audrey hepburn was a british actress and humanitarian. recognised as both a film and fashion icon, hepburn was active during hollywood's golden age. she has since been ranked as the third greatest female screen legend in the history of american cinema and been placed in the international best dressed list hall of fame.
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| Audrey Hepburn |
born in ixelles, a district of brussels, hepburn spent her childhood between belgium, england and the netherlands, including german-occupied arnhem during the second world war. in amsterdam, she studied ballet with sonia gaskell before moving to london in 1948 to continue ballet training with marie rambert and perform as a chorus girl in west end musical theatre productions.
after appearing in several british films and starring in the 1951 broadway play gigi, hepburn played the academy award-winning lead role in roman holiday (1953). hepburn remains one of few people who have won academy, emmy, grammy and tony awards.
she appeared in fewer films as her life went on, devoting much of her later life to unicef. although contributing to the organisation since 1954, she worked in some of the most profoundly disadvantaged communities of africa, south america and asia between 1988 and 1992. she was awarded the presidential medal of freedom in recognition of her work as a unicef goodwill ambassador in late 1992, but a month later, aged 63, hepburn died of appendiceal cancer at her home in switzerland in early 1993.
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