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Aliases: Одри Кэтлин Растон , Audrey Kathleen Ruston , Одри Хепберн , Одрі Хепберн , 오드리 헵번 , 奥黛丽·赫本 , 奧黛麗·赫本

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Ixelles, Belgium

Homepage: http://www.audreyhepburn.com

Movie Involvements: 42

TV Involvements: 6


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Tony Awards
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5

Tony Awards

(1956) Self - Presenter / Recipient
Intimate Portrait
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5

Intimate Portrait

(1993) Self (archive footage)
Bambi Awards
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9

Bambi Awards

(1948) Self
The Oscars
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7

The Oscars

(1953) Self
War and Peace
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7

War and Peace

(1956) Natasha Rostova
The Unforgiven
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6

The Unforgiven

(1960) Rachel Zachary
Always
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6

Always

(1989) Hap
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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5

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Self (archive footage)
2020 Self - Actress (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2019 Self (archive footage)
2018 Self (archive footage)
2017 Self (archive footage)
2014 Self / Various (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2012 (archive footage)
2011 Self (archive footage)
2010 Natasha Rostova (archive footage)
2008 Self (archive footage)
Self / Various characters (archive footage)
2006 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2005 Self (archive footage)
2004 Self (archive footage)
Self (screen tests) (archive footage)
Princess Ann (archive footage)
1997 Self (archive footage)
1996 Self (archive footage)
1995 Self / Eliza Doolittle (archive footage)
1993 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self
Self
1991 Self - Host
1989 Hap
1988 Self
1987 Baroness Caroline DuLac
1986 Self
1982 Self
1981 Angela Niotes
1979 Elizabeth Roffe
1978 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976 Lady Marian
1973 Self
1971 Self - Host
1967 Susy Hendrix
Joanna Wallace
1966 Nicole Bonnet
1965 (archive footage)
1964 Eliza Doolittle
Gabrielle Simpson / Baby
1963 Regina Lampert
1961 Karen Wright
Holly Golightly
1960 Rachel Zachary
1959 Sister Luke
Rima
1957 Ariane Chavasse / Thin Girl
Jo Stockton
Countess Marie Vetsera
1956 Natasha Rostova
Self - Presenter / Recipient
Self
1955 self
1954 Marie Vetsera
Sabrina Fairchild
1953 Princess Ann
Self
1952 Nora Brentano
1951 Melissa Walter
Eve Lester
Chiquita
Cigarette Girl
Hotel Receptionist
1950 Self
1948 Self
Self (archive footage)
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Stewardess / Girl with lute
Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

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