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Who Played Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion

Eliza Doolittle is a role in Pygmalion, a play that opened Broadway in 1938.

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.

View full cast of Pygmalion

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 1938
Another Bystander Broadway Pygmalion 1938
Bystander Broadway Pygmalion 1938
Clara Eynsford Hill Broadway Pygmalion 1938
Colonel Pickering Broadway Pygmalion 1938
Eliza Doolittle Broadway Pygmalion 1938
Ensemble Broadway Pygmalion 1938
Freddy Eynsford Hill Broadway Pygmalion 1938
Henry Higgins Broadway Pygmalion 1938
Mrs. Eynsford Hill Broadway Pygmalion 1938
Mrs. Higgins Broadway Pygmalion 1938
Mrs. Pearce Broadway Pygmalion 1938
Parlourmaid Broadway Pygmalion 1938
Sarcastic Bystander Broadway Pygmalion 1938
Taxicab Driver Broadway Pygmalion 1938

“Eliza Doolittle” Also Appears In

Production Type Year
My Fair Lady Broadway 2018

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