A poster from the epic CLEOPATRA (1963) with Elizabeth
Taylor and Richard Burton. Harrison
earned an Oscar nomination for his performance as Julius Caesar.
With Audrey Hepburn
in MY FAIR LADY (1964).
He won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as Professor Henry Higgins in this
film, a role which he had originated in the stage version on Broadway with
Julie Andrews.
"Women are irrational. That's all there is to that.
Their heads are full of cotton, hay, and rags. They're nothing but exasperating,
irritating, vacillating, calculating, agitating, maddening and infuriating
HAGS!"
Rex as the title character in DR. DOLITTLE (1967), based
on the Hugh Lofting novel about a world-famous veterinarian who could speak
to animals.
Further Reading:
Rex : an autobiography by Rex Harrison (London: Macmillan,
1974).
A damned serious business by Rex Harrison (New York: Bantam
Books, 1991).
Rex Harrison : a biography by Nicholas Wapshott (London: Chatto & Windus, 1991).
Rex Harrison : a biography by Roy Moseley with Philip and
Martin Masheter (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987).