Known for:	A Man for All Seasons, The Elephant Man, Pygmalion
Birth name:	Wendy Margaret Hiller
Birthday:	15 August 1912, Bramhall, Cheshire, England, UK

Made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) 1971 Made an Dame of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) 1975 Awarded an honourary LLD by Manchester University 1984 Wendy had one daughter and one son by her marriage to Ronald Gow. She was personally chosen by George Bernard Shaw to play the lead roles in 1930s productions of his plays 'Saint Joan' and 'Pygmalion' (she was reputedly his favourite actress of the time). Was nominated for Broadway's 1958 Tony Award as Best Actress (Dramatic) for "A Moon for the Misbegotten." In 1967, she accepted the Oscar for "Best Actor in a Leading Role" on behalf of Paul Scofield (her co-star in A Man for All Seasons), who wasn't present at the awards ceremony The second choice for Princess Dragonmiroff in Murder on the Orient Express. Sidney Lumet's first choice was vetoed by the producers. She played Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (1938) opposite Leslie Howard as Professor Henry Higgins. Rex Harrison, also in Major Barbara (1941), played Professor Henry Higgins in the Lerner and Loewe musical "My Fair Lady" on Broadway in New York, in the West End in London (both opposite Julie Andrews as Eliza Doolittle) and in the My Fair Lady (1964) movie opposite Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle.

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