Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 â€" 20 January
1993) was a British[a] actress and humanitarian. Recognised as a film
and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the
third-greatest female screen legend in Golden Age Hollywood, and was
inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame.Born in
Ixelles, Brussels, 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 starting
in 1948. She began performing as a chorus girl in West End musical
theatre productions and then had minor appearances in several films.
Hepburn starred in the 1951 Broadway play Gigi after being spotted by
French novelist Colette, on whose work the play was based.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 same
year Hepburn 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 in which
she sang her own song 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), which won the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Picture. In
1967 she starred in the thriller Wait Until Dark receiving Academy
Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations.
1993) was a British[a] actress and humanitarian. Recognised as a film
and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the
third-greatest female screen legend in Golden Age Hollywood, and was
inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame.Born in
Ixelles, Brussels, 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 starting
in 1948. She began performing as a chorus girl in West End musical
theatre productions and then had minor appearances in several films.
Hepburn starred in the 1951 Broadway play Gigi after being spotted by
French novelist Colette, on whose work the play was based.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 same
year Hepburn 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 in which
she sang her own song 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), which won the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Picture. In
1967 she starred in the thriller Wait Until Dark receiving Academy
Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations.
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