From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Audrey Hepburn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Polycephaly in D | (archive footage) | 2021-09-10 |
Movie | Audrey | Self - Actress (archive footage) | 2020-11-30 |
Movie | Nicotine - A Drug with a Future | Self (archive footage) | 2020-09-20 |
Movie | Very Ralph | Self (archive footage) | 2019-11-12 |
Movie | Audrey Hepburn, the choice of elegance | Self (archive footage) | 2018-12-30 |
Movie | Becoming Cary Grant | Self (archive footage) | 2017-05-23 |
Movie | Trumbo | Princess Ann (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2015-10-27 |
Movie | Darcey Bussell's Looking for Audrey | Self / Various (archive footage) | 2014-12-29 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Natasha Rostova (archive footage) | 2010-05-05 |
Movie | Billy Wilder Speaks | 2006-06-22 | |
Movie | Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic | Self (archive footage) | 2006-02-07 |
Movie | Legenden: Audrey Hepburn | Self (archive footage) | 2005-08-01 |
Movie | Edith Head: The Paramount Years | Self (screen tests) (archive footage) | 2002-11-26 |
Movie | Restoring Roman Holiday | Princess Ann (archive footage) | 2002-11-26 |
Movie | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Self (archive footage) | 2000-03-05 |
Movie | More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady' | Self / Eliza Doolittle (archive footage) | 1995-12-30 |
Series | Intimate Portrait | Unknown | 1993-11-14 |
Movie | Audrey Hepburn: Remembered | Self (archive footage) | 1993-08-11 |
Movie | The Fred Astaire Songbook | Self - Host | 1991-03-08 |
Movie | Always | Hap | 1989-12-22 |
Movie | Gregory Peck: His Own Man | Self | 1988-03-08 |
Movie | Love Among Thieves | Baroness Caroline DuLac | 1987-02-23 |
Movie | Directed by William Wyler | Self | 1986-05-01 |
Movie | They All Laughed | Angela Niotes | 1981-11-20 |
Movie | Bloodline | Elizabeth Roffe | 1979-06-29 |
Movie | Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1978-11-02 |
Movie | Robin and Marian | Lady Marian | 1976-03-11 |
Movie | Wait Until Dark | Susy Hendrix | 1967-10-26 |
Movie | Two for the Road | Joanna Wallace | 1967-04-27 |
Movie | How to Steal a Million | Nicole Bonnet | 1966-07-13 |
Movie | The Love Goddesses | (archive footage) | 1965-03-03 |
Movie | My Fair Lady | Eliza Doolittle | 1964-10-21 |
Movie | Paris When It Sizzles | Gabrielle Simpson / Baby | 1964-03-16 |
Movie | Charade | Regina Lampert | 1963-12-05 |
Movie | The Children's Hour | Karen Wright | 1961-12-19 |
Movie | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Holly Golightly | 1961-10-06 |
Movie | The Unforgiven | Rachel Zachary | 1960-04-06 |
Movie | The Nun's Story | Sister Luke | 1959-06-18 |
Movie | Green Mansions | Rima | 1959-03-19 |
Movie | Mayerling | Countess Marie Vetsera | 1957-02-04 |
Movie | Funny Face | Jo Stockton | 1957-02-13 |
Movie | Love in the Afternoon | Ariane Chavasse / Thin Girl | 1957-05-29 |
Movie | War and Peace | Natasha Rostova | 1956-08-21 |
Series | Cinépanorama | 1956-02-04 | |
Movie | Sabrina | Sabrina Fairchild | 1954-09-10 |
Movie | Roman Holiday | Princess Ann | 1953-08-26 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Movie | Secret People | Nora Brentano | 1952-02-05 |
Movie | Monte Carlo Baby | Melissa Walter | 1951-11-22 |
Movie | Young Wives' Tale | Eve Lester | 1951-11-01 |
Movie | The Lavender Hill Mob | Chiquita | 1951-06-28 |
Movie | Laughter in Paradise | Cigarette Girl | 1951-06-01 |
Movie | One Wild Oat | Hotel Receptionist | 1951-05-16 |
Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |