"My career is a complete mystery to me. It's been a total surprise since the first day. I never thought I was going to be an actress, I thought I was going to be in movies, I never thought it would all happen the way it did." ~Audrey Hepburn
Showing posts with label 4. Watch all of Audrey Hepburn's films; Audrey Hepburn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 4. Watch all of Audrey Hepburn's films; Audrey Hepburn. Show all posts
Saturday, August 13, 2011
4. Watch all of Audrey Hepburn's films
Audrey Hepburn has always fascinated me. She was such a graceful, childlike personality. But for all I knew about her in a fringe-like way through mentions in books and pictures, and of course owning Breakfast at Tiffany's, I found I knew very little substantive information about her, not to mention having seen almost none of her famous films.
Hepburn was born in 1929 in Belgium and wanted to be a ballerina. She survived World War II, however it left her malnourished, with anemia and asthma, which crushed her chances of becoming a prima ballerina. She turned to modeling and dancing in cabaret shows and chorus lines. In 1951, Audrey was cast in bit parts in five films, and was discovered by the famous writer Collette, who insisted that Audrey was the perfect Gigi, which was to be produced on Broadway. Gigi brought Audrey to New York, where the play's success landed her her first major role as Princess Anne in Roman Holiday, released in 1953. Roman Holiday won her an Oscar for Best Actress. And the rest was history...
- 1953 Roman Holiday
- 1954 Sabrina
- 1956 War and Peace
- 1957 Funny Face
- 1959 Green Mansions
- 1959 The Nun's Story
- 1960 The Unforgiven
- 1961 Breakfast at Tiffany's
- 1961 The Children's Hour
- 1963 Charade
- 1964 Paris When It Sizzles
- 1964 My Fair Lady
- 1966 How to Steal a Million
- 1967 Two for the Road
- 1967 Wait Until Dark
- 1976 Robin and Marian
- 1979 Bloodline
- 1981 They All Laughed
- 1989 Always
...but her real legacy was all of the work she did throughout her life, but especially at the end of her career, for UNICEF. In 1988 she accepted the role as International Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF and travelled to over 20 countries witnessing and reporting to the United Nations on the condition of children worldwide who were struggling for survival. Her official website is dedicated to continuing to help children all around the world.
Friday, July 15, 2011
How to Steal a Million Cupcakes
Of all the Hepburn films I have watched so far, this is definitely one of my favorites! How to Steal a Million came along 13 years after her big success in Roman Holiday-and she has evolved into a stylish, accomplished actress. Audrey & Peter O'Toole are great together and the plot couldn't be funnier. Audrey herself is hysterical as the daughter of an accomplished art forger trying to keep her father out of prison: she shoots an intruder with an ancient pistol, drives her cute convertible like a NASCAR professional, and recruits O'Toole's help in a 'big time caper' in the best looking black lace dress & mask I've ever seen a thief wear. (Givenchy designed her wardrobe for this movie, and for all her movies from the time of their first meeting in 1953 on the set of Sabrina" onward. He & Hepburn were great friends.)
The film did not win any awards for director William Wyler, who also directed Hepburn in several other of her projects, but it wins big with me! I loved it!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
What a Cupcake!- Audrey Part 2
So sweet! Hepburn plays Arienne, a young Parisian iguene whose father is a private investigator. She secretly reads his files and romantically fantasizes about his cases~specifically his most recent: following an American gigilo! This is a very simple, very sweet story: an innocent girl's version of Pretty Woman. Loved it!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
What a Cupcake! Audrey: Part 1
Just a few words....Hepburn won an Academy Award in 1953 for
Best Actress-which she earned, she was amazing!- and Gregory
Peck is my new hot crush.
WATCH IT!! 'Nuff said.
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