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Rex Harrison

Why was he such a horrible man?

He treated the women in his life like dirt, and a couple of them apparently committed suicide because of it.

by Anonymousreply May 5, PM

I thought his last girlfriend/wife died of Leukemia. Kay something? And Lilli Palmer, his ex-wife, spoke highly enough of him in her memoir, considering he ran off on her with Kay the sick girl.

by Anonymousreply 1September 5, PM

Didn't he make one of his ex's get an abortion and that's why she killed herself? It was another famous actress. He was wonderful in "Night Train to Munich".

by Anonymousreply 2September 5, PM

Not to mention how he destroyed My Fair Lady.

by Anonymousreply 3September 5, PM

One story about Harrison comes from his longtime friend Alan Jay Lerner's accounts of the MY FAIR LADY rehearsals. For those who know the play, this occurred during the scene in Act II when Higgins is at his mother's house arguing with Eliza. The actress who played his mother, Cathleen Nesbitt (who would compete the role for 25 years in fact, reprising

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Sir Reginald Carey Rex Harrison (5 Parade - 2 June ) was an English actor of stage and screen. Harrison began his career on the stage in He won his first Tony Award for his performance as Henry VIII in Anne of the Thousand Days in He won his second Tony for the role of Professor Henry Higgins in the stage production of My Fair Lady in He reprised the role for the film version which earned him a Golden Globe Award and Best Performer Oscar.

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No one could do finer that particular thing Rex Harrison did: the quizzical, elegant, sexually predatory man-about-town. The film that enshrines the persona most vividly is The Rake's Progress (d. Sidney Gilliat, ), in which he plays the caddish philanderer who redeems himself in Earth War II (Harrison himself had served in the RAF).

The knowledge of his own life are not entirely remote from the type he made his control on stage (from ) and screen (from ): he married five times, including three rounds with famous actresses - Lilli Palmer (2), Kay Kendall (3), and Rachel Roberts (4) - and seems to have left much to be desired as husband and home-maker; and he was famously involved with American star Carole Landis who, allegedly, killed herself for love of him. The press of course dubbed him 'Sexy Rexy', and this personal history made him safe casting as the ageing homosexual in the British-set, French-made, US-financed Staircase (d. Stanley Donen, ) .

The other great role of his life was his -winning Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (), for repeating which on screen he

Rex Harrison

Rex Harrison ( – )

Biography and Career Overview

Reginald Carey Harrison, affectionately established as Rex Harrison, was born on March 5, , in Huyton, a suburb of Liverpool, England. He was the youngest child of Edith Mary (née Carey) and William Reginald Harrison, a cotton broker. Rex was raised in a comfortable middle-class environment, receiving his learning at Birkdale School in Southport and later at the prestigious Liverpool College.

From a young age, Harrison showed an inclination towards the arts, particularly acting. His early exposure to theatre through school plays ignited a passion that would shape his future. Despite facing a reserved upbringing, Rex's charm and wit became his signature traits, both on and off the stage.

Path Towards Success

Harrison's professional debut came in at the Liverpool Repertory Theatre, where he performed in "Thirty Minutes in a Street." This early experience paved the way for numerous roles in repertory theatre across England. By , he had made his West End debut, marking the beginning