As an actress, Audrey Hepburn was one of the most graceful people in the movie business at the time. During World War II, she was there and saw a lot of things. She also had a lot of problems. This talented actress had a love for dancing, so she did everything she could to learn how to dance in the ballet. A ballerina is her first big role. She choreographed her own moves that were very well-received, and it was a big deal for her. When she was young, she lived with her mother and worked as a model to make money. This actress did a lot of work in the theater, which led to her being noticed as an actress, which then led her into the film industry. Her first movie was a huge hit, and she even won the Academy Award for Best Actress for that movie. Hepburn didn’t know that she could act on her own, but she did a lot of work and practiced hard to get ready for the roles she played. When she did this hard practice, she became famous and was one of the best-known actresses in the movie business. This actress has been through a lot of changes in her life, like getting divorced and having a miscarriage, but she overcame all of them very bravely and got over her sadness. She had a philanthropic side and did a lot of good things, even after she died. Many organizations even gave her awards after she died.
To Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston and Ella van Heemstra on May 4, 1929, she was born. She was born in Belgium.
As a little girl, her parents broke up. She lived with her mother in London after that, and she went to school in London with her. During World War II, she moved to the Netherlands with her mother. She went to a school called “Arnhem Conservatory” there.
At the same time, she was learning ballet. After the war, she went to Amsterdam and then London to learn ballet. At the same time, she took acting lessons. She did a lot of modeling and dancing projects, too.
Career
In 1948, she was a chorus girl in a musical called “High Button Shoes.” This was her first time on stage. This led to a lot of other stage performances.
In 1949, she was again part of the chorus for Sauce Tartare, and the next year, she worked on Sauce Piquante. Then there were movies like “Laughter in Paradise,” “One Wild Oat,” “The Lavender Hill Mob,” and “Young Wives’ Tale.” She also had small parts in these movies.
During the years from 1951 to 1953, she played the lead in the play “Gigi,” which was a big hit and showed Audrey Hepburn’s acting skills.
In 1952, she played a ballet dancer in a movie called “The Secret People.” This was her first big role. A movie called “Nous Irons at Monte Carlo” came out the same year. She also worked on that movie the same year (We Will Go To Monte Carlo).
During the movie “Roman Holiday” with actor Gregory Peck in 1953, she got her big break. She played Princess Anne in the movie with Peck. Following this, she made a movie called “Sabrina,” which was also a hit as a “Roman Holiday.”
He asked her to perform with him on Broadway in the show “Ondine,” and she agreed. Later, this friend became her husband, and in 1956, they worked together on the movie “War and Peace,” based on the book by Leo Tolstoy.
During the years 1957 to 1960, she worked in a few movies, like “Love in the Afternoon,” “Funny Face,” “Mayerling,” “Green Mansions,” “The Nun’s Story,” and “The Unforgiven.”
Hepburn’s career took off, and she worked with a lot of people in the movie business, which helped her have a successful career.
In 1960, she started working on the movie version of Truman Capote’s book “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” which came out the next year. It was then that she worked on a movie called “The Children’s Hour.”
This actress took a break from her job to spend time with her son, Sean, and her family. Many movies were made in the years from 1963 to 1967 when she was still working. These movies were “Charade,” “Paris When It Sizzles,” “My Fair Lady,” “How to Steal a Million,” “Two for the Road,” and “Wait Until Dark.”
She took a second break from acting for about nine years. She came back in 1976 with the movie “Robin and Marian,” which was based on the Robin Hood story. Then there were more films, such as “Bloodline,” “They All Laughed,” and “Always,” before she had to stop working due to illness.
Major Works
“Roma Holiday,” her first movie in which she played the main role, was a big hit with both critics and the public. So, she even got the Academy Award for Best Actress for this. She also got many other awards for this.
When she played Holly Golightly in the movie “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” she got a lot of attention as an actor. The movie has set a standard for American movies.
Awards & Achievements:
This actress was named one of the “Promising People” of 1951-52 at the “Theatre World Awards.” She was also given the Billboard Annual Donaldson Award for Outstanding Performance in Theater in 1952.
She won the Best Actress award for “Roman Holiday,” which was released the year before she died at the age of 89. BAFTA: “Best British Actress in a Leading Role” and “Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama”: Both awards were given to her for the same movie.
This happened in 1954 when she was given the “Tony Award” by the “American Theatre Wing and the League of American Theatres and Producers.” She was nominated for “Best Dramatic Actress for Ondine.”
In 1958, she won the “Golden Laurel Award” for Best Female Comedy Performance for “Love in the Afternoon.”
Her “Hollywood Walk of Fame Star” was given to her in 1960. It was for a movie. Her movie, “The Nun’s Story,” won the “NYFCC Best Actress Award” the same year. She also won that year.
For the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s, she won the “David di Donatello Best Foreign Actress Award” in 1962.
He also gave her the “NYFCC Best Actress Award” and the “David di Donatello Best Actress from a Non-American Country” in 1965 for her role in “My Fair Lady.”
At the BAFTA Awards in 1992, she was given the “BAFTA Lifetime Achievements Award.” After all that, she also won a lot of awards for her good work.
Personal Life & Legacy
In September 1954, she married a friend of the show, Mel Ferrer. They had a son named Sean. However, the couple split up after 14 years together.
Audrey Hepburn Laan is a street in Doorn, Netherlands, that was named after her in 1959, and now it’s called that (Audrey Hepburn Lane).
Her second husband was an Italian psychiatrist whom she met on a cruise. She married him in January 1969. This is the name of the couple’s son. After 13 years of marriage, the couple broke up, and now they live apart.
She then found a friend and confidante in the actor Robert Wolders, with whom she had many things in common. Even though they didn’t get married, they were together until Audrey Hepburn died, even though they didn’t get married.
In 1992, she was given the “Presidential Medal of Freedom” because of her humanitarian work.
After having appendicitis for a long time, this beautiful actress died on January 20, 1993.
In the New York office of UNICEF, there is a statue of Audrey called “The Spirit of Audrey.” It was put there in 2002.
Trivia
A poem by Rabindranath Tagore called “Unending Love” is one of her favorites.