Audrey Hepburn's brief introduction Deathday:199365438+1October 20th, she died of breast cancer in a Swiss family: her father was a wealthy British banker and her mother was a Dutch baroness. Hair color: brown hobby: ballet's favorite color: white, the most unforgettable scenery: Swiss snow, the most unforgettable thing: winning the Oscar for self-performance: I have never had any great talent or. 1929 On March 4th, an elf was born in Belgium. Audrey Hepburn was born in a luxurious mansion in the Belgian capital Brussels. Hepburn's father, an Englishman named Yue Se Anthony Hepburn Ralston, is the general manager of the Bank of England. He is handsome and well dressed. His mother is Ella von Hiemstra, a Dutchman, the daughter of the Dutch Governor. He is descended from the Dutch royal family, so the title of Baroness should be added after his name. It is in such a family and living environment that Hepburn was influenced by seriousness, elegance and perseverance since he was a child, and at the same time he was able to talk and laugh and embrace life with infinite passion. She is pure and unpretentious. Just like Brussels, she combines the oldest mystery, the concept of the times and the strange modern concept. Her manners are always aristocratic. Hepburn was sent to a private school in England at the age of four in order to get a good education from an early age. Hepburn was quiet since she was a child. She loved music, especially dancing. Watching ballet is a wonderful enjoyment for Hepburn. Becoming an actor or a ballet dancer in the future is the only dream of little Hepburn. At this time, she is more and more observing her body from the perspective of ballet. She began to be dissatisfied with her appearance. She especially dislikes her face, thinks her eyes are too big, her teeth are irregular, and she is desperate for her body shape. She has been unhappy ever since. More and more withdrawn, reserved and alienated, the divorce of her parents at the age of 6 made her feel particularly unfortunate, but the charm of dance still strongly attracted her. At the age of 9, she began to study ballet formally. She studied very hard and made up her mind to become a solo dancer one day and eventually become a dance star. She is not interested in movies and knows nothing about superstars Garbo or katharine hepburn. Dancing became Hepburn's only pursuit in his life. 1939, when the European War broke out, Hepburn came to the Netherlands with his mother. As a result, this decision made Hepburn live under the iron heel of fascism during the war. During this period, she strongly felt the cruelty and horror of war and the poverty and misery of wandering life. For lack of food, Hepburn was as thin as a skeleton. The war left a permanent scar on her. She is anemic, emaciated and muscular. In the face of cruel war, her figure is always thin and thin. She really never gave up her pursuit of ballet. After the war, the baroness sent Hepburn to study with Sonia, a Belarusian ballet teacher. Sonia attaches great importance to Hepburn, with big eyes slightly narrowed, high cheekbones, delicate nose, square shoulders, slender trunk and slender legs. All these indicate that this is the figure of a dancer. Her dancing movements are good, and her basic skills are good. But Sonia had many new ideas about ballet, but without the support of the Dutch government, her school was forced to close. So Hepburn moved to London and found a night job in a church. At the same time, while working as an advertising model, she entered the famous Mary Lambert Dance School. Ms Lambert is a 60-year-old dancer. She is very kind to Hepburn, but here, Hepburn finds that her dancing skills are not as good as other students. Besides, she is so tall that she has no future as a lead dancer. At the same time, years of hunger eroded her body, and as a professional dancer, she was exhausted. On the recommendation of Lambert, Hepburn participated in the performance of the American musical "High Shoes" and became an extra in the play. She jumped high, rolled her eyes and stretched her arms forward, which was not bad, but Hepburn didn't like this form or this life. At this moment, Hepburn suddenly understood what Rambo had said to her. Ms. Lambert's words are: "You lack the talent that a ballet dancer should have." At this point, Hepburn finally understood that she would never be the leading role in ballet and would never succeed. Finally, Hepburn completely gave up her wish to become a dance star. At this time, if she 19 can't be a dancer, she must face the reality. At that time, London was going to shoot a 40-minute short film, which was an introduction to the tourist scenery. In the film, a girl who can speak English and German needs to dress up as a stewardess to explain the scenery to the audience. On the recommendation of a friend, Hepburn took the exam. At the age of eighteen or nineteen, she looks elegant. Two directors received her successively. Director Linden later recalled: "Miss Audrey Hepburn was radiant, cheerful, kind and well-educated. She chattered on about her ballet training. I remember when I said to my assistant, "Come on! Have you ever seen a dream of walking? I saw it. "Another director tried to prove that she was the first person to find Audrey Hepburn:" She came into my office and said that she was studying ballet and wanted to find a job. I explained to her that I don't make music and dance films. However, I continued to talk to her. Somehow, I was attracted by her fresh, cheerful and incredible smile. A pair of bright big eyes on her small round face make her a small sun! Finally, I realized that she was the one to be used in the movie. I told her that I wanted her to play a role. But she replied: But, I'm not an actor! You will be disappointed. I signed a contract with her. "Although this short film has never been heard again, Hepburn is involved in film performance for the first time. She experienced the excitement and fun of filming. This event may be the beginning of her brilliant film career. China audiences are familiar with Hepburn, starting with Roman Holiday, and Hepburn's brilliant career usually begins with Roman Holiday. This is her famous work and her masterpiece, which is of special significance to her. Just as Hepburn was chosen as the leading role in Gigi, in London, the work of choosing the actor to play the princess in Roman Holiday was under way. At first, the director intended to invite the famous actress joan simmons to star in the film, but Joan wanted to make a musical for a change, so she politely refused. Therefore, the director decided to use the film Gone with the Wind to openly recruit actress Scarlett. The film was shot by American Paramount Company and directed by the famous Hollywood director William Wheeler. Hepburn has no intention of taking part in the heroine competition. First, she has decided to play Gigi. Second, as soon as Gigi finishes filming, she is ready to get married, start a family and live. So she has no interest in Roman holidays. Later, after repeated persuasion by the baroness, she had no choice but to perfunctory. Even if she doesn't choose, she doesn't care about anything A set of scenes selected for the test is: the princess is doing sit-ups on the big bed in her pajamas. As soft as a kitten, Hepburn stretched out her arms to the beautifully decorated ceiling. After that, she completed a series of prescribed plots very naturally and childishly. While she was doing these actions, a camera was quietly filming her, but she didn't know it at all. No matter from the scene or from the film, the effect is very ideal. She was chosen as a princess and signed a contract with Paramount. It's really intentional to plant flowers, but unintentional to plant willow trees. Hepburn never dreamed that this result would have a great impact on her life. At that time, the hero who played the reporter was identified as gregory peck, a famous Hollywood movie star. 1952 In May, as soon as Gigi's performance was over, Paramount asked her to go to Rome for filming. The filming of Roman Holiday is a painful process. Because everything is shot on the spot, it is necessary to clean the sidewalk and drive away pedestrians. This work alone almost exhausted the deputy director and production director. So the work is progressing slowly and there are many problems. Sometimes, in order to shoot a scene repeatedly, Hepburn has to do it 60 times in an afternoon. She is reluctant, but she is not disgusted. She also tries to be perfect. But the director also tried his best to restrain himself for Hepburn. He tried every means to improve her self-confidence and make her feel relaxed and happy. He told her that she must forget that she was acting and should treat herself as a princess. The shooting work was finally completed successfully. 1On August 20th, 953, Hepburn flew to London to attend the premiere of Roman Holiday, and then flew to Venice to attend the Venice Film Festival. In the United States, a public reception was also held for the screening of Roman Holiday. This film has been a great success all over the world. In Japan, the film became a household name, and Hepburn later became an idol in the eyes of the Japanese. The short hair in Hepburn's movies suddenly became an international fashion hairstyle. In Scandinavian countries, Roman Holiday is the most popular film released in the same period. For a time, Hepburn became an international celebrity, her news short films were broadcast all over the world, and TV stations praised her in prime time. A large number of newspapers ecstatically praised her beauty, vitality, charm and elegance, and people praised her as the best actress after Garbo and Bergman. Hepburn was nominated for the best actress Oscar for her leading role in Roman Holiday. According to the usual practice, all the nominees for the award must attend the final evaluation ceremony of the award. This award presentation ceremony 1954 was held simultaneously in LA and new york on March 25th. NBC TV network connects the two places into an organic whole. General Motors paid $270,000 for the TV rights during the award ceremony. On this day, Hepburn had just finished performing The Mermaid in new york. After the curtain call, she got into a taxi.