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She was the most beautiful film and fashion statement of her era, with or without the Givenchy designs. She was a ballet dancer, who never performed in a ballet. She was the world's highest-paid film actress, who never took an acting lesson. She was Audrey Hepburn, and she had the aura of a beloved real-life princess. With unprecedented access to family and friends, never-before-published photographs and meticulous research, biographer Barry Paris gives us a vibrant new portrait of Hepburn. Beginning with her childhood in Nazi-occupied Holland, he weaves the tale of her storybook career, its dizzying launch after the liberation, her title role on Broadway in Gigi, and her Oscar- and Tony- winning performances within the same year of her arrival in America. In the late 1950s and the 1960s, her star shone brighter with leads in Sabrina, The Nun's Story, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Wait Until Dark and My Fair Lady.In 1980 she met and fell in love with Rob Wolders, the widower of Merle Oberon. With his assistance, from 1988 until the end of her life, Hepburn became special ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund. Her trips to Ethiopia and Somalia demonstrated her whole-hearted and tireless commitment. Never before had so great a star so vigorously lent herself to such a crusade.… (mer)
I'm never quite keen on the journalistic approach, but Mr Paris does a very good job, with a good sense of humour attached. The level of detail is perfect - never too stodgy but always filled with fascinating anecdotes and very pertinent asides. The context and background provided are brilliant, and I like the fact that the whole approach is sensitively handled - neither sensationalist, critical or gushing. A great insight into a fascinating person. ( )
can't see anyone that doesn't have an interest in Audrey Hepburn reading this unless they just like reading biographies in general. Being an Audrey fan I enjoyed reading about her life in World War II and all the struggles she had to endure. It was interesting to see all she had to do to "make it" and to read that she really is as awesome as I already thought her to be. This biography tells about her life, even prior to her being born, and ends with the events leading up to her death. This helped make me see her as a human being who has suffered from heartache, disappointment, and any of the other things a lot of us goes through in life. Her involvement in UNICEF makes me think even more of her. She truly was an amazing woman. ( )
Audrey was known for something which has disappeared, and that is elegance, grace and manners … God kissed her on the cheek, and there she was. – Billy Wilder ( )
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On the day of the greatest airborne invasion in history, Audrey Hepburn was a skinny girl of fifteen--stunned and exhilarated by the prospect of imminent liberation from the Nazis and incredulous that it was taking place in her own provincial town of Arnhem.
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Once when she was asked to pick a single word to describe herself, Audrey Hepburn smiled and replied, "Lucky." So, too, was the world.
She was the most beautiful film and fashion statement of her era, with or without the Givenchy designs. She was a ballet dancer, who never performed in a ballet. She was the world's highest-paid film actress, who never took an acting lesson. She was Audrey Hepburn, and she had the aura of a beloved real-life princess. With unprecedented access to family and friends, never-before-published photographs and meticulous research, biographer Barry Paris gives us a vibrant new portrait of Hepburn. Beginning with her childhood in Nazi-occupied Holland, he weaves the tale of her storybook career, its dizzying launch after the liberation, her title role on Broadway in Gigi, and her Oscar- and Tony- winning performances within the same year of her arrival in America. In the late 1950s and the 1960s, her star shone brighter with leads in Sabrina, The Nun's Story, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Wait Until Dark and My Fair Lady.In 1980 she met and fell in love with Rob Wolders, the widower of Merle Oberon. With his assistance, from 1988 until the end of her life, Hepburn became special ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund. Her trips to Ethiopia and Somalia demonstrated her whole-hearted and tireless commitment. Never before had so great a star so vigorously lent herself to such a crusade.
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