Audrey Hepburn
(1929-1993), ActressSitter in 53 portraits
The Belgian-born actress trained in ballet in Amsterdam and made her London stage debut in 1948 in the chorus for High Button Shoes. On Colette's recommendation she made her first appearance on Broadway in Gigi in 1951. She played small parts in English films before Hollywood stardom made her chic, gamine style a byword for fashion in the 1950s. Her grace, charm and pencil-slim looks made her famous in films such as Roman Holiday (1953, for which she won an Academy Award), Funny Face (1957), The Nun's Story (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and My Fair Lady (1964).
More on Hepburn: Interview with Luca Dotti and memories of his mother |https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/2015/audrey-hepburn-portraits-of-an-icon#audio| Timeline
by Angus McBean
vintage bromide print, October 1950
NPG P1295
Audrey Hepburn in costume for 'The Secret People'
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 21 November 1950
NPG x87244
by Angus McBean
modern bromide print, November 1950
NPG x132853
by Bert Hardy
gelatin silver print, 30 April 1950
NPG x201268
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1951
NPG x85783
by George Douglas
bromide fibre print, March 1952
NPG x199655
by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print, March 1954
NPG x40181
by Norman Parkinson
bromide fibre print, 23 June 1955
NPG x30114
by Jack Cardiff
giclée print on cotton rag paper, 1956
NPG x199644
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1960
NPG x14103
Audrey Hepburn; Melchior Gaston ('Mel') Ferrer
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, January 1960
NPG x40182
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