Audrey Hepburn

Actress, fashion icon, and philanthropist Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929, in Brussels, Belgium. During much of World War II, Hepburn studied at the Arnhem Conservatory in The Netherlands. After the Nazis invaded the country, Hepburn and her mother struggled to survive. She reportedly helped the resistance movement by delivering messages, according to an article in The New York Times. After the war, Hepburn continued to pursue an interest in dance. She studied ballet in Amsterdam and later in London. In 1948, Hepburn made her stage debut as a chorus girl in the musical High Button Shoes in London. Being one of only 14 entertainers to have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards, Actress Audrey Hepburn, star of Breakfast at Tiffany's, remains one of Hollywood's greatest style icons and one of the world's most successful actresses throughout history. At age 22, she starred in the Broadway production of Gigi which gave attention to her name. Two years later, she starred in the film Roman Holiday (1953) with Gregory Peck. And in 1961, she set the new fashion standards as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's. In her later years, she concentrates on her children rather than her acting career and then became a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF in the late 1980s. She won a special Academy Award for her humanitarian work in 1993, and soon after passed away on January 20, 1993, at her home in Tolochenaz, Switzerland after  battling colon cancer.

“I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.”