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Audrey Hepburn
Actor
Died January 20, 1993 (63 years)
Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Although modest about her acting ability, Hepburn remains one of the world's most famous actresses of all time, remembered as a film and fashion icon of the twentieth century. Redefining glamour with "elfin" features and a waif-like figure that inspired designs by Hubert de Givenchy, she was inducted in the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame, and ranked by the American Film Institute as the third greatest female screen legend in the history of American cinema.
Born in Ixelles, Belgium, Hepburn spent her childhood chiefly in the Netherlands, including German-occupied Arnhem during the Second World War. In Arnhem, she studied ballet before moving to London in 1948 where she continued to train in ballet while working as a photographer's model. Upon deciding to pursue a career in acting, she performed as a chorus girl in various West End musical theatre productions. After appearing in several British films and starring in the 1951 Broadway play Gigi, Hepburn gained instant Hollywood stardom for playing the Academy Award-winning lead female role in Roman Holiday (1953). Later performing in Sabrina (1954), The Nun's Story (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Charade (1963), My Fair Lady (1964) and Wait Until Dark (1967), Hepburn became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age who received nominations for Academy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTAs as well as winning a Tony Award for her theatrical performance in the 1954 Broadway play Ondine. Hepburn remains one of few entertainers who have won Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards.
Devoting much of her later life to UNICEF, Hepburn's war-time struggles inspired her passion for humanitarian work and, although Hepburn had contributed to the organisation since the 1950s, she worked in some of the most profoundly disadvantaged communities of Africa, South America and Asia in the late eighties and early nineties. In 1992, Hepburn was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
At the age of 63, Hepburn died of appendiceal cancer at her home in Switzerland.
Filmography
| 2020 | Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation · as Holly Golightly |
| 2018 | Feminists: What Were They Thinking? · as Karen Wright |
| 2017 | Becoming Cary Grant · as (archive footage) |
| 2016 | I Am Not Your Negro · as Ariane Chavasse |
| 2015 | Trumbo · as Princess Ann |
| 2011 | Vito · as Karen Wright |
| 2010 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff · as Natasha Rostova (archive footage) |
| 2006 | |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Joanna Wallace |
| 1989 | Always · as Hap |
| 1987 | Love Among Thieves · as Baroness Caroline DuLac |
| 1981 | They All Laughed · as Angela Niotes |
| 1979 | Bloodline · as Elizabeth Roffe |
| 1976 | Robin and Marian · as Lady Marian |
| 1967 | Two for the Road · as Joanna Wallace |
| 1967 | Wait Until Dark · as Susy Hendrix |
| 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 / Gaby |
| 1963 | |
| 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's · as Holly Golightly |
| 1961 | The Children's Hour · as Karen Wright |
| 1960 | The Unforgiven · as Rachel Zachary |
| 1959 | The Nun's Story · as Sister Luke |
| 1959 | Green Mansions · as Rima |
| 1957 | Funny Face · as Jo Stockton |
| 1957 | Love in the Afternoon · as Ariane Chavasse / Thin Girl |
| 1956 | War and Peace · as Natasha Rostova |
| 1954 | Sabrina · as Sabrina Fairchild |
| 1953 | Roman Holiday · as Princess Ann |
| 1952 | Secret People · as Nora Brentano |
| 1951 | The Lavender Hill Mob · as Chiquita |
| 1951 | We Will All Go to Monte Carlo · as Melissa Walter |
| 1951 | One Wild Oat · as Hotel Receptionist |
| 1951 | Laughter in Paradise · as Cigarette Girl |
| 1951 | Young Wives' Tale · as Eve Lester |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Unknown |