British actress and humanitarian, an icon of classic Hollywood, who won an Academy Award for her first major role and later served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Background
Born in Brussels, Belgium, to a Dutch baroness and a British father, Audrey Kathleen Ruston trained as a ballet dancer in Amsterdam and London before turning to acting in the late 1940s.
Career
Her starring role in “Roman Holiday” (1953) brought immediate stardom and an Oscar. She defined screen elegance through the 1950s and 60s in films directed by Billy Wilder, Stanley Donen, and Blake Edwards. She largely retired from acting in 1967 to raise her family.
Style
Hepburn’s gamine charm and slender silhouette were inseparable from costume designer Hubert de Givenchy, with whom she collaborated for decades. Her later humanitarian work for UNICEF in Africa, Asia, and Latin America defined the final years of her life.
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