AUDREY TRIVIA:
Hepburn spoke French, Italian, English, Dutch/Flemish, and Spanish. Spanish was previously unconfirmed, but there is UNICEF footage of her in Mexico speaking fluent Spanish to locals.Height: 5'7", Weight: 110 lbs, Measurements: 34-20-34.Suffered several miscarriages in her lifetime which led to some clinical depression. While filming The Unforgiven, Hepburn broke her back after falling off a horse onto a rock. She spent weeks in the hospital. She later had a miscarriage that was probably induced by the physical and mental stress. While she was resting at home, Mel Ferrer brought her the fawn from the movie Green Mansions to keep as a pet. They called him Ip, short for Pippin. When she was pregnant with Luca in 1969, she rested for months and passed the time by painting.Hepburn had the following pets: Mr. Famous, a Yorkshire Terrier. He was hit by a car and killed. To cheer her up, Mel Ferrer got her another Yorkshire named Assam of Assam. She also kept Ip the fawn as a pet; they made a bed for him out of the bathtub. Sean Ferrer had a Cocker Spaniel named Cokey. When Hepburn was older, she had two Jack Russell Terriers.It is sometimes claimed that Audrey Hepburn and Katharine Hepburn were sisters. The truth is they were only very distantly related, and certainly had never met before Audrey Hepburn's rise to prominence. The closest relationship that has been identified for them is 19th cousin once removed. It has also been claimed that Audrey Hepburn chose her last name in honor of Katharine Hepburn when she became an actress, however, the record shows that it was part of her family name for some time before she entered show business.One of her hobbies growing up in the 1940's was drawing. Some of her artwork can be seen here: (click to enlarge)
Hepburn is considered by many in Japan as a model for feminine beauty, a theme explored in Alan Brown's novel Audrey Hepburn's Neck.Hepburn only flew coach in airplanes. She never desired to live glamorously. Her houses were comfortably large with extensive gardens, but without being extravagant.Sleeping Beauty's Princess Aurora was said to be drawn after Hepburn because the artist was in love with her looks.
Everyone remembers when Marilyn Monroe serenaded President John F. Kennedy on his birthday in 1962. What is often forgotten is that Hepburn sang "Happy Birthday Mr. President" to JFK for his final birthday in 1963.According to Sean Ferrer, Hepburn's favorite movies of her own were The Nun's Story, which was socially important, and Funny Face, which she had a lot of fun filming mainly because she got to dance with Fred Astaire. However, she said in a Barbara Walters interview that Roman Holiday was dearest to her.Her favorite poem was "Unending Love" by Rabindranath Tagore.Opera diva Maria Callas reportedly loved Hepburn's look so much that she adopted it for herself in the 1950s.Joked with Wait Until Dark director Terence Young that he was shelling his favorite star years before. Young was a tank commander during the Battle of Arnhem. Contrary to some reports, Hepburn was never a nurse for Young during the war.In the late eighties and early nineties, her favorite television show was L.A. Law.Animators for the movie Balto based the appearance of the dog Jenna on Hepburn's look.
QUOTES BY AUDREY:"I am more than ever awed and overwhelmed by the monumental talents it was my great, great privilege to work for and with. There is therefore no way I can thank you for this beautiful award without thanking all of them, because it is they who helped and honed, triggered and taught, pushed and pulled, dressed and photographed - and with endless patience and kindness and gentleness, guided and nurtured a totally unknown, insecure, inexperienced, skinny broad into a marketable commodity. I am proud to have been in a business that gives pleasure, creates beauty, and awakens our conscience, arouses compassion, and perhaps most importantly, gives millions a respite from our so violent world. Thank you, Screen Actors Guild and friends, for this huge honor - and for giving me this unique opportunity to express my deepest gratitude and love to all of those who have given me a career that has brought me nothing but happiness." -For receiving the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1992. Julia Roberts accepted the award on her behalf."I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.""I was born with something that appealed to an audience at that particular time...I acted instinctively. I've had one of the greatest schools of all - a whole row of great, great directors.""Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can't take it all in at once.""I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.""As a child, I was taught that it was bad manners to bring attention to yourself, and to never, ever make a spectacle of yourself... All of which I've earned a living doing.""For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone ... People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed and redeemed and redeemed. Never throw out anybody. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others." - Written by Sam Levenson, recited by and often attributed to Audrey Hepburn."The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.""I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.""People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.""You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.""My look is attainable. Women can look like Audrey Hepburn by flipping out their hair, buying the large sunglasses, and the little sleeveless dresses.""If I get married, I want to be very married.""Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.""There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.""A quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty, labor exploitation and disease, and given them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to reach their full potential.""I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine.""Let me tell you something, Mister. If I had her money, I'd be richer than she is.' - Breakfast at Tiffany's""I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.""I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.""I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.""If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world.""Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.""It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.""I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it."
QUOTES ABOUT AUDREY:"The truth is that the quality Audrey brings to the screen is not dependent on her figure, her face, her accent (which is neither quite British nor quite foreign) or even her talent. Belgian-born (of a Dutch mother and an Anglo-Irish father), she has, like all great actresses from Maude Adams to Greta Garbo, the magic ability to bridge the gap between herself and her audience, and to make her innermost feelings instantly known and shared." - Time Magazine"'Moon River' was written for her. No one else had ever understood it so completely. There have been more than a thousand versions of 'Moon River', but hers is inquestionably the greatest." - Henry ManciniIn every movie I have ever watched, starting with Roman Holiday, I was in love with Audrey Hepburn. I played every part. I was Gregory Peck a long time ago! I was Bill Holden, I was Cary Grant, I was her biggest fan." - Ralph Lauren"There was so much inside her, a feeling that communicated. Off camera she was just an actress. She was very thin, a good person, sometimes standing on the set she disappeared. But there was something very likable about her, just absolutely adorable about her. You trusted her, this tiny person. When she stood before the camera, she became Miss Audrey Hepburn. That's the "element x" that people have or don't have. You can meet somebody and be enchanted, and then you photograph them and it's nothing. She had it. And there will not be another. You cannot duplicate her, or take her out of her era. If the "element x" could be distilled, you could make all the Hepburns you wanted... But you can't: she started something new, something classy. Today there is Julia Roberts. She is quite capable, very funny... But no actress should be expected to be Audrey Hepburn. That dress by Mr. Givenchy has already been filled." - Billy Wilder"Audrey definitely had a good heart, there was nothing mean or petty - it's a character thing. She had a good character, so I think people picked up on that too. She didn't have any of the backstabbing, grasping, petty, gossipy personalities that you see in this business. I liked her a lot; in fact, I loved Audrey. It was easy to love her." - Gregory PeckThe first time I saw Audrey Hepburn was in Roman Holiday. There have only been a few firsts in my life that have rattled me so much - the first time I saw Fred Astaire, the first time I saw Marlon Brando. It was obvious to me that she was going to join a group into which a few artists are admitted: Chaplin, Astaire, Brando." - Stanley Donen"A stick-slim actress with huge, limpid eyes and a heart-shaped face…. She sparkles and glows with the fire of a finely cut diamond" - Time Magazine"I think, in retrospect, it was that Audrey was such a lady herself. You knew she wasn't a real princess, but you still gave her deferential treatment. She had class that the average young American girl never had. And, you know, she never changed all her life. All the years that I knew her and worked with her. Wherever she was, in Europe or America, people respected her. I can't think of anybody else that I have worked with that would have such devotion from her friends." - Bob Willoughby"Audrey and I had a running gag all though the picture [The Children's Hour]. She was supposed to teach me how to dress and I was supposed to teach her how to cuss. Neither of us succeeded." - Shirley MacLaine"I can really take no credit for any talent that Audrey may have. If it's real talent, it's God-given. I might as well be proud of a blue sky, or the paintings in the Flemish exhibition at the Royal Academy." - her mother, Baroness Ella van Heemstra Hepburn-RustonAudrey sensed very early in her life and career that self-worth based on fame and beauty is very short-lived, and so she remained forever hersel-realistic, aware and caring." - Robert WoldersAfter so many drive-in waitresses becoming movie stars, there has been this real drought, when along come class; somebody who actually went to school, can spell, maybe even plays the piano. She may be a wispy, thin little thing, but when you see that girl, you know you're really in the presence of something. In that league there's only ever been Garbo, and the other Hepburn, and maybe Bergman. It's a rare quality, but boy, do you know when you've found it." - Director Billy Wilder"Audrey was a lady with an elegance and charm that was unsurpassed, except by her love for underprivileged children all over the world. God has a most beautiful new angel now that will know just what to do in heaven" - Elizabeth Taylor"What is really needed in order to become a star is an extra element which god gives you or doesn't give you. You're born with it. You cannot learn it. God kissed on her cheek and there she was" - Director Billy Wilder"She has authentic charm. Most people simply have nice manners" - Director Alfred Lunt"Audrey Hepburn is Natasha. She is fresh out of the book. I know no other actress who could have played the part. I liked working with Audrey Hepburn tremendously." - Director King Vidor"It was my good luck, during that wonderful summer in Rome, to be the first of her screen fellows, to hold out my hand, and help her keep her balance as she did her spins and pirouettes. Those months [were] probably the happiest experience I ever had making movies." - Gregory Peck"Audrey makes my soul fly. She opens me up to beautiful feelings" - Director Stanley Donen
Moon River, wider than a mile,
I'm crossing you in style some day.
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,
wherever you're going I'm going your way.
Two drifters off to see the world.
There's such a lot of world to see.
We're after the same rainbow's end-
waiting 'round the bend,
my huckleberry friend,
Moon River and me.
FILMOGRAPHY:Dutch in Seven Lessons (1948) (documentary)
Monte Carlo Baby (1951)
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
One Wild Oat (1951)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Young Wives' Tale (1951)
The Secret People (1952)
We Will Go to Monte Carlo (1952) (French version of Monte Carlo Baby)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Sabrina (1954)
War and Peace (1956)
Funny Face (1957)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Mayerling (US made-for-television production released theatrically in Europe)
Green Mansions (1959)
The Nun's Story (1959)
The Unforgiven (1960)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
The Children's Hour (1961) Charade (1963)
Paris, When It Sizzles (1964)
My Fair Lady (1964)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Two for the Road (1967)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Robin and Marian (1976)
Bloodline (1979)
They All Laughed (1981)
Love Among Thieves (1987) (TV)
Always (1989)
In addition to the above, Hepburn hosted the 1993 television series, Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn for PBS, a nine-episode documentary series which premiered on the day of her death. She also appeared in an April 1952 episode of CBS Television Workshop entitled "Rainy Day at Paradise Junction" which predates her "official" American debut in Roman Holiday. According to some biographies, Hepburn claimed to have made "several" American and British TV appearances before Roman Holiday, and a poster for a 1951 British public appearance listed her as a TV actress, but so far "Rainy Day" is the only example of this early work to have surfaced; a copy of this production exists in the Museum of Radio and Television archives in Beverly Hills, California and New York City, New York.Some sources (including the Internet Movie Database) erroneously state that Hepburn had a cameo appearance in the 1963 film, A New Kind of Love, but this was debunked by several reviewers when the film was released to DVD in 2005.
BIOGRAPHICAL FILM:
To date only one biographical film based upon Audrey Hepburn's life has been attempted. The 2000 American made-for-television film, The Audrey Hepburn Story starred Jennifer Love Hewitt as the actress. Hewitt also co-produced the film. The film received poor reviews due to numerous factual errors and for Hewitt's performance. The film concludes with footage of the real Audrey Hepburn, shot during one of her final missions for UNICEF. Several versions of the film exist; it was aired as a mini-series in some countries, and in a truncated version on America's ABC television network, which is also the version released on DVD in North America.
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AUDREY'S FAVORITE POEM:
Unending Love
I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times...
In life after life, in age after age, forever.
My spellbound heart has made and remade the necklace of songs,
That you take as a gift, wear round your neck in your many forms,
In life after life, in age after age, forever.Whenever I hear old chronicles of love, it's age old pain,
It's ancient tale of being apart or together.
As I stare on and on into the past, in the end you emerge,
Clad in the light of a pole-star, piercing the darkness of time.
You become an image of what is remembered forever.You and I have floated here on the stream that brings from the fount.
At the heart of time, love of one for another.
We have played along side millions of lovers,
Shared in the same shy sweetness of meeting,
the distressful tears of farewell,
Old love but in shapes that renew and renew forever.
~Rabindranath Tagore
Note: the following is the complete poem Audrey read to hers sons, Sean and Luca on Christmas Eve 1992. The author, Sam Levenson wrote it for his grandchild.Time-Tested Beauty Tips
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone ...People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived,
reclaimed and redeemed and redeemed and redeemed. Never throw out anybody. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
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