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Andrey Hepburn, 1929-1993
Born Brussels, Belgium
Whether playing a princess or a bookstore clerk, Audrey Hepburn epitomized elegance and grace. Despite a difficult youth in Nazi-occupied Holland, two failed marriages, and prolonged periods of self-doubt, she projected an effortless poise onscreen and in public, as well as a doe-eyed impishness that made her a leading box-office star. At a time when women were often cast as the love interests of male leads, Hepburn insisted on playing central characters. As Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) -- with her large sunglasses, oversize cigarette holder, and little black Givenchy dress -- she became a trendsetting icon for a new generation of American women. During the last five years of her life, Hepburn shifted her focus to the plight of suffering children around the globe. In 1992, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Benny Stilling, 1962 |