13 Facts About Rosemary Harris

Rosemary Ann Harris was born on 19 September 1927 and is an English actress.

Rosemary Harris is the recipient of such accolades as a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.

In 1986, Harris was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

Rosemary Harris began her stage career in 1948, before making her Broadway debut in 1952.

Rosemary Harris was born on 19 September 1927 in Ashby, Suffolk, the daughter of Enid Maude Frances and Stafford Berkeley Rosemary Harris.

Rosemary Harris's father was in the Royal Air Force, and as a result, Harris' family lived in India during her early childhood.

Rosemary Harris attended convent schools, and later studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1951 to 1952.

Rosemary Harris first appeared in New York City in 1951 in Moss Hart's Climate of Eden, and then returned to Britain for her West End debut in The Seven Year Itch which ran for a year at the Aldwych.

Rosemary Harris then entered a classical acting period in productions with the Bristol Old Vic and then the Old Vic, appearing at the latter as Ophelia in the National Theatre Company's opening production of Hamlet in October 1963, alongside Peter O'Toole in the title role.

Rosemary Harris met Ellis Rabb who had plans to start his own producing company on Broadway.

Ehle and Rosemary Harris settled in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where their daughter, Jennifer, was born in 1969.

In 1974, Rosemary Harris starred in the BBC TV serial Notorious Woman, which aired on PBS in the US as part of Masterpiece Theatre.

On 11 September 2018, a week before her 91st birthday, Rosemary Harris took over the role of Mrs Higgins in the Broadway revival of My Fair Lady from Diana Rigg.