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Audrey Hepburn

1929-05-04 Ixelles, Belgium

Image of Audrey Hepburn

Biografia

Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston) was an actress and humanitarian. Recognised as both a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Classical Hollywood cinema and was inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. Born in Ixelles, Brussels, to an aristocratic family, Hepburn spent parts of her childhood in Belgium, England, and the Netherlands. She studied ballet with Sonia Gaskell in Amsterdam beginning in 1945, and with Marie Rambert in London from 1948. She began performing as a chorus girl in West End musical theatre productions and then had minor appearances in several films. She rose to stardom in the romantic comedy Roman Holiday (1953) alongside Gregory Peck, for which she was the first actress to win an Oscar, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award for a single performance. That year, she also won a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her performance in Ondine. She went on to star in a number of successful films such as Sabrina (1954), in which Humphrey Bogart and William Holden compete for her affection; Funny Face (1957), a musical where she sang her own parts; the drama The Nun's Story (1959); the romantic comedy Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); the thriller-romance Charade (1963), opposite Cary Grant; and the musical My Fair Lady (1964). In 1967 she starred in the thriller Wait Until Dark, receiving Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominations. After that, she only occasionally appeared in films, one being Robin and Marian (1976) with Sean Connery. Her last recorded performances were in the 1990 documentary television series Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement – Informational Programming. Hepburn won three BAFTA Awards for Best British Actress in a Leading Role. In recognition of her film career, she received BAFTA's Lifetime Achievement Award, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and the Special Tony Award. She remains one of only seventeen people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. Later in life, Hepburn devoted much of her time to UNICEF, to which she had contributed since 1954. Between 1988 and 1992, she worked in some of the poorest communities of Africa, South America, and Asia. In December 1992, she received the US Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. A month later, she died of appendiceal cancer at her home in Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland, at the age of 63.

Películas

Femme De La Lune Lead Vocals 2025-05-02
Audrey Self - Actress (archive footage) 2020-11-30
Beautiful Like a Poem 2020-05-11
Nikotin - Droge mit Zukunft Self (archive footage) 2020-09-20
Very Ralph Self (archive footage) 2019-11-12
Audrey Hepburn, le choix de l'élégance Self (archive footage) 2018-12-30
Becoming Cary Grant Self (archive footage) 2017-05-23
Discovering Audrey Hepburn Self 2015-08-10
Darcey Bussell: Looking for Audrey Self / Various (archive footage) 2014-12-29
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe Self (archive footage) 2012-05-15
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Natasha Rostova (archive footage) 2010-05-05
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (archive footage) 2009-05-19
Audrey Hepburn: The Magic of Audrey Self / Various characters (archive footage) 2008-03-01
Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years Self (archive footage) 2008-11-08
It's So Audrey! A Style Icon Self (archive footage) 2006-02-07
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic Self (archive footage) 2006-02-07
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn Self (archive footage) 2005-08-01
Audrey Hepburn - Ein Star auf der Suche nach sich selbst Self (archive footage) 2004-09-03
Edith Head: The Paramount Years Self (screen tests) (archive footage) 2002-11-26
Restoring Roman Holiday Princess Ann (archive footage) 2002-11-26
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady Self (archive footage) 1997-03-21
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class Self (archive footage) 1995-11-16
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady' Self / Eliza Doolittle (archive footage) 1995-12-30
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words Narrator / Host 1993-01-01
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered Self (archive footage) 1993-08-11
The Fred Astaire Songbook Self - Host 1991-03-08
Always Hap 1989-12-22
Gregory Peck: His Own Man Self 1988-03-08
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man Self (archive footage) 1988-06-05
Love Among Thieves Baroness Caroline DuLac 1987-02-23
Directed by William Wyler Self 1986-05-01
They All Laughed Angela Niotes 1981-11-20
Bloodline Elizabeth Roffe 1979-06-29
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1978-11-02
Robin and Marian Lady Marian 1976-03-11
Two for the Road Joanna Wallace 1967-04-27
Wait Until Dark Susy Hendrix 1967-10-26
How to Steal a Million Nicole Bonnet 1966-07-13
Paris When It Sizzles Gabrielle Simpson 1964-03-01
My Fair Lady Eliza Doolittle 1964-12-01
Charade Regina Lampert 1963-12-01
The Children's Hour Karen Wright 1961-12-19
Breakfast at Tiffany's Holly Golightly 1961-10-06
The Unforgiven Rachel Zachary 1960-04-06
Green Mansions Rima 1959-03-19
The Nun's Story Sister Luke 1959-06-18
Love in the Afternoon Ariane Chavasse / Thin Girl 1957-05-29
Funny Face Jo Stockton 1957-02-13
Mayerling Countess Marie Vetsera 1957-02-04
War and Peace Natasha Rostova 1956-08-21
Sabrina Sabrina Fairchild 1954-09-01
Roman Holiday Princess Ann 1953-08-26
Secret People Nora Brentano 1952-02-05
Nous irons à Monte-Carlo Melissa Walter 1951-11-22
The Lavender Hill Mob Chiquita 1951-06-28
One Wild Oat Hotel Receptionist 1951-05-16
Laughter in Paradise Cigarette Girl 1951-06-01
Young Wives' Tale Eve Lester 1951-11-01
Nederlands in Zeven Lessen Stewardess / Girl with lute 1948-05-07