"Who played Eliza Doolittle in the 1964 film ""My Fair Lady""?"
Eliza Doolittle personally requested the young English actress Wendy Hiller play Doolittle, a part she had previously played on stage opposite Leslie Howard as Higgins. Her performance served as the definitive film portrayal until Audrey Hepburn played the role in the highly successful 1964 film musical "My Fair Lady". Julie Andrews originated the musical version of Doolittle on stage in "My Fair Lady", with Rex Harrison as Higgins. Sally Ann Howes took the role of Eliza Doolittle in 1958 when Julie Andrews left. Harrison went on to reprise his role in the 1964 film alongside Audrey Hepburn as Doolittle. At the 37th
Eliza Doolittle Jim! One evening the king will say: 'Oh, Liza, old thing, I want all of England your praises to sing. Next week on the twentieth of May I proclaim ‘Liza Doolittle Day!' </poem> Fans of "My Fair Lady" have ever after been fond of making an informal observance of Eliza Doolittle Day each May 20. Eliza Doolittle Eliza Doolittle is a fictional character from London who appears in the play "Pygmalion" (George Bernard Shaw, 1912) and the musical version of that play, "My Fair Lady". Eliza is a Cockney flower girl, who comes to Professor Henry Higgins asking for elocution