Audrey Hepburn

Fashion model and actress Audrey Hepburn started her acting career on Broadway before shifting into films. Among her more memorable roles are Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and Princess Ann in Roman Holiday.

Hepburn was named "the ultimate screen beauty" in a Hollywood actresses through the ages poll in February 2009. Angelina Jolie came in second and Grace Kelly was third.Telegraph: Audrey Hepburn beats Angelina Jolie (February 10, 2009)

A skilled ballerina, Hepburn first moved to England to study dance in 1948. She had trouble finding work as a dancer and so turned to acting, starting in musical theater and eventually transitioning to films.

Her breakthrough performance came in the 1952 film Secret People, in which she had an opportunity to do some dancing. This was followed by the smash hit Roman Holiday, in which Hepburn starred opposite Gregory Peck. The film turned her into an international star and got her a seven-picture contract with Paramount Pictures.

Hepburn followed up Holiday with the title role in Billy Wilder's romantic comedy Sabrina. More popular films followed, including a big-screen adaptation of War and Peace, Love in the Afternoon, My Fair Lady, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Charade, alongside Cary Grant, and Two for the Road.

Hepburn's final role was a brief cameo in the Steven Spielberg film Always. She died on January 20, 1993, suffering from intestinal cancer.

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• Born: May 19, 1929

• 1953: Roman Holiday

• 1956: War and Peace

• 1957: Funny Face

• 1954: Sabrina

• 1957: Love in the Afternoon

• 1959: The Nun's Story

• 1961: Breakfast at Tiffany's

• 1963: Charade

• 1964: My Fair Lady

• 1967: Two for the Road

• 1967: Wait Until Dark

• 1976: Robin and Marian

• 1979: Bloodline

• 1981: They All Laughed

• 1987: Love Among Thieves

• 1989: Always

• 1990: Cecil B DeMille Award

• 1992: Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

• 1992: Presidential Medal of Freedom for work with UNICEF

• January 20, 1993: Died of Cancer

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