Anthony Asquith Director Leslie Howard Professor Henry Higgins Director, Actor Wendy Hiller Eliza Doolittle Actor Wilfrid Lawson Alfred Doolittle Actor Marie Lohr Mrs. Higgins Actor David Tree Freddy Eynsford-Hill Actor Scott Sunderland Colonel George Pickering Actor Jean Cadell Mrs. Pearce Actor Everley Gregg Mrs. Eynsford-Hill Actor Leueen MacGrath Clara Eynsford Hill Actor Esme Percy Count Aristid Karpathy Actor Violet Vanbrugh Ambassadress Actor Iris Hoey Ysabel, Social Reporter Actor Cathleen Nesbitt Old Lady Actor Leo Genn Prince (uncredited) Actor Anthony Quayle Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited) Actor George Bernard Shaw Writer, Writer W.P. Lipscomb Writer Cecil Lewis Writer Ian Dalrymple Writer Anatole de Grunwald Writer Gabriel Pascal Producer Arthur Honegger Original Music William Axt Original Music Harry Stradling Sr. Cinematographer David Lean Film Editing John Bryan Art Director Ladislaw Czettel Costume Design