Audrey Hepburn
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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- 2021 · Cher: In Her Own Words as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Audrey as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2020 · Nicotine - A Drug with a Future as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Very Ralph as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Audrey Hepburn, the choice of elegance as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Becoming Cary Grant as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Darcey Bussell: Looking for Audrey as Self / Various (archive footage)
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Dove Chocolate: Audrey Hepburn as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Bert Stern: Original Madman as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Natasha Rostova (archive footage)
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's as Self (archive)
- 2008 · Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Audrey Hepburn: The Magic of Audrey as Self / Various characters (archive footage)
- 2006 · Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · It's So Audrey! A Style Icon as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · VM Show Vol. 2 as Holly Golightly (archive footage)
- 2005 · Legenden: Audrey Hepburn as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Audrey Hepburn - Ein Star auf der Suche nach sich selbst as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Edith Head: The Paramount Years as Self (screen tests) (archive footage)
- 2002 · Restoring Roman Holiday as Princess Ann (archive footage)
- 1997 · Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 · More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady' as Self / Eliza Doolittle (archive footage)
- 1995 · Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 · Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 · Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn as Self
- 1993 · Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words as Narrator / Host
- 1991 · The Fred Astaire Songbook as Self - Host
- 1989 · Always as Hap
- 1988 · Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 · Gregory Peck: His Own Man as Self
- 1987 · Love Among Thieves as Baroness Caroline DuLac
- 1986 · Directed by William Wyler as Self
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1981 · They All Laughed as Angela Niotes
- 1979 · Bloodline as Elizabeth Roffe
- 1978 · Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1976 · Robin and Marian as Lady Marian
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self - Host
- 1967 · Wait Until Dark as Susy Hendrix
- 1967 · Two for the Road as Joanna Wallace
- 1966 · How to Steal a Million as Nicole Bonnet
- 1965 · The Love Goddesses as (archive footage)
- 1964 · My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolittle
- 1964 · Paris When It Sizzles as Gabrielle Simpson / Baby
- 1963 · Charade as Regina Lampert
- 1961 · The Children's Hour as Karen Wright
- 1961 · Breakfast at Tiffany's as Holly Golightly
- 1960 · The Unforgiven as Rachel Zachary
- 1959 · The Nun's Story as Sister Luke
- 1959 · Green Mansions as Rima
- 1957 · Love in the Afternoon as Ariane Chavasse / Thin Girl
- 1957 · Funny Face as Jo Stockton
- 1957 · Mayerling as Countess Marie Vetsera
- 1956 · War and Peace as Natasha Rostova
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter / Recipient
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1955 · Was bin ich? as self
- 1954 · Producers' Showcase as Marie Vetsera
- 1954 · Sabrina as Sabrina Fairchild
- 1953 · Roman Holiday as Princess Ann
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Secret People as Nora Brentano
- 1951 · Monte Carlo Baby as Melissa Walter
- 1951 · Young Wives' Tale as Eve Lester
- 1951 · The Lavender Hill Mob as Chiquita
- 1951 · Laughter in Paradise as Cigarette Girl
- 1951 · One Wild Oat as Hotel Receptionist
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1948 · Dutch in Seven Lessons as Stewardess / Girl with lute
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self