Who Played Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion

Eliza Doolittle is a role in Pygmalion, a play that opened Broadway in 1926.

Professor Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend, Col. Pickering, that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, to pass for a duchess at an elegant upper-crust event by train...

11 actors have played Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion.

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Performer	Production	Opened
Lynn Fontanne	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
Norma Downey	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Gertrude Lawrence	Broadway Pygmalion	1945
Amanda Plummer	Broadway Pygmalion	1987
Kirstie Pooley	Broadway Pygmalion	1987
Madeleine Potter	Off-Broadway Pygmalion	1991
Claire Danes	Broadway Pygmalion	2007
Karen Walsh	Broadway Pygmalion	2007
Midori Francis	Off-Broadway Pygmalion	2018
Patsy Ferran	West End Pygmalion	2023
Synnøve Karlsen	Off-Broadway Pygmalion	2025

Other Roles in Pygmalion

Role	Production	Opened
Alfred Doolittle	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
An Elderly Gentleman	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
An Elderly Lady	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
Another Bystander	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
Bystander	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
Clara Eynsford Hill	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
Colonel Pickering	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
Eliza Doolittle	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
Freddy Eynsford Hill	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
Henry Higgins	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
Mrs. Eynsford Hill	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
Mrs. Higgins	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
Mrs. Pearce	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
Parlourmaid	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
Sarcastic Bystander	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
Taxicab Driver	Broadway Pygmalion	1926

“Eliza Doolittle” Also Appears In

Production	Type	Year
My Fair Lady	Broadway	2018

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