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Eunice 2022-10-06 23:25:20
The absurd drama of the epic master
In his early years, David Lean had a long-term cooperation with the famous playwright Sir Noel Coward. The two had always been in a tacit understanding when filming the heavy themes of "Allegiance to the Motherland" and "Happy Family", and did not want to reduce the difficulty of production by one....
Rex Harrison
Rex Harrison (Rex Harrison, March 5, 1908-June 2, 1990), British film and drama amphibious star.
He appeared on stage and screen in 1930, and began to perform in Broadway , New York in 1936 . He starred in two stage plays "Sweet Aloe" and "The Frenchman without Tears", which caused a sensation in Britain and the United States with his black tie comedy style. Served in the Royal Air Force in World War II . He moved to Hollywood in 1945 and won the 1957 Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre for his role as Professor Higgins in the stage play " My Fair Lady " . He became the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1964 for appearing in the Warner Bros. film " My Fair Lady "
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Performing Experience
Rex Harrison was born in Hayton , Lancashire , England in 1908 . When he was a teenager, his name was Reginald Cary Harrison (Carey Harrison). Later, he learned that "Rex" means "king" in Latin, so he changed his name to Rex Harrison.
At the age of 16, he started working in the theater. The first time he was in the Liverpool FC theater. Although his work was not very eye-catching, it was his first step into the show business. Fate was kind to Rex. In 1930, he began to appear on the stage of London's West End . He appeared on the silver screen in the same year. In 1936, he performed "Sweet Arnis" on Broadway for the first time , and he has been on Broadway many times since then. show. In 1937, he starred in the stage play "French Without Tears" (French Without Tears) in London, which was a real breakthrough point in his acting career, and soon he was called "the greatest light comedian in the world".
After the outbreak of World War II , he joined the Royal Air Force as a lieutenant pilot, which interrupted his prosperous stage and screen career. After the war, he was successful again in the 1945 British films "Vitality" and "The Prodigal Son". Entering Hollywood in 1946, the role of King in the film " Anna and the King of Siam " made Rex famous in the international film scene. In the mid-1950s, in the Broadway "My Fair Lady" play, with his outstanding talents, he created the image of Professor Henry Higgins, which can be called a model of art, and his reputation reached its peak on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1964, he played this role again in the film of the same name and won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role .
This beautiful and charming actor who is tired of having fun has been married six times. The six wives are Marjorie Thomas, actress Lilli Palmer , actress Kay Kendall, actress Rachel Roberts, and the ex-wife of actor Richard Harris . Elizabeth Harris, Mersier Tinker. It is also said that he is related to the suicide of Hollywood actress Carole Landis . Therefore, some newspapers jokingly called him "Little White Face Rex" in the gossip column
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