Audrey Hepburn
Acting • Born 1929-05-04 – Died 1993-01-20
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.
Filmography
74 credits
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Movie • 1961
Holly Golightly
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Movie • 1988
Self
Bloodline
Movie • 1979
Elizabeth Roffe
Roman Holiday
Movie • 1953
Princess Ann
Robin and Marian
Movie • 1976
Lady Marian
How to Steal a Million
Movie • 1966
Nicole Bonnet
The Children's Hour
Movie • 1961
Karen Wright
Charade
Movie • 1963
Regina Lampert
Wait Until Dark
Movie • 1967
Susy Hendrix
Always
Movie • 1989
Hap
My Fair Lady
Movie • 1964
Eliza Doolittle
Paris When It Sizzles
Movie • 1964
Gabrielle Simpson
Two for the Road
Movie • 1967
Joanna Wallace
Sabrina
Movie • 1954
Sabrina Fairchild
War and Peace
Movie • 1956
Natasha Rostova
The Unforgiven
Movie • 1960
Rachel Zachary
They All Laughed
Movie • 1981
Angela Niotes
The Nun's Story
Movie • 1959
Sister Luke
The Lavender Hill Mob
Movie • 1951
Chiquita
Funny Face
Movie • 1957
Jo Stockton
Becoming Cary Grant
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Green Mansions
Movie • 1959
Rima
Monte Carlo Baby
Movie • 1951
Melissa Walter
Love Among Thieves
Movie • 1987
Baroness Caroline DuLac
One Wild Oat
Movie • 1951
Hotel Receptionist
Love in the Afternoon
Movie • 1957
Ariane Chavasse / Thin Girl
Audrey Hepburn: The Magic of Audrey
Movie • 2008
Self / Various characters (archive footage)
Laughter in Paradise
Movie • 1951
Cigarette Girl
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Secret People
Movie • 1952
Nora Brentano
Audrey Hepburn - Ein Star auf der Suche nach sich selbst
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Nicotine - A Drug with a Future
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Mayerling
Movie • 1957
Countess Marie Vetsera
Dutch in Seven Lessons
Movie • 1948
Stewardess / Girl with lute
Young Wives' Tale
Movie • 1951
Eve Lester
Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
It's So Audrey! A Style Icon
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Movie • 2002
Self (screen tests) (archive footage)
Darcey Bussell: Looking for Audrey
Movie • 2014
Self / Various (archive footage)
Restoring Roman Holiday
Movie • 2002
Princess Ann (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Movie • 1995
Self (archive footage)
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
Movie • 1978
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Audrey Hepburn, the choice of elegance
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Directed by William Wyler
Movie • 1986
Self
Very Ralph
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
Movie • 1993
Narrator / Host
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
Movie • 1995
Self / Eliza Doolittle (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Movie • 1993
Self (archive footage)
Audrey
Movie • 2020
Self - Actress (archive footage)
The Fred Astaire Songbook
Movie • 1991
Self - Host
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Movie • 2010
Natasha Rostova (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
Movie • 2009
(archive footage)
Femme De La Lune
Movie • 2025
Lead Vocals
Beautiful Like a Poem
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Movie • 2015
Self
Audrey Hepburn Test
Movie • 1952
Self
Godard Cinema
Movie • 2023
Hollywood sul Tevere
Movie • 2009
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self (archive footage)
Producers' Showcase
TV • 1954
Marie Vetsera
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self
Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
TV • 1993
Self
Was bin ich?
TV • 1955
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self - Host
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self