Happy Birthday: Rex Harrison (1908–1990)

Rex Harrison (1908–1990)

Born: March 5, 1908 in Huyton, Lancashire, England, UK [now Huyton, Knowsley, Merseyside, England, UK]
Died: June 2, 1990 (age 82) in New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Mercia Tinker (17 December 1978 – 2 June 1990) (his death)
Elizabeth Rees (26 August 1971 – 16 December 1975) (divorced)
Rachel Roberts (21 March 1962 – 19 February 1971) (divorced)
Kay Kendall (22 June 1957 – 6 September 1959) (her death)
Lilli Palmer (25 January 1943 – 6 February 1957) (divorced) (1 child)
Noel Marjorie Collette Thomas (1933 – 1942) (divorced) (1 child)

[When asked if he received any special privileges upon becoming a knight]: Alas, no. In the old days I believe you at least got a couple of horses out of the deal.

There is always a struggle, a striving for something bigger than yourself in all forms of art. And even if you don’t achieve greatness, even if you fail, which we all must, everything you do in your work is somehow connected with your attitude toward life, your deepest secret feelings.

Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what’s wrong with it.

When I was ten we moved and I decided that none of the names I was then called – Reggie, Bobby, Baa – suited me. Somehow I hit on Rex. I must have heard someone calling for their dog and thought it sounded rather nice.

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