E Emanuil Goju
‘ EMANUIL GOJDU’ ECONOMIC COLLEGE HUNEDOARA
Audrey Hepburn
Coordi Coordinat nating ing Teache Teacher: r: Drince Drinceanu anu Cristi Cristina na Students: Mergea Tania Mutlu Melisa 2014
"EMANUIL GOJDU" ECONOMIC COLLEGE HUNEDOARA
Audrey Hepburn The pink believer and he irele!! huaniarian
C##rdinain$ Tea%her& Drin%eanu Cri!ina 'uden!& Mer$ea Tania Mulu Meli!a
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Introduction ………………………………………………………………. 4 Précis ……………………………………………………………………... 5 Argument …………………………………………………………………. 6 1 Early life ……………………………………………………………... 7 1.1 Childhood and adolescence during orld ar II ………………
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! Entertainment career …………………………………………………
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!.1 Career #eginnings and early roles ………………………………
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!.! $oman %oliday and increased &o&ularity ………………………
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!.' (rea)fast at *iffany+s and continued stardom ………………….
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!.4 -inal &roects ……………………………………………………
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' %umanitarian career …………………………………………………. 1/ 4 Personal life ………………………………………………………….
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4.1 0arriages relationshi&s and children …………………………… 11 4.! Illness ……………………………………………………………
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4.' 2eath …………………………………………………………….. 1! 5 3egacy ………………………………………………………………… 1! 5.1 tyle ………………………………………………………………. 1' 6 -ilmogra&hy ………………………………………………………….. 1' 7 Aards ……………………………………………………………….. 14 Conclusions ………………………………………………………………. 15 A&&endiImages ………………………………………………………… 16 (i#liogra&hy ………………………………………………………………
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Inr#du%i#n Audrey %e&#urn as an AcademyAard inning actress and fashion icon in the !/th century. %a8ing almost star8ed to death during 9a:ioccu&ied %olland during II %e&#urn #ecame a goodill am#assador for star8ing children. Considered one of the most #eautiful and elegant omen in the orld then and no her #eauty shone through her doe eyes and contagious smile. A trained #allet dancer ho ne8er &erformed in a #allet Audrey %e&#urn as %ollyood;s most sought after actress midcentury. %er most cele#rated mo8ies include $oman %oliday a#rina 0y -air 3ady and (rea)fast at *iffany;s. %e&#urn as a cosmo&olitan from #irth. %er mother as a 2utch #aroness and her father #orn in the Austro%ungarian Em&ire and of English and Austrian descent or)ed in #usiness. In the mo8ies she a&&eared as a delicate adolescent a loo) hich remained until her last mo8ie Alays <1,",= directed #y te8en &iel#erg. %er career as actress #egan in the English cinema and after ha8ing #een selected for the (roaday &lay >?igi> she de#uted in %ollyood in 1,5'. ith $oman %oliday <1,5'= she on an @scar her fa8orite genres ere the comedies li)e a#rina <1,54= or 3o8e in the Afternoon <1,57=. At the end of the sities she retired from %ollyood #ut a&&eared from time on the set for a fe films. -rom 1,"" on she or)ed also for B9ICE-. 0y career is a com&lete mystery to me. It+s #een a total sur&rise since the first day. I ne8er thought I as going to #e an actress I ne8er thought I as going to #e in mo8ies. I ne8er thought it ould all ha&&en the ay it did.> *he real Audrey %e&#urn story #egins ith a little girl ho e&erienced the cruelty and conseDuences of orld ar II and ho ne8er forgot hat li#eration felt li)e or the images of aid arri8ing to her and thousands li)e her in %olland. Although she had dreamed of #ecoming a &rima #allerina since childhood the ar rendered her &hysically inca&a#le of it. Instead Audrey turned a lost dream into the net #est thing she too) modeling o#s here she learned to or) in front of the camera used her training to com&ete ith 4/// dancers for one of ten s&ots in a chorus line and e8entually found herself in front of a motion &icture camera. ithin three years the hole orld ould come to )no Audrey as Princess Anne in $oman %oliday. And that is ho e came to )no her #e ca&ti8ated #y her and hy e are still in lo8e ith her. ith o8er !5 mo8ies to her credit there is no dou#t that Audrey achie8ed a rarefied &osition as #elo8ed actress and icon of style. et Audrey alays considered her or) as a B9ICE- International ?oodill Am#assador her greatest role. And that is the #eauty of Audrey+s legacy that e ha8e the o&&ortunity to )no and a&&reciate her gifts #oth as an actress and de8oted humanitarian.
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-r.%i! *he &a&er at &resent is made u& of se8en cha&ters su#di8ided into se8eral su#cha&ters hich detail information a#out Audrey;s life and ca reer. *he first cha&ter aims at offering some information regarding Audrey;s early childhood and teenage as ell as the im&act of the ?reat ar u&on her &ersonal de8elo&ment. -or this reason this cha&ter contains a short insight into her &ri8ate life and an e&lanation to her moti8ation to clim# u& the ladder in a society consumed #y ars and de&ri8ed of genuine cultural 8alues. *he second cha&ter is meant to &ro8ide details concerning her &rofessional career starting ith her first role as a steardess to her last one as an angel. he reached the &innacle of her career in her late tenties ith the famous inter&retation of %olly ?olightly in (rea)fast at *iffany;s hich #rought her international recognition and granted her ac)noledgement as one of the #est female actresses in %ollyood. *he third cha&ter focuses on her humanitarian actions hich she assumed in her mission of hel&ing the &oor children of Africa. he too) on this res&onsi#ility in her attem&t to dra attention on the seriousness of this matter and to ensure #etter life conditions and Duality health ser8ices for those under&ri8ileged. *his determination came out of &ersonal frustration hich she dee&ly felt hen her father left her at an early age as ell as the atrocities of the ar hich she as so familiar ith among hich star8ation and a &recarious health. *he net cha&ter is concerned ith Audrey;s &ersonal life and the influence of her marriages u&on her career choices. he as intro8erted and 8ery dedicated to her family and for this reason she ne8er cra8ed for the s&otlights. *his cha&ter lays em&hasis on her &ersonality and s&iritual 8alues. Bnfortunately her &ersonal achie8ements ere cut short #y a fatal disease hich #rought sadness to millions of &eo&le ho lo8ed her #oth as an actress and also as a friend or oman. *he last three cha&ters &resent the im&act of her artistic and humanitarian career u&on cinematogra&hy as ell as all the generations that folloed her. *herefore these final &arts of the &a&er ac)noledge her great artistic legacy as ell as her fashion style and natural talent. *he &a&er ends ith the #i#liogra&hy and the a&&endi.
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Ar$uen Audrey %e&#urn is Duite sim&ly a legend easily one of the #est actresses of all times and re8ered for #eing an enduring cultural icon a tireless humanitarian and a &retty aesome human #eing all rolled into one tiny &ac)age. e thin) it;s fair to say F and fairly o#8ious to or) out F that e;re a #it of a fan of 0s. %e&#urn. *he &oint is hoe8er that a lot of &eo&le &articularly the ne generations ha8e no idea ho she is or any of the older actors are and that;s Duite sad really F the idea of such ondrous classics fantastic actors and #eautiful &erformances #eing lost and forgotten is u&setting. *here;s something im&ortant therefore in )ee&ing the old legends ali8e F Cary ?rant Alfred %itchcoc) ?race Gelly Gatherine %e&#urn idney Poitier all of these famous faces should alays #e remem#ered. hene8er Audrey %e&#urn is referenced it seems as though the late star+s memory is fro:en into still shots from her younger days. E8en though e admire the sass and style she dis&layed in films li)e >-unny -ace> >$oman %oliday> and >(rea)fast at *iffany+s> e also a&&reciate %e&#urn+s #eauty as she gre older. earing that same girlish grin that #rought men to their )nees and &erfectly coiffed hairstyles that omen still try to recreate %e&#urn taught us ho to eude elegance. And the Academy Aard inningactress also shoed us that e shouldn+t #e concerned a#out those orry lines on our forehead #ecause life+s too #eautiful to #e concerned a#out rin)les. @n the !/th anni8ersary of her death this month e thought e should cele#rate this iconic oman.
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* Early li,e 1.1 Childhood and adolescence during orld ar II *he &otent com#ination of Audrey %e&#urn;s intelligence sensiti8ity and lo8e of humanity might 8ery ell #e grounded in the history of her orldly educated family. Audrey;s &aternal grandmother Anna Huliana -ran:is)a Garolina $uston and grandfather ictor Hohn ?eorge $uston li8ed in (ohemia
( Enerainen %areer !.1 Career #eginnings and early roles 3i#eration came )noc)ing on Audrey;s grandfather;s door on 0ay 4 1,45. It as also Audrey;s siteenth #irthday. 2es&ite the fact that she emerged from the ar in a ea)ened condition suffering from anemia asthma and malnutrition the e&erience ser8ed to refocus her dreams. It as no time for Ella and Audrey to #egin their li8es ane. ith a recommendation from her dance teacher ina 0arano8a mother and daughter set off for Amsterdam here Audrey as acce&ted as a student of onia ?as)ell and the *he (allet tudio 45. Audrey studied #allet modern a:: and a8ant garde choreogra&hy for three years until the studio closed in 1,4". Audrey as then gi8en a &artial
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scholarshi& to study ith the &reeminent 3ondon #allet teacher 0arie $am#ert ho had coached the orld;s #est dancers including 9iins)y. Audrey arri8ed in England and immersed herself in study ith 0arie $am#ert. *o ma)e ends meet she too) occasional modeling o#s and #egan auditioning for ca#aret acts around 3ondon. E8entually Audrey as told that she could not #ecome a &rima #allerina #ecause of the &hysical de&ri8ation she;d suffered during the ar and the limitations of her height. Audrey as dee&ly disa&&ointed #ut #ecame determined to find a ay to &ut her training and s)ills to good use. At the end of 1,4" Audrey found that o&&ortunity hen she as cast in a Herome $o##ins choreogra&hed ca#aret sho called %igh (utton hoes. Audrey continued to dance in the chorus until she finally landed a featured role in auce PiDuante. he &erformed tel8e shos a ee) hile still &ursuing modeling attending mo8ement classes #arre classes on aturday mornings and ta)ing &ri8ate diction lessons. >I or)ed li)e an idiot> Audrey said of these times. (efore the end of 1,51 Audrey had #een cast in fi8e mo8iesL @ne ild @at oung i8es; *ale 3aughter In Paradise *he 3a8ender %ill 0o# and ecret Peo&le. Audrey as then offered a small role in a film #eing shot in #oth English and -rench called 0onte Carlo (a#y. ith the dou#le oy of going on location and earing Christian 2ior gons Audrey um&ed at the o&&ortunity. 3ittle did she )no it ould #e a decision that ould ultimately sha&e the rest of her life. *he famed riter Colette also ha&&ened to #e in 0onte Carlo on an international search for the right actress to star in her (roaday &lay. Colette too) one loo) at Audrey and )ne immediately that she had finally found her ?igi. imultaneously director illiam yler as loo)ing for a Euro&ean actress to &lay the lead role of a &rincess in his ne mo8ie $oman %oliday a romantic comedy. Eecuti8es in the Paramount 3ondon office had %e&#urn do a screen test. yler as enchanted and %e&#urn got the role. ?igi ran until 0ay '1 1,5! earning %e&#urn a *heatre orld Aard and &lenty of recognition.
!.! $oman %oliday and increased &o&ularity After the smashing success of ?igi on (roaday Audrey ste&&ed into her first starring role in a %ollyood film and into the hearts of an adoring &u#lic. As Princess Anne in $oman %oliday Audrey as immediately cata&ulted into the limelight and on the 1,54 @scar for (est Actress in her first American motion &icture. Audrey;s net film a#rina reinforced her star status and yielded a transformational friendshi& and colla#oration ith a young -rench designer named %u#ert 2e ?i8enchy. After a#rina ra&&ed 0el -errer enticed Audrey to return to (roaday to costar ith him in @ndine. Ca&itali:ing on its neest star Paramount cast her as the lead in a#rina <1,54= another romantic comedy directed #y (illy ilder here %e&#urn &layed a Cinderella ty&e. It as the to& #ooffice hit of the year and %e&#urn as nominated for (est Actress again #ut lost to ?race Gelly in *he Country ?irl. After the enormous res&onse Audrey recei8ed from #oth the &ress and &u#lic she found herself in the uniDue &osition of #eing a#le to or) ith many of the finest directors and fello actors in the #usiness includingL (illy ilder -red Minneman Hohn %uston tanley 2onen and illiam yler %um&hrey (ogart %enry -onda -red Astaire ?ary Coo&er 0aurice Che8alier Peter -inch 2ame Hudith E8ans Anthony Per)ins (urt 3ancaster and Audie 0ur&hy. *hese ere years of tremendous creati8e energy and artistic groth characteri:ed #y hard or) and dedication. -or her efforts Audrey recei8ed #oth Academy Aard and ?olden ?lo#e nominations for her &ortrayal as ister 3u)e in *he 9un+s tory.
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!.' (rea)fast at *iffany+s and continued stardom *hree months after the #irth of her son ean Audrey #egan or) on the ada&tation of *ruman Ca&ote;s no8ella entitled (rea)fast At *iffany;s. Audrey+s s&irited &ortrayal of %olly ?olightly and her high fashion +style+ and +so&histication+ #ecame synonymous ith her. 9early fifty years later Audrey still remains the irrefuta#le icon of #oth. Audrey reached the &innacle of her career hen she &layed %olly ?olightly in the delightful (rea)fast at *iffany;s in 1,61. -or this she recei8ed another @scar nomination. he scored commercial success again in the es&ionage ca&er Charade <1,6'=. @ne of Audrey+s most radiant roles as in the fine &roduction of 0y -air 3ady in 1,64. %er costar $e %arrison once as as)ed to identify his fa8orite leading lady. ithout hesitation he re&lied >Audrey %e&#urn in +0y -air 3ady.+> After a cou&le of other mo8ies most nota#ly *o for the $oad <1,67= she hit &ay dirt and another nomination in 1,67+s ait Bntil 2ar).
!.4 -inal &roects -rom 1,67 onard after fifteen highly successful years in film %e&#urn decided to de8ote more time to her family and acted only occasionally. he attem&ted a come#ac) in 1,76 costarring ith ean Connery in the &eriod &iece $o#in and 0arian hich as moderately successful. In 1,7, %e&#urn too) the lead role of Eli:a#eth $offe in the international &roduction of (loodline reteaming ith director *erence oung <ait Bntil 2ar)=. %e&#urn+s last starring role in a cinematic film as ith (en ?a::ara in the 1,"1 comedy *hey All 3aughed directed #y Peter (ogdano8ich. *he film as o8ershadoed #y the murder of one of its stars (ogdano8ich+s girlfriend 2orothy tratten the film as released after tratten+s death #ut only in limited runs. In 1,"7 she costarred ith $o#ert agner in a tongueinchee) madefortele8ision ca&er film 3o8e Among *hie8es hich #orroed elements from se8eral of %e&#urn+s films most nota#ly Charade and %o to teal a 0illion. After finishing her last role in a motion &icture in 1,"" a cameo a&&earance as an angel in te8en &iel#erg+s Alays %e&#urn com&leted only to more entertainmentrelated &roects #oth critically acclaimed. ?ardens of the orld ith Audrey %e&#urn as a P( documentary tele8ision series her final &erformance #efore cameras filmed on location in se8en countries in the s&ring and summer of 1,,/. A onehour s&ecial &receded the series de#uting in 0arch 1,,1 hile the series commenced the day after her death
/ Huaniarian %areer In 1,"" Audrey acce&ted hat she considered her greatest role as a B9ICE- International ?oodill Am#assador. -or fi8e years Audrey tra8eled to o8er !/ countries itnessing innocent children struggling for sur8i8al. he re&orted these conditions to orld leaders go8ernments and the international media detailing &ro8ocati8e often gruesome details a#out millions of children and their families caught in the midst of natural and manmade disasters. Audrey;s or) on #ehalf of B9ICE-
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has ser8ed to ins&ire many others to reach out and commit their time to im&ro8ing the li8es of the orld;s children. *oday the Audrey %e&#urn Children;s -und continues her or) to #ring hel& and ho&e to children around the orld #y raising funds and su&&orting organi:ations ith the health ell#eing and education of children as their central mission. *hough she had done or) for B9ICE- in the 1,5/s starting in 1,54 ith radio &resentations this as a much higher le8el of dedication. *hose close to her say that the thoughts of dying hel&less children consumed her for the rest of her life. In !//! at the Bnited 9ations &ecial ession on Children B9ICE- honored %e&#urn+s legacy of humanitarian or) #y un8eiling a statue >*he &irit of Audrey> at B9ICE-+s 9e or) headDuarters. %er ser8ice for children is also recogni:ed through the B.. -und for B9ICE-+s Audrey %e&#urn ociety.
+ -er!#nal li,e 4.1 0arriages relationshi&s and children Audrey;s cherished friendshi&s ith director illiam yler and costar ?regory Pec) <$oman %oliday= lasted a lifetime. In fact it as ?regory Pec) ho introduced Audrey to her future hus#and 0el -errer at a dinner he hosted in 3ondon cele#rating the o&ening of $oman %oliday. In 1,54 %e&#urn met and dated actor 0el -errer hen they costarred on (roaday in the hit &lay @ndine. hen the &lay ended %e&#urn recei8ed the *ony Aard and married -errer on e&tem#er !5 1,54 in it:erland. After a miscarriage %e&#urn fell into a dee& de&ression. -errer suggested she return to or). *ogether they starred in the film ar and Peace <1,56= a romantic drama ith %e&#urn getting to& #illing. hile %e&#urn;s career offered many successes including another (est Actress nomination for her dramatic &ortrayal of ister 3u)e in *he 9un;s tory <1,5,= -errer;s career as on the decline. %e&#urn disco8ered she as ®nant in late 1,5" #ut as on contract to star in a estern *he Bnforgi8en <1,6/= hich #egan filming in Hanuary 1,5,. 3ater that same month during filming she fell off a horse and #ro)e her #ac). Although she reco8ered %e&#urn ga8e #irth to a still#orn that s&ring. %er de&ression ent dee&er. *han)fully %e&#urn ga8e #irth to a healthy son ean %e&#urn-errer on Hanuary 17 1,6/. *hree months after the #irth of her son ean Audrey #egan or) on the ada&tation of *ruman Ca&ote;s no8ella entitled (rea)fast At *iffany;s. 3ittle ean as alays in to and e8en accom&anied his mother on the set. Audrey then too) time off to #e ith ean and s&ent the rest of 1,6! o8erseas tra8eling and enoying time ith friends and family. In 1,64 hus#and 0el -errer ga8e Audrey one of the greatest gifts of her life the chance to heal &art of her childhood. -or nearly !5 years Audrey had neither seen nor heard from her father Hose&h $uston ho had a#andoned the family hen Audrey as age si. 0el trac)ed Hoes&h don in Ireland and Audrey and her father ere at long last reunited. ith ean nearing school age Audrey too) a #rea) from the mo8ies and chose to focus on family life at 3a Paisi#le their #elo8ed home in the small 8illage of *olochena:sur0orges thirty miles from ?ene8a it:erland. In 1,6" Audrey and 0el -errer di8orced. ithin a year she and ean ould find a #rand ne life and settle don in $ome the city here she made her 8ery first %ollyood mo8ie. @n a restorati8e cruise in and around the ?ree) Islands lo8e #loomed a second time for Audrey hen she met $oman &sychiatrist Andrea 2otti ho as also relaing a#oard shi& on holiday @n Hanuary 1" 1,6, the cou&le ed in 0orges it:erland.
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A little o8er a year later they ere thrilled to elcome a son 3uca 2otti to the family. *he four s&ent time together in it:erland at Audrey+s #elo8ed country home 3a Paisi#le 8isited Connie ald and other friends in the Bnited tates and settled into their home in $ome Italy. Bntil 1,75 Audrey chose to &lay her fa8orite role to date that of lo8ing ife and mother. In 1,"/ at one of Connie ald+s customary su&&er &arties Audrey as introduced to a handsome 2utch actor named $o#ert olders ho coincidentally had gron u& ust a short distance from Audrey in %olland. *hey+d e&erienced many of the same difficulties during the ar and Duic)ly #ecame lo8ing confidants. @8er time the to disco8ered many other things they had in common including gardening music art a )een sense of humor and the lo8e of Hac) $ussell terriers ho e8entually #ecame their constant com&anions.
4.! Illness *oard the end of 1,,! after Audrey+s last mission for B9ICE- she felt &rogressi8ely more and more ill and at the time &hysicians ere not a#le to &in&oint the origin and thus cause of her orsening state of health. 9ear year+s end Audrey underent e&loratory surgery and as diagnosed ith ino&era#le colon cancer. he s&ent her last days in hos&ice care at her home in *olochena: aud it:erland and occasionally as ell enough to ta)e al)s in her garden #ut gradually #ecame more confined to #ed rest as she gre ea)er.
4.' 2eath @n Hanuary !/ 1,,' hile at 3a Paisi#le ith $o##ie ean and 3uca #y her side Audrey Gathleen %e&#urn gracefully sli&&ed aay. After her death ?regory Pec) ent on camera and tearfully recited her fa8orite &oem >Bnending 3o8e> #y $a#indranath *agore. -uneral ser8ices ere held at the 8illage church of *olochena: it:erland on !4 Hanuary 1,,'. 0aurice Eindiguer the same &astor ho ed %e&#urn and 0el -errer and #a&ti:ed her son ean in 1,6/ &resided o8er her funeral hile Prince adruddin Aga Ghan of B9ICE- deli8ered a eulogy. 0any family mem#ers and friends attended the funeral including her sons &artner $o#ert olders #rother Ian Juarles 8an Bfford ehus#ands Andrea 2otti and 0el -errer %u#ert de ?i8enchy eecuti8es of B9ICE- and fello actors Alain 2elon and $oger 0oore. -loer arrangements ere sent to the funeral #y ?regory Pec) Eli:a#eth *aylor and the 2utch royal family. *he same day as her funeral %e&#urn as interred at the *olochena: Cemetery a small cemetery that sits ato& a hill o8erloo)ing the 8illage.
0 Le$a%y >%o shall I sum u& my lifeN I thin) I;8e #een &articularly luc)y.> Audrey %e&#urn -rom her 8ery first &erformance on film in 1,4" as an airline steardess to her last in 1,", as an angel Audrey %e&#urn ithstood o8er forty years of artistic scrutiny. *oday she remains the irrefuta#le &ersonification of irresisti#le charm grace and dignity. Bnassuming a#out her on massi8e cele#rity status Audrey certainly )ne eactly hat to do ith it hen the time as right. Alays &olite and slightly reser8ed in &ress inter8ies concerning her on life and career she as uneDui8ocally direct ith the ords she chose to detail the conditions and
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suffering of the children she met. If she as sometimes tentati8e and unsure hen &reå for a role on screen Audrey as fiercely unreser8ed in s&ea)ing for those ho otherise had no 8oice. As she herself said I feel so strongly that;s here it all starts ith )indness. hat a different orld this could #e if e8eryone li8ed #y that.K
5.1 tyle %e&#urn earned her &lace in the International (est 2ressed 3ist %all of -ame in 1,61 #ut her re8erence as a fashion icon has continued long since her death &ro8ed #y accruing the titles >most #eautiful oman of all time> and >most #eautiful oman of the !/th century> in &olls #y E8ian and JC res&ecti8ely. 2es&ite #eing far from the %ollyood &reference of #osomy actresses li)e 0arilyn 0onroe 0artine Carol Gim 9o8a) and 3ana *urner %e&#urn as 8ery feminine #y her grace huge eyes and long legs. Against the gender stereoty&es of the time the natural thic)ness of her #ron eye#ros made her >funny face unforgetta#le> reminisced director (illy ilder. %e o)ed >*his girl...may ma)e #osoms a thing of the &ast.> %e&#urn redefined glamour ith >elfin> features and a gamine aifli)e figure that ins&ired designs #y couturier %u#ert de ?i8enchy ho is credited for creating her style. ?i8enchy started designing her dresses since the film a#rina <1,54=. %e noted that u&on #eing told that the actress he ould #e res&onsi#le for many outfits for ould #e >0iss %e&#urn> he had e&ected Gatharine %e&#urn. hen faced ith Audrey he as initially disa&&ointed and told %e&#urn he had little time to s&are. 9e8ertheless she )ne eactly ho she anted to loo) and as)ed to 8ie his latest collection. *heir colla#oration in a#rina formed a lifelong friendshi& and &artnershi& she as often a muse for many of his designs and her style #ecame renoned internationally. >O?i8enchy ga8e me a loo) a )ind a silhouette. %e has alays #een the #est and he stayed the #est. (ecause he )e&t the s&are style that I lo8e. hat is more #eautiful than a sim&le sheath made an etraordinary ay in a s&ecial fa#ric and ust to earringsN> re8ealed %e&#urn. ?i8enchy created her outfits for many other films including -unny -ace 3o8e in the Afternoon (rea)fast at *iffany+s Paris hen It i::les Charade and %o to teal a 0illion. Although %e&#urn enoyed fashion she did not &lace much im&ortance on it &referring casual and comforta#le clothes contrary to h er image.
1 2il#$raphy Audrey+s entire film career ould encom&ass less than thirty mo8ies a 8ery slim filmogra&hy #ut one that contains some of the #est films of the fifties and sities. In orderL 9ederlands in 7 3essen <1,51= 3aughter in Paradise <1,51= @ne ild @at <1,51= *he 3a8ender %ill 0o# <1,51= oung i8es+ *ale <1,51= *he ecret Peo&le <1,5!= 0onte Carlo (a#y <1,5!= $oman %oliday <1,5'= a#rina <1,54= ar and Peace <1,56= -unny -ace <1,57= 3o8e in the Afternoon <1,57= ?reen 0ansions <1,5,= *he 9un+s tory <1,5,= *he Bnforgi8en <1,6/= (rea)fast at *iffany+s <1,61= *he Children+s %our <1,61= Charade <1,6'= Paris hen It i::les <1,64= 0y -air 3ady <1,64= %o to teal a 0illion <1,66= *o for the $oad <1,67= ait Bntil 2ar) <1,67= $o#in and 0arian <1,76= (loodline <1,7,= *hey All 3aughed <1,"1= 3o8e Among *hie8es <1,"7= Alays <1,",=
3 A4ard! >*he greatest 8ictory has #een to #e a#le to li8e ith myself to acce&t my shortcomings. ...I;m a long ay from the human #eing I;d li)e to #e. (ut I;8e decided I;m not so #ad after all.> Audrey %e&#urn
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*han)s to her talent Audrey %e&#urn recei8ed numerous aards and honors during her career hich made her success e8en #igger. he as nominated for Academy Aards for 5 times and on ! of them. he also on ' (A-*A aards for #eing the #est actress in a leading role in the mo8ies $oman %oliday *he 9unQs tory and Charade. (esides these she on ' ?olden ?lo#e Aards 1 ?rammy Aard1 *ony Aard and 1 Emmy Aard. All these im&ortant aards &ro8e that she as one of only 1! &eo&le to achie8e E?@* status. 2uring her entire career Audrey on o8er '/ aards.
Conclusions he charmed the orld ith a gamine+s #eauty and grace. (ut in the end Audrey %e&#urn+s greatest legacy as a lo8e for children ho didn+t e8en )no her name. In Africa as a short slee8ed am#assador for B9ICE- she al)ed in a ra8aged omalia gi8ing solace ith that radiant smileRand focusing the orld+s attention on a star8ing land. In e&tem#er 1,,! she as)ed to #e ta)en to the famine+s e&icenter a feeding cam& in the ton of (aidoa. As she arri8ed she sa hundreds of small lifeless #odies #eing loaded onto truc)s. *he orst of it she ould later say eyes elling ith tears as >the terri#le silence.> 3ife as a #ra8e ourney for Audrey %e&#urn. he as after all a oman ho s&ent much of her girlhood in 9a:ioccu&ied %olland su#sisting for a time on flour made from tuli& #ul#s. Along ith her star8ing grand&arents she recei8ed food from a relief agencyRB9ICE-+s &recursor. >our soul is nourished #y all your e&eriences> she once said. >It gi8es you #aggage for the futureRand ammunition if you li)e.> -or a time last ee) as &eo&le recalled the luminous images of %e&#urn in her !5 films it seemed as if the hole orld ere in mourning. >ou loo)ed at her and all you could thin) as that nothing #ad should e8er ha&&en to her> said actress Arlene 2ahl. >If there as a cross #eteen the salt of the earth and a regal Dueen.> said hirley 0ac3aine her costar in *he Children+s %our <1,61= >then she as it.> %e&#urn sa herself a #it differently. >I as #orn ith an enormous need for affection> she once said >and a terri#le need to gi8e it.> %e&#urn seemed to sense that she as destined to &lay a s&ecial role not ust in mo8ies #ut also in &eo&le+s li8es. >Peo&le associate me ith a time hen mo8ies ere &leasant> she said >hen omen ore &retty dresses in films and you heard #eautiful music. I alays lo8e it hen &eo&le rite me and say I as ha8ing a rotten time and I al)ed into a cinema and sa one of your mo8ies and it made such a difference.+ > Audrey %e&#urn did in the end ma)e a difference. >In a cruel and im&erfect orld> says critic $e $eed >she as li8ing &roof that ?od could still create &erfection.>
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