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Hollywood's all-time best——Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn is one of Hollywood's all-time greatest actresses.She is famous not only in the USA,but also in other parts of the world.When Hepburn died in 1993,the world mourned the loss of a great beauty,a great actress and a great humanitarian.
Hepburn was born in Belgium on 4th May 1929.She began taking ballet lessons at a very young age.She loved dancing and her dream was to become a successful ballet dancer.She had put most of her effort into ballet training before she entered the film industry.She had also been a model before she became a Hollywood superstar.
In 1951,while acting in Monte Carlo Baby,Hepburn met the famous French writer Colette wrote a novel called Gigi The novel was later made into a play,Colette insisted that Hepburn was the perfect girl to play the lead role in the play.That event marked the beginning of her successful career.
Shortly after ,Hepburn was chosen to play the lead role of a young princess in the Hollywood film Roman Holiday .It was a big success and Hepburn became famous immediately.She won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in this film.Later,she acted in the play Ondine and won a Tony Award for it.
During her lifetime,Hepburn earned four more Oscar nominations.Some of the well-known films that Hepburn acted in include Funny Face,Breakfast at Tiffany's and My Fair Lady.In 1989,Hepburn made her final appearance in her last film Always,and she played the role of an angel.Some people thought that she was playing herself,because to them,she herself was an angel!
Throughout her acting years,she acted in only one TV series,Gardens ofthe World with Audrey Hepburn.By showing us the beauty of nature,Hepburn wanted to remind us that we should protect the environment.
Hepburn's achievements went beyond the film industry.People remember her not just as a great actress,but also as a great humanitarian because shi devoted much of her time to charity.She spent the last few years of her life working closely with UNICEF to help poor children in different parts of the world.She was honoured with a number of awards because of her efforts in this area.In 1992,the President of the United States presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her charity work.
In 1991,Hepburn discovered that she had cancer.On 10th January 1993,she took her last walk in her garden.Ten days later,at the age of 63,Hepturn passed away peacefully in her sleep.
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