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Audrey Hepburn

Biography

Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Although modest about her acting ability, Hepburn remains one of the world's most famous actresses of all time, remembered as a film and fashion icon of the twentieth century. Redefining glamour with "elfin" features and a waif-like figure that inspired designs by Hubert de Givenchy, she was inducted in the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame, and ranked by the American Film Institute as the third greatest female screen legend in the history of American cinema.

Born in Ixelles, Belgium, Hepburn spent her childhood chiefly in the Netherlands, including German-occupied Arnhem during the Second World War. In Arnhem, she studied ballet before moving to London in 1948 where she continued to train in ballet while working as a photographer's model. Upon deciding to pursue a career in acting, she performed as a chorus girl in various West End musical theatre productions. After appearing in several British films and starring in the 1951 Broadway play Gigi, Hepburn gained instant Hollywood stardom for playing the Academy Award-winning lead female role in Roman Holiday (1953). Later performing in Sabrina (1954), The Nun's Story (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Charade (1963), My Fair Lady (1964) and Wait Until Dark (1967), Hepburn became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age who received nominations for Academy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTAs as well as winning a Tony Award for her theatrical performance in the 1954 Broadway play Ondine. Hepburn remains one of few entertainers who have won Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards.

Devoting much of her later life to UNICEF, Hepburn's war-time struggles inspired her passion for humanitarian work and, although Hepburn had contributed to the organisation since the 1950s, she worked in some of the most profoundly disadvantaged communities of Africa, South America and Asia in the late eighties and early nineties. In 1992, Hepburn was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

At the age of 63, Hepburn died of appendiceal cancer at her home in Switzerland.

Actor

Dionisos

2023

as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)

Dove Chocolate: Audrey Hepburn

2013

Always

1989

as Hap

Love Among Thieves

1987

as Baroness Caroline DuLac

They All Laughed

1981

as Angela Niotes

Bloodline

1979

as Elizabeth Roffe

Robin and Marian

1976

as Lady Marian

Wait Until Dark

1967

as Susy Hendrix

Two for the Road

1967

as Joanna Wallace

How to Steal a Million

1966

as Nicole Bonnet

My Fair Lady

1964

as Eliza Doolittle

Paris When It Sizzles

1964

as Gabrielle Simpson / Baby

Charade

1963

as Regina Lampert

The Children's Hour

1961

as Karen Wright

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961

as Holly Golightly

The Unforgiven

1960

as Rachel Zachary

The Nun's Story

1959

as Sister Luke

Green Mansions

1959

as Rima

Love in the Afternoon

1957

as Ariane Chavasse / Thin Girl

Funny Face

1957

as Jo Stockton

Mayerling

1957

as Countess Marie Vetsera

War and Peace

1956

as Natasha Rostova

Sabrina

1954

as Sabrina Fairchild

Roman Holiday

1953

as Princess Ann

Secret People

1952

as Nora Brentano

Monte Carlo Baby

1951

as Melissa Walter

Young Wives' Tale

1951

as Eve Lester

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

as Chiquita

Laughter in Paradise

1951

as Cigarette Girl

One Wild Oat

1951

as Hotel Receptionist

Documentaries

Cher: In Her Own Words

2021

as Self (archive footage)

Audrey

2020

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Nicotine - A Drug with a Future

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Very Ralph

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Audrey Hepburn, the choice of elegance

2018

as Self (archive footage)

Becoming Cary Grant

2017

as Self (archive footage)

Darcey Bussell: Looking for Audrey

2014

as Self / Various (archive footage)

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

Bert Stern: Original Madman

2011

as Self (archive footage)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

as Natasha Rostova (archive footage)

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's

2009

as Self (archive)

Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years

2008

as Self (archive footage)

Audrey Hepburn: The Magic of Audrey

2008

as Self / Various characters (archive footage)

Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic

2006

as Self (archive footage)

It's So Audrey! A Style Icon

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Legenden: Audrey Hepburn

2005

as Self (archive footage)

Audrey Hepburn - Ein Star auf der Suche nach sich selbst

2004

as Self (archive footage)

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

2002

as Self (screen tests) (archive footage)

Restoring Roman Holiday

2002

as Princess Ann (archive footage)

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

1997

as Self (archive footage)

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

1996

as Self (archive footage)

More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'

1995

as Self / Eliza Doolittle (archive footage)

Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class

1995

as Self (archive footage)

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

1993

as Self (archive footage)

Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words

1993

as Narrator / Host

The Fred Astaire Songbook

1991

as Self - Host

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988

as Self (archive footage)

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

1988

as Self

Directed by William Wyler

1986

as Self

Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood

1978

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Love Goddesses

1965

as (archive footage)

Dutch in Seven Lessons

1948

as Stewardess / Girl with lute

Audrey Hepburn

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