Known For
Acting
Born
May 04, 1929
Died
Jan 20, 1993
Place of Birth
Ixelles, Belgium
Credits
79 titles
Audrey Hepburn
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
Filmography
Femme De La Lune
Lead Vocals (archive footage)
Godard Cinema
Audrey
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Nicotine - A Drug with a Future
Self (archive footage)
Beautiful Like a Poem
Self (archive footage)
Very Ralph
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn, the choice of elegance
Self (archive footage)
Becoming Cary Grant
Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Self
Darcey Bussell: Looking for Audrey
Self / Various (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
Vito
Self (archive)
Bert Stern - Original Madman
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Natasha Rostova (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
(archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: The Magic of Audrey
Self / Various characters (archive footage)
It's So Audrey! A Style Icon
Self (archive footage)
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
Self (archive footage)
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn - Ein Star auf der Suche nach sich selbst
Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (screen tests) (archive footage)
Restoring Roman Holiday
Princess Ann (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Self (archive footage)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self (archive footage)
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
Self / Eliza Doolittle (archive footage)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
Self
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
Narrator / Host
The Fred Astaire Songbook
Self - Host
Always
Hap
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self
Love Among Thieves
Baroness Caroline DuLac
Directed by William Wyler
Self
Wogan
Self
They All Laughed
Angela Niotes
Bloodline
Elizabeth Roffe
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robin and Marian
Lady Marian
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Great Performances
Self - Host
Wait Until Dark
Susy Hendrix
Two for the Road
Joanna Wallace
How to Steal a Million
Nicole Bonnet
My Fair Lady
Eliza Doolittle