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Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993), an Oscar® winning actress, appeared in 26 movies from 1951 to 1989. While filming a small part in 1951’s We Will All Go To Monte Carlo, she was spotted by French novelist Colette. Colette picked Hepburn to play Gigi in the Broadway play Gigi. The success of the play led to Hepburn’s first starring role….1953’s Roman Holiday. Roman Holiday was a hit and earned her the Oscar® for Best Actress. From 1953 until the rest of her life she was an internationally star.
Although she only made 16 movies during her peak of stardom (1953-1967)….check out some of her legendary leading men….Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday, Humphrey Bogart in Sabrina, Henry Fonda in War and Peace, Gary Cooper in Love in the Afternoon, Fred Astaire in Funny Face, Burt Lancaster in The Unforgiven, James Garner in The Children’s Hour, Cary Grant in Charade, William Holden in Paris When It Sizzles, Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady, Peter O’ Toole in How To Steal A Million and Albert Finney in Two For The Road. I can only imagine the stories she could share of her experiences behind the scenes with all of these incredible actors.
My personal favorite Audrey Hepburn movies are 1963’s Charade and 1966’s How To Steal A Million. I have seen 17 of her 24 movies to date.
Her IMDb page shows 33 acting credits from 1949-1989. This page will rank 24 Audrey Hepburn movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.
Audrey Hepburn Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Audrey Hepburn Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Possibly Interesting Facts About Audrey Hepburn
1. Audrey Hepburn was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar® five times in her career. She won the Oscar® for Roman Holiday. Her other four nominations were for Sabrina, The Nun’s Story, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Wait Until Dark. She also received eight Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress.
2. Audrey Hepburn is one of ten performers to win awards in the four major categories of performing. She won the Oscar® 1953’s Roman Holiday, the Tony award for 1954’s Ondine, the Emmy award for 1993’s Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn, and the Grammy® award for 1994’s Audrey Hepburn’s Enchanted Tales.
3. Audrey Hepburn was married two times. The first marriage to actor Mel Ferrer lasted 14 years and produced one son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer. While the second marriage to Andrea Dotti lasted 13 years and produced one son, Luca Dotti.
4. Audrey Hepburn was a distant relative of King George III of England, Princess Diana of Wales, Prince Rainier of Monaco, and actor Humphrey Bogart.
5. Audrey Hepburn spoke 5 languages: English, French, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish.
6. There is a breed of tulip that is named after Audrey Hepburn.
7. Audrey Hepburn was named Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF….here is her quote when getting the appointment……” I can testify to what UNICEF means to children, because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after World War II. I have a long-lasting gratitude and trust for what UNICEF does”.
8. Roles turned down by Audrey Hepburn……The Birds, Father Goose, The Diary of Anne Frank, Gigi, Out of Africa, The Exorcist, The Sound of Music, and West Side Story.
9. The American Film Institute named Audrey Hepburn the third greatest female actress of all-time.
10. Check out Audrey Hepburn‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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Thanks for feedback and additional information. I too noticed of course how far apart you and WH are in some of your AH movie placings. However after the way you demonised me for not groveling 100% to Hitch’s memory I’m scared of again upsetting anybody for the time being and will take a leaf out of the book of the great Brit entertainer Bruce Forsyth who used to tell in turn every one of the competitors on his dancing contest show “YOU are my favourite!” Accordingly I designate Bruce’s AH Top 6 The Ultimate Top 6 and your own The Definitive Top 6.
Certainly working with Hitch at his best might have strengthened Audrey’s dramatic credentials, though I suppose Charade [where her co-star was in fact one of Hitch’s own two favourite male stars ] and Wait until Dark might be said to have come near enough to the Hitchcock stock in trade. Many movie historians think that Audrey may have also missed opportunities by not teaming up with more of the talented fresh lead males of her own day but rather seemingly having a thing for co-starring with older guys from past decades such as Cooper, Astaire, Fonda, Harrison, Bogie and Holden.
However you will be aware of the old saying “If it’s not broken don’t fix it,” and Flora and others among Aud’s enthusiasts could well argue that the career path that she chose led her to the No 3 spot on the AFI female Legends list, just as I would have pointed out to Joel that Marlon’s career decisions did not deny him the 4th spot on the male list whereas many of those stars over whom Hirchh has enthused and gushed never got near those lists.
Anyhow, watch this space – I will shortly send you a catch-up post to one of your “golden oldies”.
It always surprised me that Audrey was as high as No 3 on AFI’s female Legends list because she was never the box office star that Liz Taylor was, was never perceived as a dramatic actress of Ingrid Bergman’s status, didn’t receive the great hype that Monroe did and made only about 25 movies. However one problem for me in trying to 2nd-guess AFI is that I’ve never seen their selection criteria. Anyway if James Dean in just 3 full-length movie roles could make the AFI cut at all one can hardly point the finger at Audrey’s placing on the list. And of course Flora who is perhaps our best judge of what constitutes a Classic Era female Legend seems to think highly of Audrey so that’s now good enough for me.
Best POSTERS for me in your AH video are Secret people Young Wives’ Tale, the very raunchy one for Monte Carlo Baby, foreign language one for Paris When it Sizzles, great foreign language one for Wait until Dark [Audrey’s final success as a star] 2 stunners for The Unforgiven [which were possibly in your Huston video and if so well worth reproducing] an outstanding set for War and Peace, 2 excellent foreign language ones for Love in the Afternoon, a foreign language one for Nun’s Story, great sets in their entirety for both My fair Lady and Sabrina, a truly splendid opening one for that great Brit classic The Lavender Hill Mob and some fine ones for Funny Face. Audrey being billed above Fred in that one always amazed me as she had just been a Hollywood star for 4 years and had made just 3 Hollywood films whereas Astaire had been making musical classics and box office hits for quarter of a century.
Super STILLS the best in my opinion being (1) opening coloured solo of young AH (2) on frog! (3) solo with Golden Holden (4) with Garner and MacLaine in The Children’s Hour [the aka Brit title of which we are proud was The Loudest Whisper] (5) with O’Toole (6) with Bogie and Holden in Sabrina. The Brit title of which again we are proud was Sabrina Fair, a play on the fact that Aud’s character is called Sabrina Fairchild. Your still is in my view a collector’s item as it was the only time athat all 3 of these legends appeared in the one movie but it does tend to support the criticism of many observers that Bogie and Golden were too old for little Aud (7) With Grant and gun (8) two splendid ones of Aud as Eliza and Holly (8) and a closing feel-good one of Audrey relaxing on the set with my Greg. She always gave him credit for his generosity in insisting that she get equal billing to him in her first Hollywood movie.
I have long thought that Audrey lost her youthful looks relatively prematurely and although she went on making films until 1989 her career as a top star in effect ended almost a quarter of a century earlier and lasted only 14 years from 1953-1967. Given that and the fact that you had just 25 films in all to work with I thought you did a splendid job with your video that was easily worth a solid 97.5% to me. You and Bruce agree on just 3 of Aud’s Top 6 best reviewed films.
STEVE’s TOP 6 for Review in ranked order.
1/Roman Holiday
2/ My fair Lady
3/Charade
4/Breakfast at Tiffany’s
5/The Nun’s Story
6/Sabrina Fair [to give it its proper title!]
WORK HORSE TOP 6
1/Roman Holiday
2/Charade
3/Wait Until Dark
4/Lavender Hill Mob
5/Nun’s Story
6/How to Steal a Million
Hi Bob, thanks for the review, rating, info, trivia and comparison, it is appreciated.
Glad you enjoyed the picture gallery.
Audrey Hepburn is Flora’s favorite actress and Gregory Peck is her favorite actor, so she was well pleased with the no.1 film on this video. If only little Audrey had worked with Flora’s favorite director, the master of suspense, but it was not meant to be.
Looking at the top 6 comparisons in your post, Bruce and I have the same no.1 which is lovely but after that… it all went pear-shaped. I’m not saying mine is more accurate but Bruce’s top 6 is missing three of her most famous films – My Fair Lady, Sabrina and Breakfast at Tiffanys, say it isn’t so Bruce! Looking at the main chart on the page – My Fair Lady didn’t even make the top 10, oh the humanity! Bruce I can recommend some good ratings sources. Bruce? chief? el commandante? supremo? [waves arms around] *sound of pin dropping*
Audrey has 8 films scoring 10 out of 10, which is amazing considering how few films she’s starred in. They are –
Roman Holiday
My Fair Lady
Charade
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Nun’s Story ,The
Sabrina
Lavender Hill Mob ,The
Love in the Afternoon
One scored 9 out of 10 – Funny Face.
Highest rated at IMDB is Roman Holiday, there’s a tie for the top spot at Rotten Tomatoes – Charade and Roman Holiday.
Trained as a dancer from a young age one of Audrey’s idols was Fred Astaire but when she had a chance to work with him on Funny Face she found him grumpy – “Here I’ve been waiting 20 years to dance with Fred Astaire, and what do I get? Mud in my eye!”