Audrey Hepburn

Acting

Audrey Hepburn

Overview

Known for
Acting
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Birthday
May 04, 1929 (96 years old)
Death date
Jan 20, 1993

Audrey Hepburn

Known For

Cher: In Her Own Words
1h 0m
Movie 2021

Cher: In Her Own Words

Cher, the star who refused to be boxed in, stood...

Audrey
1h 41m
Movie 2020

Audrey

An unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and...

Nicotine - A Drug with a Future
1h 30m
Movie 2020

Nicotine - A Drug with a Future

The number of smokers in Europe is declining, yet the...

Very Ralph
1h 48m
Movie 2019

Very Ralph

The first documentary portrait of fashion icon Ralph Lauren, reveals...

Audrey Hepburn, the choice of elegance
0h 54m
Movie 2018

Audrey Hepburn, the choice of elegance

Born in 1929 in Brussels, Audrey Hepburn was abandoned by...

Becoming Cary Grant
1h 25m
Movie 2017

Becoming Cary Grant

For the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells...

Darcey Bussell: Looking for Audrey
0h 57m
Movie 2014

Darcey Bussell: Looking for Audrey

Behind Audrey Hepburn's dazzling image, Darcey Bussell unravels an epic...

Dove Chocolate: Audrey Hepburn
Movie 2013

Dove Chocolate: Audrey Hepburn

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2h 22m
Movie 2009

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's

Documentary looking at the history of Hollywood musicals in the...

Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years
0h 30m
Movie 2008

Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years

This piece follows Audrey Hepburn's life from her childhood through...

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.