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Audrey Hepburn
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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…
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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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Audrey Hepburn's Filmography
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Femme De La Lune
as Lead Vocals (archive footage)
Godard Cinema
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Audrey
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Nicotine - A Drug with a Future
as Self (archive footage)
Beautiful Like a Poem
as Self (archive footage)
Very Ralph
as Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn, the choice of elegance
as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Cary Grant
as Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
as Self
Darcey Bussell: Looking for Audrey
as Self / Various (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
Vito
as Self (archive footage)
Bert Stern - Original Madman
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Natasha Rostova (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
as (archive footage)
No Poster
Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years
as Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: The Magic of Audrey
as Self / Various characters (archive footage)
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
as Self (archive footage)
It's So Audrey! A Style Icon
as Self (archive footage)
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn - Ein Star auf der Suche nach sich selbst
as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as Self (screen tests) (archive footage)
Restoring Roman Holiday
as Princess Ann (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
as Self (archive footage)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
as Self (archive footage)
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
as Self / Eliza Doolittle (archive footage)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
as Narrator / Host
The Fred Astaire Songbook
as Self - Host
Always
as Hap
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
as Self
Love Among Thieves
as Baroness Caroline DuLac
Directed by William Wyler
as Self
They All Laughed
as Angela Niotes
Bloodline
as Elizabeth Roffe
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robin and Marian
as Lady Marian
Wait Until Dark
as Susy Hendrix
Two for the Road
as Joanna Wallace
How to Steal a Million
as Nicole Bonnet
My Fair Lady
as Eliza Doolittle
Paris When It Sizzles
as Gabrielle Simpson
Charade
as Regina Lampert
The Children's Hour
as Karen Wright
Breakfast at Tiffany's
as Holly Golightly
The Unforgiven
as Rachel Zachary
The Nun's Story
as Sister Luke
Green Mansions
as Rima
Love in the Afternoon
as Ariane Chavasse / Thin Girl
Funny Face
as Jo Stockton
Mayerling
as Countess Marie Vetsera
War and Peace
as Natasha Rostova
Sabrina
as Sabrina Fairchild
Roman Holiday
as Princess Ann
Secret People
as Nora Brentano
Audrey Hepburn Test
as Self
Monte Carlo Baby
as Melissa Walter
Young Wives' Tale
as Eve Lester
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Chiquita
Laughter in Paradise
as Cigarette Girl
One Wild Oat
as Hotel Receptionist
Dutch in Seven Lessons
as Stewardess / Girl with lute