That same year, Hepburn and her husband separated and later divorced. She married Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti in , and the couple had a son, Luca, in In the s and s, Hepburn worked sporadically. She starred opposite Sean Connery in Robin and Marian , a look at the central figures of the Robin Hood saga in their later years.
In , Hepburn co-starred with Ben Gazzara in the crime thriller Bloodline. Her last screen role was in Always directed by Steven Spielberg. Traveling the world, Hepburn tried to raise awareness about children in need. She understood too well what it was like to go hungry from her days in the Netherlands during the German Occupation. She won a special Academy Award for her humanitarian work in , but she did not live long enough to receive it. Hepburn died on January 20, , at her home in Tolochenaz, Switzerland after a battle with colon cancer.
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Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives. Katharine Hepburn holds the title for most decorated actor or actress, winning a total of four Oscars and 12 nominations. Helen Hayes was an American actress best known for being one of two women to have received all four entertainment awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony.
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Barbra Streisand, the highest-selling female recording artist of all time, has also won awards and acclaim for her work in film, television and theater. After World War II, Hepburn moved to London, where she continued her ballet studies and started taking acting lessons.
Her breakthrough came when she was cast as the main character in the Broadway show Gigi , which earned her praise and recognition. Afterward, Hepburn gained more popularity when she starred in the movie Roman Holiday alongside Gregory Peck. The film immortalized Hepburn in pop culture history and she became one of the most recognized actresses of the 20th century. There, Hepburn worked with the local government to promote things such as clean water and immunization.
She never singled out any of her films as a favorite, but often spoke fondly of Breakfast at Tiffany's , Roman Holiday , Funny Face , The Nun's Story , and Charade in interviews.
She reportedly did not enjoy working on The Unforgiven due to injuries sustained while shooting, and Wait Until Dark from the stress of her failing marriage. She was said to have also disappointed with the results of Paris When It Sizzles and Bloodline Nonetheless, she had a great reputation for her professionalism and almost always got along well with her co-stars and directors. Is one of 25 actresses to have won an Academy Award for their performance in a comedy; hers being for Roman Holiday She accepted her final role as "Hap" in Always simply for the opportunity to work with Director Steven Spielberg.
Hepburn was moved by Spielberg's film E. Hepburn was to play the daughter of an English judge who enlists the aid of a thief Laurence Harvey to exonerate her father, a High Court Judge who has been arrested for the murder of a prostitute. Hepburn dropped out of the project when she became pregnant, and that, along with subsequent changes in British law regarding prostitution, caused Hitchcock to lose interest in the project, and it was never made.
A few years later Hepburn starred with Cary Grant in Charade , which is sometimes referred to as "the best Hitchcock film that Hitchcock never made.
Increased her smoking habit to 60 cigarettes a day while filming The Unforgiven Played by Caroline J. Smith in Hollywood Mouth 3 My Fair Lady was the only winner. The movie "Al di la dal fiume e tra gli alberi", English title "Across the River and into the Trees," directed by Valerio Zurlini, starring Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn, was scheduled to being filming April , but no evidence it was ever finished or released.
Like fellow five time nominees, Anne Bancroft and Jennifer Jones , won the Best Actress Oscar on her first nomination, but did not win again on subsequent acting nominations. Since Hepburn's passing, her grave site in Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland is one of the biggest tourist attractions throughout Europe as people from all over the world visit it, garnering hundreds of thousands of people year round.
Hepburn wrote to Kubrick a letter expressing flattery on being offered the role, but kindly wrote that she wasn't interested in working on a film at the moment. Indeed, she wouldn't work on a film until Robin and Marian She has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Roman Holiday , Sabrina , Breakfast at Tiffany's and My Fair Lady Was Cecil B.
DeMille 's original choice for the role of Nefretiri in his biblical epic The Ten Commandments , but her figure was considered too slender for the diaphanous Egyptian gowns and the part went to Anne Baxter.
Started smoking in ; the habit became lifelong. She was a three-pack-a-day smoker at one point. After filming Roman Holiday , Gregory Peck informed the producers that, as Audrey Hepburn was certainly going to win an Oscar for this, her first significant role , they had better put her name above the title. They did and she did. She replaced Marilyn Monroe in Breakfast at Tiffany's It is believed that smoking cigarettes heavily from the age of 15 made her more likely to develop appendiceal cancer.
There were plans to marry Robert Wolders who had previously been married to Merle Oberon. Her second husband, Andrea Dotti , died in Rome on 30 September after complications from a colonoscopy. Was chosen from 10, applicants for the role of the Princess Ann in Roman Holiday She taught herself to dance and gave a performance at Arnheim Theatre.
When young she taught herself to dance and gave performances at Arnheim. I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing "Funny Face" when I couldn't sing and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm.
As you get older, remember you have another hand: the first is to help yourself, the second is to help others. I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it. My own life has been much more than a fairy tale. I've had my share of difficult moments, but whatever difficulties I've gone through, I've always gotten a prize at the end.
For me, the only things of interest are those linked to the heart. I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing. I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it.
At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience. My look is attainable. Women can look like Audrey Hepburn by flipping out their hair, buying the large sunglasses, and the little sleeveless dresses.
Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same. I know I have more sex appeal on the tip of my nose than many women in their entire bodies. It doesn't stand out a mile, but it's there. And you can't do that on the cover of a fan magazine. It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second.
This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it. Mud in my eye! I think sex is overrated. I don't have sex appeal and I know it. As a matter of fact, I think I'm rather funny looking.
The actress was too sick to attend the ceremony. Hepburn died on Jan. Her gravesite in Tolochenaz is a major tourist attraction, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was awarded to her posthumously in You may also like: 50 of the longest celebrity marriages. Written by: Ellen Wulfhorst. Republish this story. Audrey Hepburn: The life story you may not know. PA Images via Getty Images. Arthur Rank Organisation.
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