Eliza Doolittle

<em>My Fair Lady</em>Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (1964).

Eliza Doolittle, fictional character, a Cockney flower girl who is transformed into a woman of poise and polish in George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion (performed 1913; filmed 1938; adapted as the stage musical My Fair Lady, 1956; filmed 1964).

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.
Citation Information
Article Title: Eliza Doolittle
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published: 04 February 2016
Access Date: November 14, 2026