biography
1. Childhood
Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels. His father Joseph Victor Anseni Hepburn-Ruston is an English banker, and his mother Ella van Hiemstra is a descendant of the Dutch nobility and holds the title of Baron. Family lineage can even be traced back to King Edward III of England. Hepburn's full name was originally "Audrey Catherine Lastun", but after World War II, her father Joseph accidentally discovered that his maternal ancestors had the surname "Hepburn", so he changed his surname to "Hepburn Lastun". Therefore, in order to comply with the law, Audrey's name was changed to "Audrey katharine hepburn-Ruston", generally referred to as "Audrey Hepburn".
Hepburn began to study in London aristocratic boarding school at the age of six, but her parents divorced immediately and her father left home. After that, Hepburn left England and returned to her family in Holland with her mother. 1939, she entered Anheng Conservatory of Music to study ballet, and then World War II broke out, claiming that the neutral Netherlands was occupied by the Nazis. At that time, most of the identity files were handwritten. In order to avoid the trouble caused by her original English name, her mother tampered with her identity document and created a Dutch pen name Ida van Hummstra. Eda and Ella are only different in letters, and it is easy to forge * * *, but this name has never been legally registered.
When the Nazis invaded Anheng, it was widely rumored that the mother family was descended from Jews, and the originally very rich baron family was regarded as the enemy of the empire. Not only was the property confiscated by the occupying forces, but Hepburn's uncle was also taken to the concentration camp, and the mother and daughter were forced to live a poor life. During the war and famine, Hepburn often relied on "green bread" made of tulip bulbs and hay to satisfy his hunger and drank a lot of water to fill his stomach. Long-term malnutrition contributed to her thin figure in the future. Even so, Hepburn insisted on practicing her favorite ballet, even though she was so poor that she could only wear the worst wooden dancing shoes. During this period, Hepburn secretly worked for the Dutch underground guerrillas, including collecting money for ballet performances and transmitting information, and made contributions to the anti-fascist war. 1944 During the Battle of Anheng, Audrey became a volunteer nurse at the age of 16. During the battle, many allied soldiers were taken to Hepburn's hospital. An injured British paratrooper recovered with the help and care of Hepburn and other nurses. This paratrooper is the later director Terence Young, who directed 1967 Psycho of the Blind Girl starring Hepburn.
Step into the film industry
After World War II, Hepburn and her mother * * * Hepburn's parents divorced at 1938 * * and moved to London, England with 100 saved by saving money. While working here, she is looking for opportunities for further study. From 65438 to 0948, Hepburn entered the famous Mary Lambert Ballet School and studied ballet in Mary Lambert. During this period, she returned to the Netherlands because she had no money to pay tuition fees, and played the role of a flight attendant-a walk-on in a Dutch film "Dutch Seven Lessons". After several months of training, Hepburn was told that she was not fit to be a ballet dancer. In order to face the economic pressure at home, she switched to modeling and participated in song and dance troupe performances; This year, Hepburn beat most of the applicants and became a member of the choir of the musical High Heels. Because of her outstanding performance, she officially participated in the performance of another musical, Tatar Sauce. 195 1 year, Hepburn made her debut in the British film Laughter in Heaven, officially became a film actor, and played a minor role in some films. After that, she showed her dancing skills in the movie "Beauty" and took on another movie "Monte Carlo Baby" * * * Monte Carlo Baby * *. In order to shoot the latter's French remake of Monte Carlo, Audrey went to France for location shooting. During the performance, Madame Collette, a famous French woman writer sitting under the stage, recognized at a glance that she was the embodiment of the role of "Gigi" in the work * * * Gigi * *, and invited her to appear in the musical "The World of Gold Powder" in Hollywood, new york. At the same time, she was recommended to william wyler by the director of A Beautiful Woman, and participated in the audition of her new film Roman Holiday, which won very good praise and won the heroine role in this film.
1952, Audrey Hepburn went to the United States to formally participate in the performance of the stage play The World of Gold Powder. During this period, she was very outstanding and widely welcomed by people, so she won the World Drama Award and the Theater World Award for Best Actress. However, in order to catch Roman Holiday, her performance in the Golden Powder World was forced to end after eight months of tour. This year, because she can't balance her career and marriage, she cancelled her engagement with her fiance, James Hanson, but they will still maintain a good friendship in the future.
1953, the movie Roman Holiday starring gregory peck was officially released. Due to the successful portrayal of the plot, this film quickly became popular all over the world. Hepburn plays the lovely Princess Anne in the film, showing the princess's noble and elegant atmosphere, beautiful and refined appearance, light and slim figure and short black hair, which suddenly attracted the attention of the audience in the era when blonde sexy girls were popular. In particular, hepburn head's innocence won the admiration of most people, and "hepburn head" suddenly became an international popular hairstyle. For a time, Hepburn became an international celebrity, her news short films were broadcast all over the world, and TV stations praised her in prime time. A large number of newspapers ecstatically praised her beauty, vitality, charm and elegance, and people praised her as the best actress after Garbo and Bergman. Many newspaper comments praised Hepburn: "A new Garbo was born!" . It is said that ingrid bergman let out a scream when he was watching Roman Holiday in Italy. Her husband Rossini asked her, "Why are you yelling?" Bergman said: "I was deeply moved by Audrey Hepburn." Hepburn not only captured the hearts of millions of young people all over the world, but also attracted critics unconsciously. 1954 On March 25th, Hepburn won the Oscar for Best Actress. Three days later, she won the Tony Award for her wonderful performance in The Mermaid Odina.
1954, together with humphrey bogart and william holden, she performed the romantic film "The Dragon and Phoenix Club" shot by billy wilder. Due to the performance of The Mermaid and excessive smoking, Hepburn went to Switzerland for self-cultivation at the doctor's suggestion, and soon accepted the proposal of mel ferrer * * * mel ferrer * * who participated in the performance of The Mermaid, and they walked down the red carpet on September 24th.
1955, Audrey Hepburn was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar again, but unfortunately she didn't win the prize. In the same year, she had her first miscarriage due to an accident. In the following years, her films such as War and Peace, Funny Face, and Love in the Dusk all received favorable comments, and their momentum soared. However, her husband Mel's acting skills suffered setbacks and gradually turned behind the scenes. Hepburn's third pregnancy was on 1959. Six months ago, in order to prevent the miscarriage from happening again, she cancelled the film contract including west side story, and only after giving birth to her first son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer, did she agree to play Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Step 3: Transform
Although the author of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" originally intended to cast Marilyn Monroe as the heroine Holly Golightly * * * Holly Golightly * * *, during the filming process, Hepburn had a conflict with the film company because of whether to adopt the theme song "Moon River" by Henry Mancini * * * henry mancini * * * and Johnny Mercer * * * *, and it was proved that her performance and persistence were correct afterwards:/kloc- Her acting career reached a new peak in this film, but she began to challenge more difficult works.
At the end of the same year, Hepburn took on Double Bitterness, but the evaluation was mediocre. Later, Enigma tried to challenge the role of suspense films. However, her most successful work is My Fair Lady, starring 1964. This musical based on the musical of the same name won eight Oscars, but Hepburn, the main actor, was not nominated because someone else sang behind the scenes.
4. Old age
/kloc-in the winter of 0/980, Hepburn met robert wolders, the man she later called "soul mate", which influenced Hepburn's already dangerous marriage. Hepburn and andre doti finally became permanent life partners after their divorce.
Hepburn's second marriage, plus Dottie, made her disappear for seven years. The audience misses her very much, and the film company and insiders hope that she will come out again. 1976, Hepburn finally returned to the film industry, and played Robin Hood and marion with Sin Connery, who was famous for playing the spy James Bond in 007. The film describes the deep affection between Robin Hood, a peasant hero who returned from the Crusades in medieval legend, and his lover who had been away for 18 years. The film premiered in new york. Hepburn was very upset before he went to attend. After leaving the film industry for seven years, great changes have taken place in the film industry. How will people treat her?
Before the premiere, Hepburn had to fly to Hollywood as soon as possible to speak at the ceremony of the American Film Academy in recognition of william wyler's acceptance of the lifetime honor award. She read a poem she wrote, and the result was full of applause, which surprised and delighted her. Then she flew to new york for the premiere. The premiere was held in Radio City Concert Hall. When Hepburn arrived, about 6,000 people cheered her and sang in unison: "We love you, Audrey!" " "
Hepburn was completely unprepared for this. She was moved to tears by people's enthusiasm. She said, "I am very touched to see that people don't bother me."
Then she flew to Hollywood, attended the film's premiere in the West, and acted as the host of the Oscar ceremony. This is a special honor for movie stars. This time, she presented the award for the 48th best film "Flying over the madhouse". Hepburn has been in the film for seven years, and she is deeply touched, but what she remembers most is that Hollywood has not forgotten her, the film has not forgotten her, and the audience has not forgotten her.
Although he has retired for many years, his acting skills are not inferior. After Robin Hood and Marion, she starred in bloodline * * *1979 * *, the joke * *1981* *, forever * * 1989 * *. However, since the 1970s, the women's liberation movement in Europe and America has been on the rise. Women are no longer satisfied with being men's playthings and vassals. They leave their families and go out into the society, working and struggling like men. In recent years, teenage actresses have successfully created this new female image and are very popular. In contrast, Hepburn still can't jump out of the innocent, lively and kind girl image after her comeback, which can't help but give people a feeling of backwardness and nostalgia, which makes people sigh and regret. This is one of the main reasons why none of her four films are very popular after she returned to the film industry.
In any case, Audrey Hepburn's life was brilliant. The screen image she created in the golden age, like herself, left a good impression on people. Her unique page in film history will not be erased by time. On April 22nd, 199 1, the Lincoln Center Film Association awarded Hepburn Gala the honorary award. Starting from 1972, this award is awarded to the most talented and respected artists in the world every year. The winners were Chaplin, laurence olivier, Elizabeth Taylor, james stewart and other movie stars, which highly praised Hepburn's film career and extraordinary acting skills.
Hepburn in his later years is still in his later years, glowing with light and heat for public welfare. From 65438 to 0988, she served as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. In this post, she held some concerts and fund-raising activities from time to time, visited children in some poor areas from time to time, and traveled all over Ethiopia, Sudan, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bangladesh and other countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and was widely loved and welcomed by local people. 1At the end of 992, she went to Somalia to visit those children who were dying because of hunger. Her love and personality are as wonderful as her movies. 1993, Mother Teresa, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, learned that Audrey Hepburn was dying and ordered all the nuns to pray for Audrey Hepburn's miraculous recovery all night, and the prayers spread all over the world. 654381October 20th, Hepburn died of breast cancer in Tolohnaz, Switzerland. In recognition of her efforts for the unfortunate children all over the world, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded her the 1993 Oscar Humanitarian Award. At this time, Hepburn died, and her son Sean Hepburn Ferrer accepted the award.
Main influence
Audrey Hepburn is a rare treasure in the film industry: her appearance is pure and beautiful, not gaudy, but also charming. Many photographers like to take pictures of her and capture that "unparalleled beauty". Vogue, a fashion magazine known as the "Fashion Bible", voted for fashion celebrities in 2004, and Hepburn topped the list of women with 29% of the votes. A spokesperson for VOGUE magazine said: "Everyone thinks that Audrey Hepburn is noble and elegant, and her beauty will never change! Speaking of style, everyone will think of her immediately! " . In June 2004, Hepburn was selected as 1 the most beautiful woman in the world by the famous fashion magazine ELLE, with a vote rate of 76%. "She is the embodiment of nature and beauty. Rosie Lin Shi Ru, editor-in-chief of ELLE magazine, said: "Her face is tender, her temperament is gentle and lively, and her smile exudes unique charm and inner beauty. In April 2006, New Woman magazine surveyed more than 5,000 readers and selected the top 100 beauties in ancient and modern times. As a result, Hepburn topped the list again
"Audrey stand out from the crowd. Don't expect to trap her with those ready-made cliches. "-American Time magazine
"The only person who can beat Tiffany's jewelry is Audrey." Henry Pratt.
"Audrey Hepburn showed some long-lost characteristics. For example: nobility, elegance, etiquette ... God is willing to kiss her on the cheek. She is such a likable person. " Billy Wilder
In addition to her beautiful appearance and elegant temperament, Hepburn's excellent acting skills are also greatly appreciated. After starring in Roman Holiday and The Match between the Dragon and the Phoenix, she not only carefully selected the scripts, but also cooperated with first-class directors. For example, she played her acting skills to the fullest in the films that she starred in later, such as The Nun Biography, Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady, Psycho of the Blind Girl, etc. The films were well received and sold well. Films such as Enigma and The Pirates of the Dragon and the Phoenix fully embody Hepburn's comic talent.
Hepburn seems to have amazing influence to make directors do magic: for example, Stanley Du Ning was originally an entertainment director, but once he cooperated with Audrey Hepburn, his films were extraordinary, from funny faces to suspense to couples, which were impressive. In addition, the director Terrence Young, who made a lot of money in the commercial film 007 Intelligence, filmed Psycho for the Blind Girl for Audrey Hepburn, and his artistic achievements made many film critics think that he finally realized his potential and even thoroughly remoulded himself.
Audrey spirit
People have not forgotten this beautiful and kind princess Anne. To commemorate Audrey Hepburn's contribution, UNICEF erected a 7-foot-high bronze statue named after her at its new york headquarters, and held an unveiling ceremony in May 2002. On the occasion of the anniversary of Hepburn's death 10, the US Postal Service issued her commemorative stamps.