Liza
a poor girl who was thrown out by her parents as soon as she was old enough to make a living selling flowers on the street
Eliza Doolittle
the same person as Liza; what she begins to be called when she acquires a genteel accent and set of manners under Higgins's tutelage
Henry Higgins
a professor of phonetics who takes on Liza as a pupil as a dare, or as an experiment
Colonial Pickering
an Englishman who has served in India and written in the field of liguistics there; a perfect gentleman who always treats Liza with utmost kindness
Mrs. Higgins
Henry's mother, who disapproves of her son's wild ways and who takes Liza under her wing
Mrs. Pearce
Higgins's housekeeper; an extremely proper and class-aware lady, she heartily disapproves of the experiment
Freddy
a poor, genteel young man who falls in love with Eliza
Clara
Freddy's sister, who regards Higgins as marriageable
Mrs. Eynsford Hill
Freddy's and Clara's mother
Mr. Doolittle
Liza's father, who amuses Higgins very much; he comes into a fortune after the death of an American millionaire to whom Higgins had recommended him
