Audrey Hepburn

1929-1993

Biography: life and films

Audrey Hepburn was an English actress and singer whose birth name was Audrey Kathleen Ruston. She was born in Ixelles, Belgium on 4th May 1929 and died in Tolochenaz, Switzerland on 20th January 1993, aged 63.

Her best films as an actor include William Wyler's Roman Holiday (1953), Fred Zinnemann's The Nun's Story (1959), Blake Edwards's Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Stanley Donen's comedy-thriller Charade (1963) and Terence Young's crime-thriller Wait Until Dark (1967).

Audrey Hepburn appeared in 27 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: William Wyler (3 films), Stanley Donen (3), Terence Young (2), Jean Boyer (2) and Billy Wilder (2).

Her most frequent genres include: comedy (12 films), romance (10), drama (10), comedy-romance (10), comedy-drama (4) and Thriller (2).

Our average rating for Audrey Hepburn over all films is: 3.6

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Laughter in Paradise (1951) [a]

Monte Carlo Baby (1951) [a]

Nous irons à Monte Carlo (1951) [a]

One Wild Oat (1951) [a]

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) [a]

Young Wives' Tale (1951) [a]

The Secret People (1952) [a]

Roman Holiday (1953) [a]

Sabrina (1954) [a]

War and Peace (1956) [a]

Funny Face (1957) [a]

Love in the Afternoon (1957) [a]

Green Mansions (1959) [a]

The Nun's Story (1959) [a]

The Unforgiven (1960) [a]

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) [a]

The Children's Hour (1961) [a]

Charade (1963) [a]

My Fair Lady (1964) [a]

Paris When It Sizzles (1964) [a]

How to Steal a Million (1966) [a]

Two for the Road (1967) [a]

Wait Until Dark (1967) [a]

Robin and Marian (1976) [a]

Bloodline (1979) [a]

They All Laughed (1981) [a]

Always (1989) [a]

Trumbo (2015) [a]



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