Audrey Hepburn
Actor
Name at birth: Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston
Actress Audrey Hepburn was known for her gracefully petite figure (and famously long neck) and for her air of playful elegance. Among her best-known films were Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), My Fair Lady (1964), and Roman Holiday (1953). She won the best actress Oscar for the latter and was nominated for Oscars four other times: for Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Nun's Story (1959), Sabrina (1954, starring Humphrey Bogart), and Wait Until Dark (1967, with Alan Arkin). During the last dozen years of her life she worked as a special goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Hepburn is no relation to fellow actress Katharine Hepburn.
Extra credit: In 2000 Hepburn was portrayed by Jennifer Love Hewitt in the TV movie The Audrey Hepburn Story.
Four Good Links
The Audrey Hepburn Library
A fan's giant collection of Hepburn articles through the years
That Face
Fine fan timeline, with photos of all her major roles
AudreyHepburn.com
Official site from the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund
The Audrey Hepburn Guide
Simple and effective guide to Hepburn links online
Vital Stats
Birth
Birthplace
Death
20 January 1993
(colon cancer, age 63)
Best Known As
The star of the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's
