Born in Ixelles, Audrey Kathleen Ruston (the original name) spent his childhood in Holland controlled by Nazi in very hard times (WWII). This thing has created a passion for humanitarian work, in the late of career Audrey spent long time helping the organization Unicef. Audrey Hepburn (born on May 04, 1929 – January 20, 1993).
10. My Fair Lady
Eliza Doolittle is a young woman who earns her living selling flowers on the street. The damaged emphasis and faulty pronunciation face attention of a passer-phonetics professor Henry Higgins, a famous linguist. Confident in his methods, Higgins boasts that he can do, in the vocabulary, which Eliza appears as a Duchess. Enraged, Eliza goes to the professor’s house, wanting to learn, and get the subject of a bet between Higgins and his friend Pickering.
09. The Nun’s Story
Based on a true story, the movie is inspired by the life of a former nun, Marie-Louise Habets, on which Audrey Hepburn consulted it before began the filming to play with as much accuracy about a woman who tried to sacrifice her life. Gabrielle Van Der Mal – named Sister Luke – has given up to everything to become a nun.
08. Sabrina
Sabrina Larrabee is the girl of the family Larrabee’s driver and was still in love with David Larrabee when she was very young. David is very spoiled and womanizing, he did not notice Sabrina. After a trip to Paris where she became a cook, she returns as a very sophisticated woman, and David is quickly drawn to her. Linus, David’s brother see what happens, and is feared that David would give up to his engagement and therefore the family company would lose a lot of money.
07. Funny Face
The photographer Dick Avery seek an intellectual framework for a photo shoot with models and finally choose a library. After the photo session ends, to the dismay of the seller Jo Stockton, in bookstore result a big trouble, so Avery remains to help her on cleaning. Later, while she examines the photos, she remark Jo in one of the pictures and is intrigued by its unique appearance. Maggie Prescott, the fashion magazine editor, has the same opinion with the photographer.
06. Roman Holiday
The young and seductive Princess Ann is a highly publicized tour of Europe, but once in Rome, is tired and suffocated by her busy and strictly schedule and plans to escape in the “Eternal City”. On the other hand Joe Bradley is an American reporter who currently is in a fit of inspiration, a chance to make the two meet in an interesting and at first impression seems to be exactly what they needed.
05. Charade
Regina, is about to divorce from her husband, but she find that he was killed after he converted the family fortune in cash, and the money are not found. She meets Cary Grant who changes his name at every 15 minutes, the man being interested in her husband’s money. Also, its allies are interested about the money location. Everyone assumes that Regina knows the sure location of the money. The situation becomes tenser when researchers begin to die one by one.
In New York of the ’60s, Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn), a beautiful and sophisticated young woman leads an easy life and without obligation. Maintaining an air of child, but while wearing the most beautiful accessories Givenchy, she is wasting time attending at meetings and demanding parties. Pending a marriage with a wealthy gentleman, she accompanies various wealthy men.
Mary, a spoiled student, is punished for one of its many uncontrolled behaviors. To avenge on the teachers, she complains of a rich aunt, accusing them of leading two schools that had an “unnatural relationship”. Mary’s lie becomes more extensive, and many parents withdraw their children from school for fear the two. A teachers sue Mary for her words, but they lost the process because of the witness testimony that withdraw the confess in the last minute.
02. Two for the Road
Joanna “Jo” Wallace is the perfect woman from every point of view who wants her husband to be close, Mark Wallace. The film is the perfect blend of beautiful memories and less of the two and which brought him to the brink of divorce, from the first meeting to their enter in marriage crisis without that them to realize.
01. Wait Until Dark
Susy Hendrix (Audrey Hepburn) is a young left blind after an accident. She and her husband Sam Hendrix is trying to lead a normal life, teaching her step by step how to cope at home, how to light the stove, open the fridge. One day, her husband goes on a business trip and while get down from the plane, a woman stretches a doll and disappears. He returns home, forgets about the doll, leaves at home and goes back to the job.
