Audrey Hepburn

18
May
2012

Audrey Hepburn (4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Although modest about her acting ability, Hepburn remains one of the world's most famous actresses of all time, remembered as a film and fashion icon of the twentieth century. Redefining glamour with "elfin" features and a gamine waif-like figure that inspired designs by Hubert de Givenchy, she was inducted in the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame, and ranked, by the American Film Institute, as the third greatest female screen legend in the history of American cinema.
Born in Ixelles, a district of Brussels, Hepburn spent her childhood between Belgium, England and the Netherlands, including German-occupied Arnhem during the Second World War. From 1939 on she studied ballet in Arnhem and after the war with Sonia Gaskell in Amsterdam. In 1948 she moved to London where she continued in ballet and performed as a chorus girl in various West End musical theatre productions. After appearing in several British films and starring in the 1951 Broadway play Gigi, Hepburn gained instant Hollywood stardom for playing the Academy Award-winning lead role in Roman Holiday (1953). Later performing in Sabrina (1954), The Nun's Story (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Charade (1963), My Fair Lady (1964) and Wait Until Dark (1967), Hepburn became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age, and remains one of few entertainers who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards.
She appeared in fewer films as her life went on, and devoted much of her later life to UNICEF, working in some of the most profoundly disadvantaged communities of Africa, South America and Asia in the late eighties and early nineties. In 1992, Hepburn was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. She died of appendiceal cancer at her home in Switzerland, aged 63, in 1993.

The winners are...

Jeff Stahl

gold

France

David Duque

silver

Segovia, Spain

peculiarpatterns

bronze

Australia

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Jeff Stahl

about 1 year ago

  • Jeff Stahl: @Alan : Thank you very much ! Oh an oil study, looking forward to seeing it once you can share it, cheers !@misterponce...

  • misterponce: joli concept jeff!

  • AlanHi: Great as usual Jeff!! in fact, I was making a study of the same picture for a commissioned oil, cheers!!

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David Duque

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peculiarpatterns

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markdraws

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whitlock

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TraceMcClintock

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Abj-Crayon

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misterponce

about 1 year ago

  • peculiarpatterns: Thanks for your comment ....... your Audrey is looking great too :)

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Kimberly Borchardt

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Ernesto

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gabrielvanz

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vhpayes

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cartoonman

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  • cartoonman: thank you very much Ernesto..appreciate your comment

  • hutch: Fantastic:-) Beautifully done John.

  • Ernesto: Cool!!

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warren

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jonesmac2006

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Marion Combelas

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Pfeil

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  • misterponce, about 1 year ago

    choix difficile!!!

  • em..._, 12 months ago

    Congratulations to Jeff Stahl, David Duque and peculiarpatterns

  • misterponce, 12 months ago

    congratulations

  • David Duque, 12 months ago

    Thanks, Congrats Jeff and peculiarpatterns

  • Ernesto, 12 months ago

    Congrats Jeff and company ;)

  • Jeff Stahl, 12 months ago

    Thank you, and thanks to the people who liked my Audrey enough to vote for her. And congrats David and peculiarpatterns.

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