Audrey Hepburn

Born: 4 May 1929 Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium Death: 20 January 1993 (colon cancer) Best Known As: The star of the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's Name at birth: Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston As an actress Hepburn was known for her gracefully petite figure (and famously long neck) and for her air of playful elegance. Among her best-known films were Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), My Fair Lady (1964), and Roman Holiday (1953). She won the Best Actress Oscar for the latter and was nominated for Oscars four other times: for Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Nun's Story (1959), Sabrina (1954), and Wait Until Dark (1967). During the last dozen years of her life she worked as a special goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Hepburn is no relation to fellow actress Katharine Hepburn. In 2000 Hepburn was portrayed by Jennifer Love Hewitt in the TV movie The Audrey Hepburn Story.