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Who Played Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion

Eliza Doolittle is a role in Pygmalion, a play that opened Off-Broadway in 2025.

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 training her in the external trappings of gentility, the most obvious evidence of which is perfect enunciation and speech. The play, much more than a simple romance, is actually a scathing critique of the rigid British class system of the day as well as a commentary on the inequality of economics and gender.

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
Clara/Mary Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2025
Eliza Doolittle Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2025
Ensemble Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2025
Freddy/Alfred Doolittle Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2025
Henry Higgins Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2025
Mrs. Pearce/Mrs. Higgins Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2025
Pickering Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2025

“Eliza Doolittle” Also Appears In

Production Type Year
My Fair Lady Broadway 2018

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