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Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

Actor · 1929 – 1993 · Ixelles, Belgium

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.

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  • Movie7.9

    Roman Holiday

    1953 · 2.3K votes

  • Movie7.6

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961 · 4.6K votes

  • Movie7.5

    My Fair Lady

    1964 · 1.5K votes

  • Movie6.6

    War and Peace

    1956 · 281 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Funny Face

    1957 · 751 votes

  • Movie7.7

    The Children's Hour

    1961 · 424 votes

  • Movie7.5

    Sabrina

    1954 · 1.4K votes

  • Movie7.7

    Charade

    1963 · 1.6K votes

  • Movie7.5

    How to Steal a Million

    1966 · 683 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Unforgiven

    1960 · 236 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Always

    1989 · 687 votes

  • Movie7.2

    The Nun's Story

    1959 · 205 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Wait Until Dark

    1967 · 614 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Two for the Road

    1967 · 269 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Love in the Afternoon

    1957 · 346 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Robin and Marian

    1976 · 280 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Paris When It Sizzles

    1964 · 201 votes

  • Movie7.2

    The Lavender Hill Mob

    1951 · 295 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Green Mansions

    1959 · 33 votes

  • Movie5.9

    They All Laughed

    1981 · 61 votes

  • Movie4.9

    Bloodline

    1979 · 52 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Audrey

    2020 · 65 votes

  • Movie8.0
  • Movie7.6

Series12

  • TV6.1

    Great Performances

    1971 · 25 votes

  • TV5.3

    Wogan

    1982 · 7 votes

  • TV
  • TV6.8

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

  • TV4.5

    Intimate Portrait

    1993 · 5 votes

  • TV7.0

    The Oscars

    1953 · 84 votes

  • TV6.9

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    1950 · 13 votes

  • TV7.3

    Was bin ich?

    1955 · 3 votes

  • TV8.7

    Cinépanorama

    1956 · 3 votes

  • TV6.3
  • TV6.8

    Producers' Showcase

    1954 · 5 votes

  • TV8.0