Audrey Hepburn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1929
- Died
- January 20, 1993 (aged 63)
- Birthplace
- Ixelles, Belgium
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Femme De La Lune
Movie · as Lead Vocals (archive footage)
Godard Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nicotine - A Drug with a Future
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Audrey
Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Beautiful Like a Poem
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Very Ralph
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn, the choice of elegance
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Cary Grant
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Movie · as Self
Darcey Bussell: Looking for Audrey
Movie · as Self / Various (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bert Stern - Original Madman
Movie
Vito
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Movie · as Natasha Rostova (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
Movie · as (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
Movie
Audrey Hepburn: The Magic of Audrey
Movie · as Self / Various characters (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
It's So Audrey! A Style Icon
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn - Ein Star auf der Suche nach sich selbst
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Movie · as Self (screen tests) (archive footage)
Restoring Roman Holiday
Movie · as Princess Ann (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
Movie · as Self / Eliza Doolittle (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
Movie · as Narrator / Host
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Fred Astaire Songbook
Movie · as Self - Host
Always
Movie · as Hap
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Movie · as Self
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Love Among Thieves
Movie · as Baroness Caroline DuLac
Directed by William Wyler
Movie · as Self
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
They All Laughed
Movie · as Angela Niotes
Bloodline
Movie · as Elizabeth Roffe
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robin and Marian
Movie · as Lady Marian
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Great Performances
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Wait Until Dark
Movie · as Susy Hendrix
Two for the Road
Movie · as Joanna Wallace
How to Steal a Million
Movie · as Nicole Bonnet
My Fair Lady
Movie · as Eliza Doolittle
Paris When It Sizzles
Movie · as Gabrielle Simpson
Charade
Movie · as Regina Lampert
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Movie · as Holly Golightly
The Children's Hour
Movie · as Karen Wright
The Unforgiven
Movie · as Rachel Zachary
The Nun's Story
Movie · as Sister Luke
Green Mansions
Movie · as Rima
Funny Face
Movie · as Jo Stockton
Love in the Afternoon
Movie · as Ariane Chavasse / Thin Girl
Mayerling
Movie · as Countess Marie Vetsera
War and Peace
Movie · as Natasha Rostova
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter / Recipient · 1 ep
Was bin ich?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sabrina
Movie · as Sabrina Fairchild
Producers' Showcase
TV · as Marie Vetsera · 1 ep
Roman Holiday
Movie · as Princess Ann
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 8 eps
Secret People
Movie · as Nora Brentano
Audrey Hepburn Test
Movie · as Self
The Lavender Hill Mob
Movie · as Chiquita
Monte Carlo Baby
Movie · as Melissa Walter
One Wild Oat
Movie · as Hotel Receptionist
Laughter in Paradise
Movie · as Cigarette Girl
Young Wives' Tale
Movie · as Eve Lester
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dutch in Seven Lessons
Movie · as Stewardess / Girl with lute
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep