Audrey Hepburn
Acting
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.
TV Shows(13)
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage)
1993
Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
Self
1993
Wogan
Self
1982
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Great Performances
Self - Host
1971
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter / Recipient
1956
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Was bin ich?
Self
1955
Producers' Showcase
Marie Vetsera
1954
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Bambi
Self
1948
Movies(64)
Femme De La Lune
Lead Vocals
2025
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
Self (Archival Footage)
2024
Godard Cinema
2023
Audrey
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2020
Nicotine - A Drug with a Future
Self (archive footage)
2020
Beautiful Like a Poem
Self (archive footage)
2020
Very Ralph
Self (archive footage)
2019
Audrey Hepburn, the choice of elegance
Self (archive footage)
2018
Becoming Cary Grant
Self (archive footage)
2017
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Self
2015
Darcey Bussell: Looking for Audrey
Self / Various (archive footage)
2014
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
2012
Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Natasha Rostova (archive footage)
2010
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
(archive footage)
2009
Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
2008
Audrey Hepburn: The Magic of Audrey
Self / Various characters (archive footage)
2008
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
Self (archive footage)
2006
It's So Audrey! A Style Icon
Self (archive footage)
2006
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
2005
Audrey Hepburn - Ein Star auf der Suche nach sich selbst
Self (archive footage)
2004
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (screen tests) (archive footage)
2002
Restoring Roman Holiday
Princess Ann (archive footage)
2002
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Self (archive footage)
1997
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
Self / Eliza Doolittle (archive footage)
1995
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Self (archive footage)
1995
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1993
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
Narrator / Host
1993
The Fred Astaire Songbook
Self - Host
1991
Always
Hap
1989
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self (archive footage)
1988
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self
1988
Love Among Thieves
Baroness Caroline DuLac
1987
Directed by William Wyler
Self
1986
They All Laughed
Angela Niotes
1981
Bloodline
Elizabeth Roffe
1979
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1978
Robin and Marian
Lady Marian
1976
Wait Until Dark
Susy Hendrix
1967
Two for the Road
Joanna Wallace
1967
How to Steal a Million
Nicole Bonnet
1966
My Fair Lady
Eliza Doolittle
1964
Paris When It Sizzles
Gabrielle Simpson
1964
Charade
Regina Lampert
1963
The Children's Hour
Karen Wright
1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Holly Golightly
1961
The Unforgiven
Rachel Zachary
1960
The Nun's Story
Sister Luke
1959
Green Mansions
Rima
1959
Love in the Afternoon
Ariane Chavasse / Thin Girl
1957
Funny Face
Jo Stockton
1957
Mayerling
Countess Marie Vetsera
1957
War and Peace
Natasha Rostova
1956
Sabrina
Sabrina Fairchild
1954
Roman Holiday
Princess Ann
1953
Secret People
Nora Brentano
1952
Audrey Hepburn Test
Self
1952
Monte Carlo Baby
Melissa Walter
1951
Young Wives' Tale
Eve Lester
1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
Chiquita
1951
Laughter in Paradise
Cigarette Girl
1951
One Wild Oat
Hotel Receptionist
1951
Dutch in Seven Lessons
Stewardess / Girl with lute
1948