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British actress. Filmed in the movies: "Roman Holiday" (Oscar), "Sabrina," "War and Peace", "History of the nuns," "My Fair Lady," "How to steal a million" " ; Return of Robin Hood, " Always ", etc.
Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn (Audrey Hepburn) was born May 4, 1929 in Brussels. Her mother, Ella van Heemstra, was the title of the Dutch Baroness. The father, English banker, John Victor Hepburn-Raston, was twelve years older than his wife. In 1935, after frequent quarrels with his wife, Hepburn-Raston left the family.
In nine Eddu lost in the English private school. She studied well, especially enjoyed her dance lessons.
Since the beginning of the war Baroness with her daughter and two sons from first marriage settled in his estate under Arnhem.
In spring 1940, started five terrible years of German occupation. Much later, Audrey Hepburn, said: "After the war, I was grateful that survived, and realized that the most important thing in life - human relations. They are much more important than wealth, food, luxury, career, most importantly in the world. "
The estate was confiscated van Heemstra Germans. The family moved to a house on the outskirts of Arnhem. Increasingly, lunch consisted of a piece of bread and chicory salad, and in winter even ate tulip bulbs. One day in class at the conservatory Edda fell hungry faint and old dance teacher shared with her a piece of cheese. Elegant Audrey Hepburn leanness future due to the fact that after years of starving her disturbed metabolism.
During the occupation of Ella van Heemstra helped the anti-fascist underground. Her daughter is often connected in the shoe it shift the secret message. In the two months before the liberation of Holland during the German police raid grabbed Eddu. But she managed to escape and hide in the basement. In the dark and damp, among rats, fifteen Hepburn had twenty-five days! She had a few apples and some bread. It was only afraid that at the time of the shooting in the basement will get round it to get home. Eddu stall severe attack of jaundice, but then she discovered asthma.
After the war, Ella van Heemstra moved with the children in Amsterdam. They settled in a cheap semi-flat. Baroness economy contracted in the rich family. For Eddy naskrebli money to pay for classes at the Ballet School of Olga Tarasova. In eighteen years young Hepburn acted in an ad hoc role Hostess in the movie "Seven Dutch lessons."
A year later, Edda - which henceforth will be referred to Audrey Hepburn - started in the famous ballet school in London Ramber. She penny secretary, gave lessons in French, promoted dresses and cosmetics.
A few months later she was offered a place in the ballet troupe tours, and almost simultaneously - in the corps de ballet to participate in the Broadway musicals "Boots on the button." Audrey knew that in classical ballet, with its high growth (nearly 168 cm) did not achieve much success, and chose the musical.
After a successful debut in the "boots on the button" known producer Lando invited Hepburn in the revue "tartar sauce." And a year later, the new revue "Sauce pikant, he had already instructed her small role.
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Hepburn has been one of the most fashionable nightclubs in London, which received a bit part in the selling of cigarettes comedy "Laughter in Paradise" Dzampi. But even a few seconds on screen was enough to Film Associated British Pictures entered into a contract with her for seven years.
In 1951, when Hepburn filmed in a small role in the musical comedy "The kid from Monte-Carlo", it drew the attention of the famous French writer Colette. At this time, preparing Broadway staging "sludge" in her novel. This story was pure soul, funny, but strong-willed girl. Colette has a telegram in New York: leading lady is found.
Looking for singers for his new movie and a famous American film director William Uayler. He also chose Hepburn. True, the studio demanded that the young actress changed her name - not wishing to be confused with the famous Katherine Hepburn, but Audrey refused flatly. After a screen test, she was approved for the role of princess in the film "Roman Holiday".
November 24, 1951 dying from fear rosebud, and the strongly cold, came out on stage "Fulton" in New York. Wish her luck, she had a friend shepnut: "Good luck to me little. Pray for a miracle. "
And the miracle happened. After the premiere of "sludge" of criticism, which on Broadway largely determine the fate of production, said the talent, charm, freshness and beauty of the young actress. Audrey Hepburn continued to successfully serve in this performance.
In Europe, she returned in June 1952, at the shooting in "Roman Holiday". The heroine of the film - Princess Anne escape from the palace and perform an unforgettable day in the company of an American correspondent Joe Brad (actor Gregory Peck).
The role of the princess was not too difficult. Developed brilliant comedy of the situation demanded an actress first and foremost liveliness and naturalness. Gregory Peck became famous for Hepburn, caring and reliable assistant.
"We worked on one of the main squares of Rome, - recalled Peck. - Oversee the shootings came less than 10 thousand people - urban stairs in nearby houses on adjacent streets. I asked Audrey, do not confuse it be the presence of such a crowd. It turned out not at all: it was absorbed by the role. In one survey days amusing incident occurred. Directed by film actress asked to repeat the scene, saying that it failed. But hundreds of people with one voice cried out: "No, no, it is better to be fine ... can not. You do not need peresnimat!" Directed yielded audience lamb ... "
The painting was a great success. Audrey Hepburn subdued lyricism of all, child directness, purity and cheerfulness.
After the "Roman holidays" Billy Wilder, invited her to his comedy "Sabrina" (1954).
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While filming "Sabrina" Hepburn fallen in love with the actor William Holden, who had the reputation of Don Juan. But he was married to the same due to the transferred operations could no longer be children. The latter proved decisive: Audrey parted with Holden.
In London, visiting the pitch Gregory, she met a 37-year-old actor Melom Ferrer. Later, Mel has sent her play Jean Giraudoux "Undina, inviting her primary role.
Premiere Undina "was held in February 1954. Audrey is very worried again and again was cold. The performance was brilliant. The audience applauded vigorously; congratulate Hepburn came backstage celebrities, among them Marlene Dietrich. Make-up room Audrey is buried in flowers, and critics have written about magic, ethereal charm and elegance, and actress.
After a month and a half Audrey almost simultaneously received "Oscar" for best female role of the year (in "Roman Holiday") and the highest theatrical prize "Tony" for a central role in the Broadway play.
In summer 1954, Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer married in Switzerland, where the actress came on the recommendation of the doctors (she aggravated asthma). Beautiful mountain air cured Audrey. But family life did not zaladilas from the beginning. The first child was born dead ...
Rejected several proposals, Hepburn agreed immediately removed in the role of Natasha Rostova a leading Hollywood filmmaker K. Vidora. Mel Ferrer got the role of Prince Andrei Bolkonsky and Pierre Bezuhova played Henry Fund. Shooting of "War and Peace" began in the summer of 1955.
Hepburn found a remarkable sensitivity to the understanding of Russian classics. She was a charming, lyrical, of course. There are many references to Natasha Rostova will always see the fragile Audrey in a white ballroom dress ...
Hepburn had to try a new genre. The "Paramount" has bought the rights to screen the musical 1927 "Funny mordashka" (1957) and George Gershwin Ayry. Audrey was covered delight and trembling from the anticipation of working with the legendary dancer Fred Asteria. As proudly remembered Hepburn, they formed a "mutual admiration society." Aster buy passion and vitality partner.
The famous Parisian fashion designer Hubert de Zhivanshi created for the film an excellent collection. Hepburn, dressed him, and in private life.
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In the solo room actress performed a parody of modern "sophisticated", poluakrobatichesky dance. Aster and Hepburn singing in the film itself, which gave gershvinovskim tune special warmth and sincerely. Anyway, Audrey has stood the test of musical dignity.
A month later she returned to Paris, where Billy Wilder was shooting "Love in the day." However, the success of "Sabrina" at this time was unable to repeat, although the female partner was the legendary Gary Cooper.
Point for Audrey Hepburn became a complicated dramatic role Lukiany sister in the film "The history of nuns" (1959) F. Tsinnemana on the novel by Katherine Halm. Her heroine is turning on the screen of the young, blossoming girls drooped, exhausted from hard work at the hospital nyanechku. It takes hard excitement to vote, changing the face and gait, it has a constant fatigue ...
New York critics, kinoalmanah "Movie-Daily", the festival jury at San Sebastian and the British Academy of Film acknowledged Audrey Hepburn best actress. She became one of the world′s most expensive stars screen.
Reviewers noted that this frail, slender girl with a charming smile, certainly has that, called "class" and that includes the nobility, purity and dignity. According to her biographer Ian Woodward, male critics wrote her love letters instead of reviews. " Frank Sinatra gave her the nickname "Princess", Humphrey Bogart called her "Feey.
However, with all his gifts, she has never been an actress of an absolute transformation, which could play anything. And when Mel Ferrer in 1959, tried to use it in the line "sex bomb", it suffered a complete failure. A screen romantic books W. Hudson Green palaces "had not been a response from the audience.
The next job promised to be interesting - if only because the Western "Neproschennaya" (1960) was going to put John Houston. Audrey played the daughter of prosperous pastoralists, who suddenly learns that she comes from an Indian tribe. The shootings were difficult. Rather than back, Hepburn was not able to cope with a fractious horse, fell, received serious injuries and fractures, and ends the film, zakovannaya medical corset ...
In early 1960, her dream came true - she bore a son, Sean. But Hepbern not leave the cinema. In the screen story by T. Capote "Breakfast at Tiffany" (1961) Audrey with its liveliness and charm performed the role of a prostitute Holly Golaytli. Her heroine is trying to escape from the bitter loneliness, she believes in his luck, but each time the fate causes her modest dreams a bitter blow.
Kinoalmanah "Movie-Daily" declared the best actress Hepburn.
She was among the candidates the prize "Oscar", but ceded his Sophia Loren.
Audrey took part in more complex psychological film "The Children′s Hour" (1962) on the play by L. Hellman, the comedy "Paris in the rain" (1963) and the comedy-thriller "Sharada" (1963), then left in their Swiss abode with a concentration in caring for synishke. But the offer from Hollywood to speak in the musical of "Pygmalion" B. Shaw - "My Fair Lady" (1964) she was unable to refuse.
Audrey with diligence started to take lessons in singing, dancing and vulgar London reprimand "cockney." More than two months of rehearsals, and took four and a half months of shooting under the guidance of an experienced AD Kyukora. "My Fair Lady" - one of the best American musicals 1960. "In a sense, - was recognized by an actress - Eliza - the first real character, which I tried to create on-screen. In other roles has always been something of me, in that nothing I was not. " Kyukor to facilitate its task, the film in chronological order of episodes, so that the transformation of Flower lady happened gradually.
The film was a huge success worldwide. In the United States, he received six "Oscars", but Audrey is just handed gilded statuette his partner Rex Harrison played the role of Higgins. Harrison said that he would cut "Oscar" in half and give Audrey due to her part.
Two years later, Hepburn took part in adventurous comedy "How to steal a million" (1966). Charm of its heroine Nicole were so great that love with her detective, rather than perform their duties, it becomes a party to the abduction.
In 1967 came two more films with the participation of Hepburn - Two for the road "and" Rain of darkness. " Thriller "Rain of Darkness" produced Mel Ferrer, Audrey performed in the role oslepshey wife of the photographer. In seeking credibility character, Hepburn had a few days in the hospital for the blind, to play in contact lenses. During the filming has lost seven kilograms of weight. Audrey was able to create a convincing image. She again applied for Oscar, but this time it had ceded its odnofamilitse Katharine Hepburn.
By this time the marriage of Audrey and Mela zatreschal at the seams. In autumn 1967, the spouses Ferrer declared a break. A year later, divorce was officially formed. After that Hepburn had disappeared from the screen by as much as ten years. She was married to a physician-psychoanalyst Andrea Dotti, the son of an Italian duke. She was 39, he - 30. But it is not confused by Audrey. At the wedding, she wore a pink dress from Zhivanshi.
In 1970, Hepburn gave birth to second son, Louka. In Rome and in his Swiss villa, she looked happy.
But the film does not let her.
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In 1979, the actress appeared in the role of a luxurious business woman detective in "blood kinship" and Peter Bogdanovich shot her in the romantic comedy detective "They all laughed" (1981). The fiftieth actress, portraying adventures of the Greek millionaire′s wife in America, largely repeated her first role of the princess in "Roman Holiday".
One reason for the return of Hepburn in the film became her personal problems. The couple spent much time in the separation. Audrey husband is often seen in nightclubs in the company′s pyshnogrudymi beauty. In 1980 occurred what must have happened: they divorced.
But Hepburn did not lose hope for marital happiness and for the third time she married. At this time, even her mother, Baroness van Heemstra, are happy with the choice of a daughter: actor Robert Uolders proved very respectable man.
In recent years the actress has lived in Switzerland, while all the forces and energies of charitable work. Back in 1971, it agreed to withdraw in the documentary "The World of Love" along with such stars as Barbra Streisand, Richard Burton, Harry Bellafonte, promote UNICEF - World Organization of care for children established by the UN. Hepburn as an emissary of UNICEF, visited the countries of Asia and Africa.
The last of its role in the film - an angel in Steven Spielberg′s romantic fantasy "Always" (1989), where she was, as usual, radiated charisma.
Do Hepburn had a lot of plans, but a heavy, long-standing illness prevail over this fragile, but a courageous woman. She died of cancer at the age of 63 years. "God has another angel," - having learned of her death, said Elizabeth Taylor. Audrey Hepburn was posthumously awarded for artistic contribution to film a special prize "Oscar" (1992).
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