Audrey Hepburn ~ Actress, Philanthropist

"The 100 Greastest Stars of All Time" Entertainment Weekly 1997


1959 ~ from "Jump Book"
- Philippe Halsman's famous series of celebrity jumps

Audrey, age 10

A young Audrey

1 early school performance

2 an early school performance

3 an early school performance

Audrey at Kew Gardens, 1950



Audrey ~ Publicity stills, 1951

As Sabrina Fairchild in Sabrina, 1954

"She had a quality no other actress had: a curious combination of lady and pixie. She was a joy to work with- enormous talent and no ego."
- Sidney Sheldon

"Is there a woman who would not want to look like Audrey?" - Hubert de Givenchy [Photograph: Anthony Beauchamp]

"I never understood what makes me so special...that was a job, not reality." - Audrey Hepburn
[Photograph by John Engstead]

"She was somebody who comes along whose friendship you cherish." - Blake Edwards [Photograph by Bud Fraker]

"This kid has an inner quality that radiates right through."
- Jerry Wald, Producer, the movie Sabrina

"I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped." - Audrey Hepburn

"She was the first to make something that's not sexy, sexy." - Cynthia Rowley

Photograph by Mark Shaw, LIFE

This girl single-handedly could make bosoms a thing of the past!" - Billy Wilder

"Audrey was always entirely certain of who she was and how she wanted us to see her." - Richard Avedon

Audrey's Childhood Drawings - 1

Drawing 2, 1944

Drawing 3

Drawing 4


Audrey with her Mother, Ella van Heemstra - Taken on Dec. 17, 1953

With Givenchy, one the set of The Funny Face in Paris.

Despite her mother's objections, Audrey married Mel on September 25, 1954.

She met Mel Ferrer at friend Gregory Peck's party. Despite the eleven-year difference in their ages, the attraction was immediate.

"It can't be easy married to a world celebrity, but I really did put my career second and still it didn't help at the end." - Audrey [The couple separated in 1967.]

With Fred Astaire on the set of Funny Face, Paris, 1956


Audrey, in 1976, returned to films after an eight-year absence.

Audrey at 50

Blackglama Fur Legend Ad

In 1988, Audrey was appointed as a special Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.

Audrey in Vietnam, 1990

"A child is a child in any country, whatever the politics."

"I've been auditioning my whole life for this role, and I finally got it." Audrey Hepburn, on her role as a special ambassador for UNICEF.

"Fame creates a certain curiosity. I'm using that curiosity for the children." - Audrey Hepburn

In response to the label "Saint Audrey" which some journalists referred her to, "After all," Audrey said, "I am doing only what any other human being would do."

On 20 January, 1993, Audrey, who was diagnosed with colon cancer after her trip to Somalia, died at the age of 63. - Photograph by Steven Meisel

"I don't think that many people knew that when Audrey had to appear in public and give a speech, she was very nervous, terribly nervous! But she always pulled it off beautifully." - Nancy Reagan