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A Short Biography of Audrey Hepburn

Author Name:

Audrey Hepburn

Born As:

Audrey Kathleen Ruston.

Other Names:

Edda van Heemstra Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston.

Born:

04 May 1929

Died:

20 Jan 1993




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Actress, fashion model and humanitarian                          
Selected Works:

Film:


	Dutch in Seven Lessons - 1948 - Dutch: Nederlands in 7 lessen
1951	Monte Carlo Baby - 1951
1951	Laughter in Paradise - 1951
1951	One Wild Oat - 1951
1951	The Lavender Hill Mob - 1951
1951	Young Wives' Tale - 1951
1952	The Secret People - 1952
1952	Nous irons à Monte Carlo - 1952 - English: We Will Go to Monte Carlo - French remake of Monte Carlo Baby

Roman Holiday - 1953 - 
Academy Award for Best Actress
BAFTA Award - Best Actress - Leading Role
Golden Globe Award - Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

Sabrina - 1954 - Nominated–Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated–New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

War and Peace - 1956
Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

Love in the Afternoon - 1957	
Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated–New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
1957	Funny Face - 1957  - Audrey's first musical film
Green Mansions - 1959

The Nun's Story - 1959
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Nominated–Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
The Unforgiven - 1960 - Audrey's only western film

1961	Breakfast at Tiffany's - 1961
Nominated–Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

The Children's Hour - 1961
	
Charade	 - 1963
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

Paris When It Sizzles - 1964
	
My Fair Lady - 1964
Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated–New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

How to Steal a Million - 1966
	
Two for the Road - 1967
Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Wait Until Dark - 1967
Nominated–Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated–New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

Robin and Marian - 1976	
Bloodline - 1979 - Audrey's only R-rated film
They All Laughed - 1981	
Always - 1989 - Cameo appearance

Soundtracks:


Sabrina: "La Vie en rose", "Yes! We Have No Bananas" - 1954
Funny Face: "How Long Has This Been Going On?", "Bonjour, Paris!", "On How to Be Lovely", "'S Wonderful" - 1957
Breakfast at Tiffany's: "Moon River" - 1961

Television:

Sunday Night Theatre - 1951 - Celia - Episode entitled "The Silent Village"
CBS Television Workshop	Herself - 1952 - Episode entitled "Rainy Day at Paradise Junction"
Mayerling - 1952 - Maria Vetsera

Television movie:

Released theatrically in Europe
Love Among Thieves - 1987 - Baroness Caroline DuLac - Television movie

Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn - 1993
Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement – Information Program

Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words - 1993 - Documentary

Theatre:

High Button Shoes - 1952 - Chorus girl - London Hippodrome	
Musical theatre - Opened in the West End (22 December 1948, and
ran for 291 performances

Sauce Tartare - 1949 - Chorus girl - Cambridge Theatre - Musical opened in the West End
Sauce Piquante - 1950 - Featured player - Cambridge Theatre - Musical opened in the West End

Gigi - 1951 - Fulton Theatre	Opened on Broadway - 24 November 1951 – 31 May 1952 - Theatre World Award

Ondine - 1954  - 46th Street Theatre - Opened on Broadway  - 18 February 1954 – 26 June 1954 - Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play.                          
Mother Ella van Heemstra
Father Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston
First husband Mel Ferrer - 1954–1968, one child, Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Second husband Andrea Dotti - 1969–1982, one child, Luca Dotti
Partner Robert Wolders - 1980–1993
                          
                          
Audrey Hepburn adopted the pseudonym Edda van Heemstra, after the Germans invaded the Netherlands in 1940. An "English sounding" name was considered dangerous during the German occupation.
Audrey's father Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, was a Fascist and Nazi sympathiser, and abandoned the family in1935.

Audrey secretly gave "shows" of ballet to raise money for the "Dutch Resistence".

Audrey's half-brother, Ian van Ufford, spent time in a German labour camp.

Audrey's war-time experiences sparked her devotion to UNICEF, an international humanitarian organisation, in her later career.