Professor Henry Higgins

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Professor Henry Higgins is a brilliant but arrogant phonetics expert who attempts to transform a Cockney flower girl into a refined lady in the musical film "My Fair Lady."

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Henry Higgins 13
Professor Henry Higgins canonical 6

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instanceOf fictional character
phonetics professor
protagonist
adaptedInto My Fair Lady (1956 stage musical)
My Fair Lady (1964 film)
linked to: My Fair Lady (film)
appearsIn My Fair Lady
linked to: My Fair Lady (film)

Pygmalion
associatedWith Alfred P. Doolittle
Colonel Pickering
Mrs. Pearce
Professor Zoltan Karpathy
attemptsToTransform Eliza Doolittle
basedOn Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
linked to: Pygmalion
characterArc develops emotional attachment to Eliza Doolittle
linked to: Eliza Doolittle
createdBy George Bernard Shaw
famousSong I’m an Ordinary Man
I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face
Why Can’t the English?
filmAdaptation My Fair Lady (1964 film)
linked to: My Fair Lady (film)
firstAppearance Pygmalion (1913 play)
linked to: Pygmalion
gender male
genre romantic comedy
goal transform a Cockney flower girl into a refined lady
inspiredBy mythological figure Pygmalion
languageSpoken English
makesWagerWith Colonel Pickering
medium musical film
stage musical
nationality British
notableQuote I’ve grown accustomed to her face.
occupation linguist
phonetics expert
personalityTrait arrogant
blunt
brilliant
eccentric
portrayedBy Rex Harrison
residence London
linked to: London, England

Wimpole Street
settingOfActivity Higgins’s laboratory
socialClass upper middle class
specialization English accents
phonetics
speech training
student Eliza Doolittle
teaches proper pronunciation
upper-class English accent
workOfFictionType musical theatre

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My Fair Lady (film) character Professor Henry Higgins
Leslie Howard Steiner portrayed Professor Henry Higgins
Pygmalion (1938 film) character Henry Higgins
linked to: Professor Henry Higgins
Eliza Doolittle mentor Henry Higgins
linked to: Professor Henry Higgins
Eliza Doolittle studentOf Henry Higgins
linked to: Professor Henry Higgins
Pygmalion character Professor Henry Higgins
Colonel Pickering friendOf Professor Henry Higgins
Colonel Pickering collaboratesWith Professor Henry Higgins
The Rain in Spain sungByCharacter Henry Higgins
linked to: Professor Henry Higgins
The Rain in Spain associatedCharacter Henry Higgins
linked to: Professor Henry Higgins
"I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" characterWhoSings Henry Higgins
linked to: Professor Henry Higgins
Mrs. Higgins relative Henry Higgins
linked to: Professor Henry Higgins
Mrs. Higgins motherOf Henry Higgins
linked to: Professor Henry Higgins
Just You Wait featuresCharacter Henry Higgins
linked to: Professor Henry Higgins
Just You Wait hasSubject Professor Henry Higgins
Without You addressesCharacter Henry Higgins
linked to: Professor Henry Higgins
Without You associatedCharacter Henry Higgins
linked to: Professor Henry Higgins
Zoltan Karpathy formerStudentOf Henry Higgins
linked to: Professor Henry Higgins
Zoltan Karpathy teacher Henry Higgins
linked to: Professor Henry Higgins