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 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
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