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Rex Harrison

1908 - 1990

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Sir Reginald Carey Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play French Without Tears, in what was his breakthrough role. He won his first Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as Henry VIII in the Broadway play Anne of the Thousand Days in 1949. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rex Harrison is the 621st most popular actor (up from 717th in 2019), the 879th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 848th in 2019) and the 97th most popular British Actor.

Rex Harrison is most famous for his role as Dr. Henry Higgins in the musical, My Fair Lady.

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Among actors, Rex Harrison ranks 621 out of 13,578. Before him are Sam Anderson, Thandie Newton, Jude Law, Laura Gemser, Danielle Darrieux, and Brendan Gleeson. After him are Ken Watanabe, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeffrey Wright, Michèle Morgan, Ingrid Thulin, and Dick Clark.

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Among people born in 1908, Rex Harrison ranks 51. Before him are Cesare Pavese, William Saroyan, Carole Lombard, Arthur Adamov, Mercè Rodoreda, and Lita Grey. After him are Chivu Stoica, Balthus, Stéphane Grappelli, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, Günther Prien, and John Kenneth Galbraith. Among people deceased in 1990, Rex Harrison ranks 35. Before him are Keith Haring, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Barbara Stanwyck, Oldřich Nejedlý, Michael Powell, and Bruno Bettelheim. After him are Manly P. Hall, Bruno Kreisky, Lawrence Durrell, Sergio Corbucci, Jacques Demy, and Boris Shcherbina.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rex Harrison ranks 879 out of 8,785. Before him are Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941), Dionysios Kasdaglis (1872), Catherine of Lancaster (1373), Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), and David Irving (1938). After him are Chris Rea (1951), Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), James Macpherson (1736), Percy Fawcett (1867), Robbie Williams (1974), and Bobby Robson (1933).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Rex Harrison ranks 97. Before him are Stephen Graham (1973), Brian Cox (1946), Sean Bean (1959), Glenda Jackson (1936), Thandie Newton (1972), and Jude Law (1972). After him are David McCallum (1933), Bernard Hill (1944), Peter Finch (1916), John Gielgud (1904), Margaret Rutherford (1892), and Christian Bale (1974).

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