Audrey Hepburn
Acting
Born: May 4, 1929 · Ixelles, Belgium
Died: January 20, 1993 (aged 63)
Highest Rated
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
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
Roman Holiday
1953
Charade
1963
My Fair Lady
1964
Sabrina
1954
Funny Face
1957
Always
1989
How to Steal a Million
1966
Wait Until Dark
1967
The Children's Hour
1961
Love in the Afternoon
1957
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
Photos (12)
Movies (37)
Roman Holiday
Princess Ann
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Holly Golightly
My Fair Lady
Eliza Doolittle
Sabrina
Sabrina Fairchild
Charade
Regina Lampert
War and Peace
Natasha Rostova
Funny Face
Jo Stockton
The Children's Hour
Karen Wright
How to Steal a Million
Nicole Bonnet
Wait Until Dark
Susy Hendrix
The Unforgiven
Rachel Zachary
Always
Hap
Green Mansions
Rima
The Nun's Story
Sister Luke
Love in the Afternoon
Ariane Chavasse / Thin Girl
Paris When It Sizzles
Gabrielle Simpson
Robin and Marian
Lady Marian
The Lavender Hill Mob
Chiquita
Two for the Road
Joanna Wallace
Bloodline
Elizabeth Roffe
Godard Cinema
2023
They All Laughed
Angela Niotes
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Natasha Rostova (archive footage)
Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011
Monte Carlo Baby
Melissa Walter
Young Wives' Tale
Eve Lester
Laughter in Paradise
Cigarette Girl
Secret People
Nora Brentano
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Love Among Thieves
Baroness Caroline DuLac
Dutch in Seven Lessons
Stewardess / Girl with lute
One Wild Oat
Hotel Receptionist
Restoring Roman Holiday
Princess Ann (archive footage)
Mayerling
Countess Marie Vetsera
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
(archive footage)
Femme De La Lune
Lead Vocals (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
Narrator / Host
Self / Appearances (39)
Great Performances
Self - Host · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter / Recipient · 1 eps
Wogan
Self · 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 8 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · 1 eps
Bambi
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 2 eps
Cinépanorama
Self · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 3 eps
Audrey
Self - Actress (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
Very Ralph
Self (archive footage)
Beautiful Like a Poem
Self (archive footage)
Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
Self · 6 eps
Becoming Cary Grant
Self (archive footage)
Directed by William Wyler
Self
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self (archive footage)
Vito
Self (archive)
The Fred Astaire Songbook
Self - Host
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (screen tests) (archive footage)
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
Self / Eliza Doolittle (archive footage)
Nicotine - A Drug with a Future
Self (archive footage)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Self (archive footage)
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
Self (archive footage)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Self
Darcey Bussell: Looking for Audrey
Self / Various (archive footage)
It's So Audrey! A Style Icon
Self (archive footage)
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn, the choice of elegance
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn - Ein Star auf der Suche nach sich selbst
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: The Magic of Audrey
Self / Various characters (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn Test
Self