He developed Electrical Porcelain with transmission engineers at GE. His family continued to work at Building 68 in Schenectady for decades. William's son Frank Cermak advanced insulator design into the mid 20th century.
When Rex Harrison accepted his Academy Award for My Fair Lady (1964), he dedicated it to his two fair ladies, Audrey Hepburn and Julie Andrews both who had played Eliza Doolittle with him.
Audrey Hepburn's fairest lady: How iconic star's globetrotting model granddaughter escaped becoming a 'Hollywood brat' and ended up on the front of Harper's Bazaar. 1  Emma Ferrer will be the toast of New York next month following her debut on the cover of Harper's Bazaar.