Cast
- Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins
- Audrey Hepburn (Marni Nixon, singing) as Eliza Doolittle
- Stanley Holloway as Alfred P. Doolittle
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as Colonel Hugh Pickering
- Gladys Cooper as Mrs. Higgins
- Jeremy Brett (Bill Shirley, singing) as Freddy Eynsford-Hill
- Theodore Bikel as Zoltan Karpathy
- Mona Washbourne as Mrs. Pearce, Higgins' housekeeper
- Isobel Elsom as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
- John Holland as the Butler
- Queenie Leonard as Cockney Bystander (uncredited)
As of 2012, Theodore Bikel is the only surviving member of the main on-screen cast; Marni Nixon is also still alive.
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