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).
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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
by Unknown photographer
bromide fibre print, 1963
NPG x40512
Audrey Hepburn with her dog Assam of Assam
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, September 1963
NPG x40176
Melchior Gaston ('Mel') Ferrer; Audrey Hepburn
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, March 1964
NPG x40184
Melchior Gaston ('Mel') Ferrer; Audrey Hepburn
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, March 1964
NPG x40185
Melchior Gaston ('Mel') Ferrer; Audrey Hepburn
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, March 1964
NPG x40186
Sean Hepburn Ferrer; Melchior Gaston ('Mel') Ferrer; Audrey Hepburn
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, March 1964
NPG x40187
by Angela Williams (Angela Coombes)
archival inkjet print, December 1964
NPG x198306
Melchior Gaston ('Mel') Ferrer; Audrey Hepburn
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, March 1964
NPG x40183
by Terry O'Neill
bromide fibre print, 1966
NPG x126132
Audrey Hepburn; Melchior Gaston ('Mel') Ferrer
by Sir (Henry) Ashley Clarke
vintage colour snapshot print, May 1955
NPG x136233
Group outside the 'the British Ambassador's residence in Rome, the Villa Wolkonsky'
by Unknown photographer
colour snapshot print, May 1955
NPG x136235
by Sir (Henry) Ashley Clarke
colour snapshot print, May 1955
NPG x136236
Dorothy Hyson; Anthony Quayle; Audrey Hepburn; Melchior Gaston ('Mel') Ferrer
by Virginia Surtees
vintage snapshot print, May 1955
NPG x136238
Dorothy Hyson; Anthony Quayle; Audrey Hepburn; Melchior Gaston ('Mel') Ferrer
by Virginia Surtees
vintage snapshot print, May 1955
NPG x136240
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