Actress Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929, in Brussels, Belgium. She passed away on January 20, 1993.
At the age of 19, she had a minor role in the Dutch travel film "Dutch in Seven Days." She appeared in several films after that, and in 1951, while filming "We Go to Monte Carlo" in Monaco, she met Sidonie Gabrielle Collette, the author of the Broadway play "Gigi." Collette saw Audrey running through the lobby in a pure white dress and saw a resemblance to Gigi, so he recommended her for the lead role.
In 1953, she made her Hollywood debut in "Roman Holiday." She won the Academy Award for Best Actress and became an instant movie star. In 1954, she played the heroine in "Sabrina" and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. She continued to receive nominations for the award for her roles in "The Nun's Story," "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and "Wait Until Dark." In 1964, she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for "My Fair Lady." In September 1954, she married actor Mel Ferrer. Their first son, Sean, was born in 1959, but they divorced in 1968. In 1969, she remarried psychiatrist Andrea Doretti and had one child, but they divorced in 1981. In 1988, she was appointed "Special Ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund" and in 1989 "UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador." In her later years, she actively participated in refugee relief efforts. After visiting a refugee camp in Somalia in 1992, she was diagnosed with cancer. She underwent surgery to remove the tumor, but died of rectal cancer the following year. Audrey is a fashion icon who enjoys overwhelming support from women. She was close to Hubert de Givenchy both in public and private, and wore costumes designed by him in many of his films, including "Sabrina," "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and "How to Steal a Million." She is also famous as a muse for fashion photographer Richard Avedon.