System Mechanic - Clean, repair, protect, and speed up your PC!Rex Harrison, Actor - My Fair Lady
March 05, 1908 - June 02, 1990
Rex Harrison was born Reginald Carey March 5, 1908 in Huyton, Cheshire, England. He entered repertory theatre at 16 as an apprentice and made his stage debut in 1924 in Thirty Minutes in a Street for the Liverpool Rep. Harrison, noted for his suave, insouciant style, appeared in many plays, including Anne of the Thousand Days (1949), Bell, Book, and Candle (1950), and In Praise of Love (1974).
His film debut came in 1930 in The Great Game, he generally played characters of roguish charm, which in fact mirrored his private life. His performance in both the stage (1956) and film (1964) versions of My Fair Lady for which he won an Oscar. Harrison's other films include Blithe Spirit (1941) The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), The Fourposter (1952), and Cleopatra (1962).
He earned the nickname 'Sexy Rexy' being much-married, his wives included Lili Palmer and Kay Kendall. He served in the RAF during the Second World War and on his demobilization he returned to acting. Harrison died June 2,1990, of cancer at age 82.
