Audrey Hepburn, a musical tribute to the star of the wide screen in the 50s and 60s
Audrey Hepburn s reign as Hollywood s storybook princess lasted 15 years, long enough for her to be made a paradigm of sparkling charisma and class. From a traumatic youth in Nazioccupied Europe, Hepburn effortlessly charmed her way into the hearts of producers, directors, costars and moviegoers alike, earning no less than drama s highestprofile honor for her first major film outing, Roman Holiday (1953). She seemed to define irrepressible, from her Sabrina (1954) through her deceptively sweet girlabouttown in Breakfast at Tiffany s (1961) to her heartwarming ragstoriches Eliza Doolittle in the film version of one of the last old school hit musicals, My Fair Lady (1964) to even late in her life when traveled the world as a highprofile spokeswoman for UNICEF. Her legacy on screen and off would be that of someone disarmingly defying her place and pedigree, transcending them, and in the process, becoming that rare movie star who
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