Audrey Hepburn Research Paper

Audrey Hepburn

“I was born with an enormous need for affection and a terrible need to give it.” - Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn; dancer, actress, fashion icon, mother, & humanitarian. She used her fame for the better, helping others and continues to influence the world with her great grace, beauty, and elegance. To fully understand the star, one must learn of her early life and childhood, her dancing and acting career (and her marriages), and possibly the most impressive of all, her humanitarian work at U.N.I.C.E.F

To start, Audrey Hepburn’s early life was not easy, it was full of war, struggle, and misery. Since it shaped the star we know and love, it is only proper to learn of her past. On May 4th 1929 Audrey was born to mother, Baroness

Her stardom skyrocketed and it was not short lived. She continued to land roles in movies such as the 1954 film Sabrina, and Funny Face (1957). While filming her movies, she became close friends with french designer Givenchy and had him costume her for most of her roles including in the film My Fair Lady (1964). From this fame she became the new face of beauty, but she was a striking difference from fellow starlet, Marilyn Monroe who was considered by many the most beautiful woman in the world. (Bio.com Video Biography) In fact, she was described, ‘very un-Marilyn Monroe’ by Biography.com’s Video Biography. During her rise to fame she married actor, Mel Ferrer in 1954, and later they divorced in 1968, while they were married she had her first child Sean Ferrer. Later in 1969 she married the psychiatrist Andrea Dotti and in 1970 had Luca Dotti. She ended that marriage in 1982, and her movie career in 1989 with her last film, Always. Audrey may have gotten married divorced and had two children, but she didn't let it interfere with her acting and through the duration of her career she won and received an Emmy, Tony, Grammy, and Academy Award and is one of the very few actors ever to accomplish it. “If I ever get married, I want to be very married.” - Audrey Hepburn.