colonel Hugh Pickering (Wilfrid Hyde-White), himself a phonetics expert who had come all the way from India to see him. Higgins boasts he could teach anyone to speak so well he could pass them off as a duke or duchess at an embassy ball, even the young woman with a strong Cockney accent named Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) who tries to sell them flowers. Eliza's ambition is to work in a flower shop, but her accent makes that impossible (""Wouldn't It Be Loverly""). The following morning, Eliza shows up"
"release in April, the film was ""uniformly panned"" but critics were kinder to Hepburn's performance, describing her as ""a refreshingly individual creature in an era of the exaggerated curve"". Hepburn's second film of 1964 was George Cukor's film adaptation of the stage musical ""My Fair Lady"", released in November. ""Soundstage"" wrote that ""not since ""Gone with the Wind"" has a motion picture created such universal excitement as ""My Fair Lady"""", yet Hepburn's casting in the role of Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle sparked controversy. Julie Andrews, who had originated the role in the stage show, had not been offered the"
"Kerry Ellis Kerry Jane Ellis (born 6 May 1979) is an English actress and singer who is best known for her work in musical theatre and subsequent crossover into music. Born and raised in Suffolk, Ellis began performing at an early age before attending Laine Theatre Arts from the age of 16. Ellis made her first professional stage appearance in 1998 and went on to make her West End debut in the 2001 revival of ""My Fair Lady"" as Martine McCutcheon's understudy in the role of Eliza Doolittle. After meeting Queen guitarist Brian May in 2002, she landed the role"
"Julie Andrews Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews (; born 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. Andrews, a child actress and singer, appeared in the West End in 1948 and made her Broadway debut in ""The Boy Friend"" (1954). She rose to prominence starring in Broadway musicals such as ""My Fair Lady"" (1956), playing Eliza Doolittle, and ""Camelot"" (1960), playing Queen Guinevere. In 1957, Andrews starred in the premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's written-for-television musical ""Cinderella"", a live, network broadcast seen by over 100 million viewers. Andrews made her feature film debut in ""Mary Poppins"" (1964), and won"
"Painter"", ""Hari-Kari and Sally"", ""When the Bough Breaks"", ""It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow"" and ""Time and Time Again"", both for ATV. For ITV she was in an episode of the series ""The Professionals"". Kennedy took the role of Liza Doolittle opposite Rex Harrison in a 1980 revival of the 1950s Broadway production of ""My Fair Lady"". Her casting was initially challenged by Actor's Equity because she had been chosen ahead of more than 50 American actress finalists but Rex Harrison insisted that a British-born actress should take the part; additionally, Mike Merrick, the show's producer, maintained that her singing ability,"
"nominations in various audience choice awards for her theatrical and musical work. Kerry Ellis Kerry Jane Ellis (born 6 May 1979) is an English actress and singer who is best known for her work in musical theatre and subsequent crossover into music. Born and raised in Suffolk, Ellis began performing at an early age before attending Laine Theatre Arts from the age of 16. Ellis made her first professional stage appearance in 1998 and went on to make her West End debut in the 2001 revival of ""My Fair Lady"" as Martine McCutcheon's understudy in the role of Eliza Doolittle."
"of Martin Hellberg's production of Lessing's work ""Emilia Galotti"". Her most famous role was as Eliza Doolittle in the musical play ""My Fair Lady"". She starred in the German-language premiere of the musical, in 1961, at the Theater des Westens (Theatre of the West) in Berlin. Berlin was then in the depths of the Cold War, the Berlin Wall had just been erected, and ""My Fair Lady"" was the first production since World War II of a major original Broadway musical in Berlin, so the production was quite important to the cultural life and morale of Berlin, and Hübner was"
"for growing vegetables. In 1969 the burial ground was cleared to enable land to be sold off for redevelopment. A skull, part anatomised, was conjectured to be Sterne's and a partial skeleton separated from the other remains to be transferred to Coxwold churchyard by the Laurence Sterne Trust. 11,500 further remains were taken to West Norwood Cemetery and cremated, for burial there. In the musical ""My Fair Lady"", Alfred Doolittle (Stanley Holloway), having just been provided with an inheritance and having to move into ""middle-class morality"", invites his daughter Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) to his wedding at this church. Following"
"also autobiographies) under her name, as well as the pen names Julie Andrews Edwards and Julie Edwards. Julie Andrews Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews (; born 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. Andrews, a child actress and singer, appeared in the West End in 1948 and made her Broadway debut in ""The Boy Friend"" (1954). She rose to prominence starring in Broadway musicals such as ""My Fair Lady"" (1956), playing Eliza Doolittle, and ""Camelot"" (1960), playing Queen Guinevere. In 1957, Andrews starred in the premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's written-for-television musical ""Cinderella"", a live, network broadcast seen"
"Lisa O'Hare Lisa O'Hare began her career as an English stage actress who has played Eliza Doolittle in ""My Fair Lady"" and the title character of ""Mary Poppins"" on the West End and UK stage. She more recently has appeared in several prime-time American television shows on TNT, ABC and NBC. She most recently starred on Broadway in the new musical, ""A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"". O'Hare was trained as a ballet dancer, and performed in dance-oriented shows such as ""Alice and the Others"" at Sadler's Wells and ""Defile"" at the Royal Opera House. Moving to musical theatre,"
"and irrepressible Alfred P. Doolittle in ""My Fair Lady"", a role that he played on Broadway, the West End and in the film version in 1964. The role brought him international fame, and his performances earned him nominations for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In his later years, Holloway appeared in television series in the UK and the US, toured in revues, appeared in stage plays in Britain, Canada, Australia and the US, and continued to make films into his eighties. Holloway was married twice and had"
"Melissa Errico Melissa Errico is an American actress, singer, recording artist and writer. She is known for her Broadway musical roles such as Eliza Doolittle in ""My Fair Lady"" and Kurt Weill's ""One Touch of Venus"". Melissa Errico went to high school in Manhasset while taking dance lessons in Manhattan. Her father is an orthopedic surgeon and concert pianist and her mother is a former teacher who now works as a sculptor. She began her professional career at 12, appearing on the syndicated children's TV series ""The Great Space Coaster"". Errico's maternal grandmother was an opera singer. Errico is a"
"is seen as Eliza arrives and when introduced to her shakes her hand and says ""Miss Doolittle"". Later, Daniell presents Eliza to the Queen of Transylvania with the one line, ""Miss Doolittle, ma'am."" In the commentary on the DVD, at the moment he appears on-screen in the role, it is mentioned that the day he shot the scene was ""his last day on earth"", as he died from a heart attack that very evening on the set of ""My Fair Lady"" on 31 October 1963 in Santa Monica, California. Daniell married Ann Knox and, in the years following World War"
"Dagmar Koller Dagmar Koller (born 26 August 1939) is an Austrian actress and singer. Born in Klagenfurt, she is recognized as the leading German language musical star of her time. She married Austrian journalist and politician, Helmut Zilk, in 1978, and became the first lady of Vienna while he served as mayor. During this time she maintained her active career as a musical star, playing the roles of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and Dulcinea in Man of La Mancha, while also hosting her own television show. As First Lady of Vienna she received such international luminaries as Prince"
"won the LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Lead Performance. She originated the role of Sibella Hallward in the Broadway musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, and was followed by Scarlett Strallen. O'Hare resides in the US and is a member of SAG. Lisa is from Morecambe. She attended the Royal Ballet School from age 11 to 16. Lisa O'Hare Lisa O'Hare began her career as an English stage actress who has played Eliza Doolittle in ""My Fair Lady"" and the title character of ""Mary Poppins"" on the West End and UK stage. She more recently has appeared"
"Tyler Moore – ""The Dick Van Dyke Show"" """"' The Rogues"" 22nd Golden Globe Awards The 22nd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1964 films, were held on February 8, 1965. ""' Peter O'Toole – ""Becket"" ""' Rex Harrison – ""My Fair Lady"" ""' Anne Bancroft – ""The Pumpkin Eater"" ""' Julie Andrews – ""Mary Poppins"" ""' George Cukor – ""My Fair Lady"" ""' ""Becket"" ""' ""My Fair Lady"" ""The Fall of the Roman Empire"" – Dimitri Tiomkin ""' ""Circus World"" – ""Circus World"" ""' Edmond O'Brien – ""Seven Days in May"" ""' Agnes Moorehead – ""Hush…"
"for ""Mary Poppins"" at the 37th Academy Awards (1964) while Hepburn was not even nominated, despite ""My Fair Lady's"" accumulation of eight out of a possible twelve awards. Regardless, critics greatly applauded Hepburn's ""exquisite"" performance. Crowther wrote that, ""The happiest thing about [""My Fair Lady""] is that Audrey Hepburn superbly justifies the decision of Jack Warner to get her to play the title role."" Gene Ringgold of ""Soundstage"" also commented that, ""Audrey Hepburn is magnificent. She is Eliza for the ages"", while adding, ""Everyone agreed that if Julie Andrews was not to be in the film, Audrey Hepburn was the"
"became proficient in French and Italian, and she became an accomplished pianist with a strong background in classical music. Her manners and speech became refined to an extent that contemporaries referred to her as ""queenly."" Later in life, she had no trouble moving in upper-class circles. She was possibly the model for the heroine of the 1884 novel ""Miss Brown"" by Vernon Lee upon which George Bernard Shaw based the character of Eliza Doolittle in his play ""Pygmalion"" (1914) and the later film ""My Fair Lady"" (1964). She also became a skilled needlewoman and later became renowned for her embroideries."
"Gerda Gilboe Gerda Gilboe (5 July 1914 – 11 April 2009) was a Danish actress and singer. She appeared in 18 films between 1943 and 2003. Gilboe was born in 1914. She was the daughter of a blacksmith, Gilboe started her career in musical theatre and operas in Aarhus before she moved to Copenhagen to work at different theatres. Her national breakthrough came, when she accepted the role as Eliza in ""My Fair Lady"" at Falkoner Teatret at short notice in 1960. Although she was then in her mid-40s and had only five days to learn the part, the production"
"of Eliza Doolittle in ""My Fair Lady"" in 1987, the Governor of Minnesota, Rudy Perpich who was also a friend of Delrae's father, signed a new State Proclamation. Referencing that the character Eliza Doolittle was visiting the Twin Cities, he proclaimed that May 20 would henceforth be ""Eliza Doolittle Day"" in recognition that ""...educational training in speech, diction and grammar is a valued asset in achieving a successful and happy future..."". In 1997 Delrae performed in ""The Odd Couple"" during a six-month tour of North America with Troupe America Inc. She played the part of 'Gwendolyn Pigeon' alongside ""M*A*S*H"" stars"
"My Fair Lady My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's ""Pygmalion"", with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phoneticist, so that she may pass as a lady. The original Broadway and London shows starred Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews. The musical's 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical and popular success. It set a record for the longest run of any show on Broadway up to that time. It was followed by"
"Jackson, and stayed with it for 10 years. Late in life, Victor toured internationally in the role of Alfred P. Doolittle in ""My Fair Lady"", performing the role on ""The Ed Sullivan Show"" on 19 March 1961 during a tribute to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. Charles Victor Charles Victor (10 February 1896 – 23 December 1965) was a British actor who appeared in a number of film and television roles between 1931 and 1965. He was born Charles Victor Harvey. Born in Southport, Lancashire, England, Victor was a fourth-generation English music hall entertainer. He left school when he"
"Anne Rogers Anne Rogers (born 29 July 1933) is an English actress, dancer, and singer. Anne Rogers was born in Liverpool and began her stage career at the age of 15. She was in the original London production of ""The Boy Friend"", playing the female lead of Polly Browne for nearly four years. She was unable to play in the Broadway production of ""The Boy Friend"" because of London commitments, but later went to the U.S. to play Eliza Doolittle in the Hollywood and Chicago productions of ""My Fair Lady"", winning the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance. After two"
"played café society girl Holly Golightly in the romantic comedy ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", and as a teacher accused of lesbianism in Wyler's drama ""The Children's Hour"" opposite Shirley MacLaine. Two years later she appeared opposite Cary Grant in the romantic mystery film ""Charade"". Hepburn followed this by starring in the romantic comedy ""Paris When It Sizzles"" opposite William Holden, and as Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle in the musical film ""My Fair Lady"" (both in 1964). In 1967, she played a blind woman menaced by drug dealers in her own home in the suspense thriller ""Wait Until Dark"" which earned"
"emigrated to the United States in the summer of 1958. He became a naturalised United States citizen on 30 November 1964. Allinson performed extensively on Broadway, where he took over the role of Professor Henry Higgins in ""My Fair Lady"" during the 1960 season opposite Pamela Charles as Eliza Doolittle, having toured as standby for Rex Harrison. On Broadway he also created the role of ""Warnie"" in the original production of ""Shadowlands"", starring Nigel Hawthorne and Jane Alexander. He appeared as Hobson in the short lived musical ""Arthur"", based on the Dudley Moore film of the same name. He appeared"
"Joop Doderer Johan Heinrich (Joop) Doderer (28 August 1921 – 22 September 2005) was a Dutch actor, well known for his role as the tramp Swiebertje in the eponymous television series. The series ran for 17 seasons between 1955 and 1975, and was broadcast by the NCRV. Beside the role as ""Swiebertje"", Doderer played in dozens of radio and television programs, he played the role of Alfred Doolittle in ""My Fair Lady"", acted in Dutch and English movies, and appeared on stage in comedies, musicals, cabaret and dramas. Doderer was born in Velsen, but brought up in Amsterdam. After finishing"
"debut portraying Polly Browne in the already highly successful London musical ""The Boy Friend"". To the critics, Andrews was the stand-out performer in the show. Near the end of her ""Boy Friend"" contract, as a Londoner Andrews was asked to audition for the role of Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle in ""My Fair Lady"" on Broadway and got the part. In November 1955, Andrews was signed to appear with Bing Crosby in what one source calls the first made-for-television film, ""High Tor"", which aired on the ""Ford Star Jubilee"" in March 1956. Andrews auditioned for a part in the Richard"
"Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Actress.) Lerner in particular disliked the film version of the musical, thinking it did not live up to the standards of Moss Hart's original direction. He was also unhappy with the casting of Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and that the film was shot in its entirety at the Warner Bros. studio rather than, as he would have preferred, in London. Despite the controversy, ""My Fair Lady"" was considered a major critical and box office success, ultimately going on to win eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture of the Year, Best Actor for"
"Titfield Thunderbolt"" (1953), which confirmed Holloway as a mainstay of British cinema. His final film with the studio was ""Meet Mr. Lucifer"" (1953). In 1956, Holloway revived his flagging career, creating the role of Alfred P. Doolittle in the extraordinarily successful original Broadway production of ""My Fair Lady"", which was made into a hit film in 1964 with Holloway in the same role. Owing to the film's success, he was able to get good roles in more films, including ""Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"" alongside Herman's Hermits. His films in the early 1970s included ""The Private Life of"
"suspicious storekeeper in William Hanley's ""Slow Dance on the Killing Ground"" (1964), a bitter soldier in Peter Shaffer's ""Royal Hunt of the Sun"" (1965), and the detective in Joe Orton's ""Loot"" (1968). His first Tony Award nomination was for his portrayal of Louis Greff, Coco Chanel's friend, in the musical ""Coco"" in 1969. In the 1974 comedy ""My Fat Friend"", opposite Lynn Redgrave, he won a Drama Desk Award and received another Tony nomination. In 1976, he finally won a Tony as Alfred P. Doolittle in the Broadway revival of ""My Fair Lady"". He received further acclaim in the role"
"22nd Golden Globe Awards The 22nd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1964 films, were held on February 8, 1965. ""' Peter O'Toole – ""Becket"" ""' Rex Harrison – ""My Fair Lady"" ""' Anne Bancroft – ""The Pumpkin Eater"" ""' Julie Andrews – ""Mary Poppins"" ""' George Cukor – ""My Fair Lady"" ""' ""Becket"" ""' ""My Fair Lady"" ""The Fall of the Roman Empire"" – Dimitri Tiomkin ""' ""Circus World"" – ""Circus World"" ""' Edmond O'Brien – ""Seven Days in May"" ""' Agnes Moorehead – ""Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte"" ""' Gene Barry – ""Burke's Law"" ""' Mary"
"""Unconditional Love"" (2002), ""What a Girl Wants"" (2003), and Terry Gilliam's aborted project, ""The Man Who Killed Don Quixote"". While the success of some of these films was variable, the 2001 London stage production of ""My Fair Lady"" and his portrayal of Professor Henry Higgins was acclaimed by observers. This production turned out to be very stressful for Pryce because Martine McCutcheon, who portrayed Eliza Doolittle, was sick during much of the show's run. McCutcheon was replaced by her understudy Alexandra Jay, who would also fall sick hours before a performance, forcing her understudy, Kerry Ellis, to take the lead."
"the period 1924 to 1978. A review in ""The Gramophone"" of one of his 1957 albums containing recordings of his old ""concert party"" songs commented, ""what a fine voice he has and how well he can use it – diction, phrasing, range and the interpretative insight of the artist"". Stanley Holloway Stanley Augustus Holloway, OBE (1 October 1890 – 30 January 1982) was an English stage and film actor, humourist, singer, poet and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in ""My Fair Lady"". He was also"