Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

  • Birthday: 1929-05-04
  • Deathday: 1993-01-20
  • Place of birth: Ixelles, Belgium
  • Also know as: Одри Кэтлин Растон

Biography

Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British 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.

Filmography

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961

As Holly Golightly

Roman Holiday

1953

As Princess Ann

Bloodline

1979

As Elizabeth Roffe

How to Steal a Million

1966

As Nicole Bonnet

The Children's Hour

1961

As Karen Wright

My Fair Lady

1964

As Eliza Doolittle

Wait Until Dark

1967

As Susy Hendrix

Two for the Road

1967

As Joanna Wallace

Sabrina

1954

As Sabrina Fairchild

War and Peace

1956

As Natasha Rostova

They All Laughed

1981

As Angela Niotes

The Nun's Story

1959

As Sister Luke

Funny Face

1957

As Jo Stockton

Monte Carlo Baby

1951

As Melissa Walter

Green Mansions

1959

As Rima

Love Among Thieves

1987

As Baroness Caroline DuLac

Mayerling

1957

As Countess Marie Vetsera

Audrey Hepburn, the choice of elegance

2018

As Self (archive footage)

Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words

1993

As Narrator / Host

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

1993

As Self (archive footage)

The Fred Astaire Songbook

1991

As Self - Host

Legenden: Audrey Hepburn

2005

As Self (archive footage)

Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years

2008

As Self (archive footage)

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

1997

As Self (archive footage)

Audrey Hepburn: The Magic Of Audrey

2008

As Self / Various characters (archive footage)

Robin and Marian

1976

As Lady Marian

Charade

1963

As Regina Lampert

Paris When It Sizzles

1964

As Gabrielle Simpson / Baby

The Unforgiven

1960

As Rachel Zachary

Love in the Afternoon

1957

As Ariane Chavasse / Thin Girl

Dutch in Seven Lessons

1948

As Stewardess / Girl with lute

Darcey Bussell's Looking for Audrey

2014

As Self / Various (archive footage)

Secret People

1952

As Nora Brentano

Always

1989

As Hap

One Wild Oat

1951

As Hotel Receptionist

Cher: In Her Own Words

2021

As Self (archive footage)

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

2002

As Self (screen tests) (archive footage)

Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood

1978

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

1996

As Self (archive footage)

Bert Stern: Original Madman

2011

As Self (archive footage)

Restoring Roman Holiday

2002

As Princess Ann (archive footage)

Young Wives' Tale

1951

As Eve Lester

It's So Audrey! A Style Icon

2006

As Self (archive footage)

Polycephaly in D

2021

As (archive footage)

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988

As Self (archive footage)

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

As Chiquita

Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class

1995

As Self (archive footage)

Very Ralph

2019

As Self (archive footage)

Becoming Cary Grant

2017

As Self (archive footage)

Laughter in Paradise

1951

As Cigarette Girl

Audrey

2020

As Self - Actress (archive footage)

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

1995

As Self / Eliza Doolittle (archive footage)

The Love Goddesses

1965

As (archive footage)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

As Natasha Rostova (archive footage)

Nicotine - A Drug with a Future

2020

As Self (archive footage)

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

As Self (archive footage)

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