The Audrey Hepburn Handbook - Everything you need to know about Audrey Hepburn

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Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 ? 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Although modest about her acting ability, Hepburn remains one of the world's most famous actresses of all time, remembered as a film and fashion icon of the twentieth century. Redefining glamour with 'elfin' features and a gamine waif-like figure that inspired designs by Hubert de Givenchy, she was inducted in the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame, and ranked, by the American Film Institute, as the third greatest female screen legend in the history of American cinema.

This book is your ultimate resource for Audrey Hepburn. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Audrey Hepburn, List of Audrey Hepburn credits, Dutch in Seven Lessons, Monte Carlo Baby, Laughter in Paradise, One Wild Oat, The Lavender Hill Mob, Young Wives' Tale, The Secret People (film), Roman Holiday, Sabrina (1954 film), War and Peace (1956 film), Love in the Afternoon (1957 film), Funny Face, Green Mansions (film), The Nun's Story (film), The Unforgiven (1960 film), Breakfast at Tiffany's (film), The Children's Hour (film), Charade (1963 film), Paris When It Sizzles, My Fair Lady (film), How to Steal a Million, Two for the Road (1967 film), Wait Until Dark (film), Robin and Marian, Bloodline (1979 film), They All Laughed, Always (1989 film), CBS Television Workshop, Mayerling (1957 TV film), Love Among Thieves, Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn.

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Articles Audrey Hepburn List of Audrey Hepburn credits Dutch in Seven Lessons Monte Carlo Baby Laughter in Paradise One Wild Oat The Lavender Hill Mob Young Wives' Tale The Secret People (film) Roman Holiday Sabrina (1954 film) War and Peace (1956 film) Love in the Afternoon (1957 film) Funny Face Green Mansions (film) The Nun's Story (film) The Unforgiven (1960 film) Breakfast at Tiffany's (film) The Children's Hour (film) Charade (1963 film) Paris When It Sizzles My Fair Lady (film) How to Steal a Million

Two for the Road (1967 film) Wait Until Dark (film) Robin and Marian Bloodline (1979 film) They All Laughed Always (1989 film) CBS Television Workshop Mayerling (1957 TV film) Love Among Thieves Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn

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Hepburn in a studio publicity portrait for 1957 filmLove in the Afternoon

20 January 1993 (aged 63) Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland

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Audrey Kathleen Ruston 4 May 1929 Ixelles, Belgium

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Audrey Hepburn(bornAudrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929–20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Although modest about her acting ability, Hepburn remains one of the world's most famous actresses

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Mel Ferrer (1954–1968) Andrea Dotti (1969–1982)

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of all time, remembered as a film and fashion icon of the twentieth century. Redefining glamour with "elfin" [1] features and a gamine waif-like figure that inspired designs by Hubert de Givenchy, she was inducted in the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame, and ranked, by the American Film Institute, as the third greatest female screen legend in the history of American cinema. Born in Ixelles, a suburb of Brussels, Hepburn spent her childhood between Belgium, England and the Netherlands, including German-occupied Arnhem during the Second World War. In Arnhem, she studied ballet before moving to London in 1948 where she continued to train in ballet and performed as a chorus girl in various West End musical theatre productions. After appearing in several British films and starring in the 1951 Broadway playGigi, Hepburn gained instant Hollywood stardom for playing the Academy Award-winning lead role inRoman Holiday(1953). Later performing inSabrina(1954),The Nun's Story(1959),Breakfast at Tiffany's(1961),Charade(1963),My Fair Lady(1964) andWait Until Dark(1967), Hepburn became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age who received Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations and accrued a Tony Award for her theatrical performance in the 1954 Broadway playOndine. Hepburn remains one of few entertainers who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. Although she appeared in fewer films as her life went on, Hepburn devoted much of her later life to UNICEF. Her war-time struggles inspired her passion for humanitarian work and, although Hepburn had contributed to the organisation since the 1950s, she worked in some of the most profoundly disadvantaged communities of Africa, South America and Asia in the late eighties and early nineties. In 1992, Hepburn was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador but died of appendiceal cancer at her [2] [3] [4] home in Switzerland, aged 63, in 1993.

Early life An only child, Audrey Hepburn was born Audrey Kathleen Ruston on 4 May 1929 on Rue Keyenveld in Ixelles, a [5] municipality in Brussels in Belgium. Her father, Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston (1889–1980), was a Brit born in [6] [7] [8] bcice, Bohemia to an English/Austrian father and Austrian mother. Ruston had earlier been married to [9] Cornelia Bisschop, a Dutch heiress he met in the Dutch East Indies. Although born Ruston, he later [10] double-barrelled the surname to the more "aristocratic" Hepburn-Ruston, mistakenly believing himself descended [9] from James Hepburn, third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. Her mother, Baroness Ella van Heemstra (1900–1984), was a Dutch aristocrat and the daughter of Aarnoud van Heemstra, who was mayor of Arnhem from 1910 to 1920 and served as Governor of Suriname from 1921 to 1928. Ella's mother was Elbrig Willemine Henriette, Baroness van Asbeck (1873-1939), who was a granddaughter of Dirk [8] van Hogendorp. At 19 Ella had married the knight Hendrik Gustaaf Adolf Quarles van Ufford, but they divorced in 1925. Hepburn had two half-brothers from this marriage: Jonkheer Arnoud Robert Alexander "Alex" Quarles van [9] [11] Ufford (1920–1979) and Jonkheer Ian Edgar Bruce Quarles van Ufford (1924–2010). Ruston married van Heemstra in Batavia in 1926 before moving to Ixelles. Three years later, Hepburn was born, but when she was almost two, the family moved, settling in Linkebeek, a nearby Brussels municipality by January [12] [13] [14] 1932. Although born in Belgium, Hepburn had British citizenship and, because of her father's job with a British insurance company, the family often travelled between Belgium, England, and the Netherlands. With her multinational background, she had an instinctive talent for languagesand went on to speak fluent English, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian. Hepburn was a playful and imaginative child who discovered a passion for ballet by the age of 5, loved to read and was nicknamed "Monkey Puzzle" by her father.

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Childhood and adolescence in World War II [15] Members of the British Union of Fascists in the mid-1930s, Hepburn's parents divorced in 1935 when her father, [16] who became a Nazi sympathiser, left the family. Years later, Hepburn would locate him in Dublin through the Red Cross. Although he remained emotionally detached, his daughter remained in contact and supported him [17] financially until his death. From 1935 to 1939, Hepburn was educated at Miss Rigden's School, an independent girls' school in the village of [18] Elham in southeastern England. In 1939, her mother relocated her and her two half-brothers to their maternal grandfather's home in Arnhem, in the belief that the Netherlands would protect them from German attack. Whilst there, Hepburn attended the Arnhem Conservatory from 1939 to 1945 where, in addition to the standard school curriculum, she trained in ballet. After the Germans invaded the Netherlands in 1940, Hepburn adopted the [19] pseudonym Edda van Heemstra, a derivative of her mother's name Ella, modifying her mother's documents because an "English sounding" name was considered dangerous during the German occupation as it may have undesirably indicated her British roots too strongly, attracted the attention of occupying German forces and resulted [14] in confinement or deportation as with her half-brother, Ian van Ufford, who spent time in a German labour camp. During her wartime struggles, Hepburn suffered from malnutrition, developed acute andmia, respiratory problems, [20] and edema. Hepburn, in a retrospective interview, commented, "I have memories. More than once I was at the station seeing trainloads of Jews being transported, seeing all these faces over the top of the wagon. I remember, very sharply, one little boy standing with his parents on the platform, very pale, very blond, wearing a coat that was [21] much too big for him, and he stepped on to the train. I was a child observing a child." Notwithstanding such strife, by 1944, Hepburn had become a proficient ballerina. She had secretly danced for groups of people to collect money for the Dutch resistance. "The best audience I ever had made not a single sound at the end [22] of my performances," she remarked. After the Allied landing on D-Day, living conditions grew worse and Arnhem was subsequently devastated by Allied artillery fire under Operation Market Garden. During the Dutch famine that followed in the winter of 1944, the Germans had blocked the resupply routes of the Netherlands' already-limited food and fuel supplies as retaliation for railway strikes that were held to hinder German occupation. People starved and froze to death in the streets; Hepburn and many others resorted to making flour out of tulip bulbs [16] [23] to bake cakes and biscuits. One way that Hepburn passed the time was by drawing; some of her childhood [24] artwork can be seen today. When the country was liberated, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation [25] Administration trucks followed. Hepburn said in an interview that she fell ill from putting too much sugar in her [26] oatmeal and eating an entire can of condensed milk. Hepburn's war-time experiences sparked her devotion to [16] [23] UNICEF, an international humanitarian organisation, in her later career.

Career

Career beginnings and early roles After the war ended in 1945, Hepburn left the Arnhem Conservatory and moved to Amsterdam, where she took [27] ballet lessons with Sonia Gaskell in addition to appearing as an air stewardess in an educational travel film made [28] by Charles van der Linden and Henry Josephson,Dutch in Seven Lessons(1948), before travelling with her mother to London. Gaskell provided an introduction to Marie Rambert, and Hepburn studied ballet at the Ballet Rambert, supporting herself with part-time work as a model and deciding to drop "Ruston" from her double-barreled surname. When Hepburn asked Rambert about her future, Rambert assured her that she could continue to work there [29] and have a great career, but her relatively tall height of 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) coupled with her poor nutrition during the war would keep her from becoming a prima ballerina. Hepburn trusted Rambert's assessment and decided to [30] pursue acting: a career in which she at least had the chance to excel. After becoming a star, Rambert said of Hepburn, "She was a wonderful learner. If she had wanted to persevere, she might have become an outstanding [31] ballerina."

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Hepburn's mother worked menial jobs in order to support them but Hepburn needed to find employment. Since she had trained in theatre all her life, working as a London chorus girl seemed sensible. "I needed the money; it paid₤3 [32] more than ballet jobs." She performed in the musical theatre revuesHigh Button Shoes(1948) at the London Hippodrome and Cecil Landeau'sSauce Tartare(1949) andSauce Piquante(1950) at the Cambridge Theatre in the West End. Her theatrical work, however, revealed that her voice was not strong and needed to be developed. [33] Hepburn, therefore, took elocution lessons with the actor Felix Aylmer. After being spotted by a scout for [31] Paramount Pictures on stage, Hepburn registered with the casting officers of British film studios while working in the West End and appeared in minor roles in the 1951 filmsOne Wild Oat,Laughter in Paradise,Young Wives' Tale andThe Lavender Hill Mob. Hepburn's first significant film performance was in Thorold Dickinson'sThe Secret People(1952), in which she played a prodigious ballerina and performed all of her own dancing sequences. Noticed by the French novelist Colette when on the set ofMonte Carlo Baby(1951), Hepburn was also chosen to play the title character in the Broadway playGigi. Upon first sight of Hepburn, Colette whispered, "Voilf," indicating [31] [34] Hepburn, "there's your Gigi." Opening on 24 November 1951 at the Fulton Theatre, the play ran for 219 [35] [35] performances finishing on 31 May 1952. Hepburn's debut on Broadway earned her a Theatre World Award.

Roman Holidayand increased popularity

In the Italian-setRoman Holiday(1953), a film she would latest call her dearest movie, Hepburn had her first starring role as Princess Ann, an incognito European princess who, escaping the reins of royalty, falls in love with American newsman (Gregory Peck). While producers initially wanted Elizabeth Taylor for the role, director William Wyler was so impressed by Hepburn's screen test that he cast her in the lead. Unbeknownst that she was still being filmed after the screen test, Hepburn displayed her ability as she candidly answered questions, relaxed and completely unaware. Wyler later commented, "She had everything I was looking for: charm, innocence and talent. She also was very funny. She was absolutely enchanting and we said, 'That's the [36] girl!'" Originally, the film was to have had only Gregory Peck's name above its title in large font while she would receive "Introducing Audrey Hepburn" beneath though Peck suggested to Wyler that he elevate her to equal billing so her name appeared before the title and in type as large as his: "You've got to change that because she'll be a big [37] star and I'll look like a big jerk."

Hepburn in a screen test forRoman Holiday (1953) which was also used as promotional material

Peck was correct. Hepburn garnered critical and commercial acclaim for her portrayal and supplemented the unexpected Academy Award for Best Actress with her first BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and only Golden Globe Award for Best Actress–Motion Picture Drama in 1953. A. H. Weiler noted inThe New York Timesthat although "she is not precisely a newcomer to films, [Hepburn] the British actress who is being starred for the first time as Princess Ann, is a slender, elfin and wistful beauty, alternately regal and childlike in her profound appreciation of newly found, simple pleasures and love. Although she bravely smiles her acknowledgement of the end of that affair, she remains a pitifully lonely figure facing a stuffy [1] future." Due to the instant celebrity that came with the film, she was signed to a seven-picture contract with [38] Paramount with twelve months in between films to allow her time for stage work while spawning what became known as the Audrey Hepburn "look" after her illustration was placed on the September 1953 cover ofTIME [39] magazine.

Following her success inRoman Holiday, she starred in Billy Wilder's romantic Cinderella-story comedySabrina (1954) in which wealthy brothers (Humphrey Bogart and William Holden) compete for the affections of their

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chauffeur's innocent daughter (Hepburn). For her performance, she was nominated for the 1954 Academy Award for Best Actress while winning the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role the same year. Bosley Crowther ofThe New York Timeslabeled Hepburn "a young lady of extraordinary range of sensitive and moving expressions within such a frail and slender frame" concluding that "she is even more luminous as the daughter and pet of the [40] servants' hall than she was as a princess last year." The uncredited Hubert de Givenchy was responsible for many of Hepburn's outfits in the film. Initially disappointed, Givenchy noted that, upon being told that the actress would be "Miss Hepburn", he had expected Katharine Hepburn. When faced with this actress, he told Hepburn he had little [37] time to spare. Nevertheless, she knew exactly how she wanted to look and asked to view his latest collection. Their collaboration inSabrinaformed a life-long friendship and partnership; she was often a muse for many of his designs and her style became renowned internationally. Beginning another collaboration that year, this time with actor Mel Ferrer, she starred in the fantasy playOndineon Broadway. With her lithe and lean frame, Hepburn made a convincing water spirit named Ondine in this sad story about love found and lost with a human (Ferrer). ANew York Timescritic commented, "Somehow Miss Hepburn is able to translate [its intangibles] into the language of the theatre without artfulness or precociousness. She gives a pulsing performance that is all grace and enchantment, disciplined by an instinct for the realities of the stage." While the leading characters in the play grow apart, the actors found themselves becoming closer. Hepburn and Ferrer got married on September 25, 1954, in Switzerland; their sometimes tumultuous partnership would last for the better part of the next fifteen years. Her performance won her the 1954 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, the same year she won the Academy Award forRoman Holiday. Hepburn, therefore, stands as one of three actresses to receive the Academy and Tony Awards for Best Actress in the same year (the others being Shirley Booth [41] and Ellen Burstyn). By the mid-1950s, Hepburn was vastly becoming one of the biggest motion picture stars in [42] Hollywood and received the Golden Globe for World Film Favorite–Female in 1955, but also a major fashion influence. Her gamine and elfin appearance and widely recognised sense of chic were both admired and imitated. Hepburn was asked to play Anne Frank's counterpart in both the Broadway and film adaptations of Frank's life. Hepburn, however, who was born the same year as Frank, found herself "emotionally incapable" of the task, and at [43] almost thirty years old, too old. The role was eventually given to Susan Strasberg and Millie Perkins in the play and film respectively. Having become one of Hollywood's most popular box-office attractions, she went on to star in a series of successful films during the remainder of the decade, including her BAFTA- and Golden Globe-nominated role as Natasha Rostova inWar and Peace(1956), an adaptation of the Tolstoy novel set during the Napoleonic wars with Henry Fonda and husband Mel Ferrer. In 1957, she exhibited her dancing abilities in her debut musical filmFunny Face(1957) where Fred Astaire, a fashion photographer, discovers a beatnik bookstore clerk (Hepburn) and, lured by a free trip to Paris, becomes a beautiful Hepburn inWar and Peace(1956) model in addition to starring in another romantic comedy,Love in the Afternoon, alongside Gary Cooper and Maurice Chevalier. Yet, she stepped away from lighthearted fare when she played Sister Luke inThe Nun's Story(1959), which focuses on the character's struggle to succeed as a nun alongside co-star Peter Finch. The role accrued her third Academy Award nomination and earned her a second BAFTA Award. A review inVarietysaid "Hepburn has her most demanding film role, and she gives her finest performance."Films in Reviewstated that her performance "will forever silence those who have thought her less an actress than a symbol of the sophisticated child/woman. Her portrayal of Sister [44] Luke is one of the great performances of the screen." Reportedly, she spent hours in convents and with members of the Church to bring truth to her portrayal: "I gave more time, energy and thought to this than to any of my

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[45] previous screen performances." Following this, she received lukewarm reception for starring with Anthony Perkins in the romantic adventureGreen Mansions(1959) where she plays–"with grace and dignity"–the [46] "ethereal" Rima, a jungle girl, who falls in love with a Venezuelan traveller played by Perkins andThe Unforgiven(1960), her only western film, where she appears "a bit too polished, too fragile and civilized among such tough and stubborn types" of Burt Lancaster and Lillian Gish in a story of racism against a group of Native [47] Americans.

Breakfast at Tiffany'sand continued stardom

Three months after the birth of her son, Sean, in 1960, Hepburn began work on Blake Edwards'Breakfast at Tiffany's(1961), a film very loosely based on the Truman Capote novella. The film was drastically changed from the original version. Capote disapproved of many [48] changes and proclaimed that Hepburn was "grossly miscast" as [49] Holly Golightly, a quirky New York call girl, a role he had [48] envisioned for Marilyn Monroe. Hepburn's portrayal of Golightly Hepburn in the famous opening scene of was adapted from the original: "I can't play a hooker," she admitted to Breakfast at Tiffany's(1961) [48] Marty Jurow, co-producer of the film. Despite the lack of sexual [48] innuendo in her character, her portrayal was nominated for the 1961 Academy Award for Best Actress and became an iconic character in American cinema. Often considered her [50] defining role, Holly Golightly, Hepburn's high fashion style and sophistication within the film became [51] synonymous with her. She named the role "the jazziest of my career" yet admitted that, "I'm an introvert. Playing [52] the extroverted girl was the hardest thing I ever did." The little black dress which is worn by Hepburn in the beginning of the film is cited as one of the most iconic items of clothing in the history of the twentieth century and [53] [54] [55] [56] perhaps the most famous little black dress of all time.

Playing opposite Shirley MacLaine and James Garner, her next role in William Wyler's lesbian-themed dramaThe Children's Hour(1961) saw Hepburn and MacLaine play teachers whose lives become troubled after a student accuses them of being lesbians. The film was [50] one of Hollywood's earliest treatments of the subject of lesbianism, and perhaps due to the illiberal state of society, the film and Hepburn's performance went seemingly unnoticed both critically and Shirley MacLaine and Hepburn in the trailer for commercially. Bosley Crowther ofThe New York Times, however, The Children's Hour(1961) noted that "it is not too well acted" with the exception of Hepburn who "gives the impression of being sensitive and pure" of its "muted [57] theme" whileVarietymagazine also complimented Hepburn's "soft sensitivity, marvellous projection and [58] emotional understatement" adding that Hepburn and MacLaine "beautifully complement each other."

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Her only film with Cary Grant came in the comic thrillerCharade (1963). Hepburn, who plays Regina Lampert, finds herself pursued by several men who chase the fortune her murdered husband had stolen. The role earned her third and final competitive BAFTA Award and accrued another Golden Globe nomination though critic Bosley Crowther was less kind: "Hepburn is cheerfully committed to a mood of how-nuts-can-you-be in an obviously comforting assortment of [59] expensive Givenchy costumes." Grant (59 years old at the time), who had previously withdrawn from the starring male lead roles in With Cary Grant inCharade(1963) Roman HolidayandSabrina, was sensitive about the age difference between Hepburn (at age 34) and him, making him uncomfortable about the romantic interplay. To satisfy his concerns, the filmmakers agreed to change the screenplay so that [60] Hepburn's character would be the one to romantically pursue his. Grant, however, loved to humour Hepburn and [61] once said, "All I want for Christmas is another picture with Audrey Hepburn."

Paris When It Sizzles(1964) reteamed Hepburn with William Holden nearly ten years afterSabrina. The Parisian-set [62] [63] screwball comedy, called "marshmallow-weight hokum", was "uniformly panned" but critics were kind to Hepburn's creation of Gabrielle Simpson, the young assistant of a Hollywood screenwriter (Holden) who aids his writer's block by acting out his fantasies of possible plots, describing her as "a refreshingly individual creature in an [62] era of the exaggerated curve." Critical reception was worsened by a number of problems that plagued the set behind the scenes. Holden tried, without success, to rekindle a romance with the now-married actress; that, combined with his alcoholism made the situation a challenge. Hepburn, after principal photography began, demanded the [63] dismissal of cinematographer Claude Renoir after seeing what she felt were unflattering dailies. Superstitious, she also insisted on dressing room 55 because that was her lucky number (she had dressing room 55 forRoman Holiday andBreakfast at Tiffany’s) and required that Givenchy, her long-time designer, be given a credit in the film for her [63] perfume. "Not sinceGone with the Windhas a motion picture created such universal excitement asMy Fair Lady," wrote [41] Soundstagemagazine in 1964, yet Hepburn's landing the role of Eliza Doolittle in the 1964 George Cukor film adaptation of the stage musical sparked controversy. Julie Andrews, who had originated the role in the stage show, had not been offered the part because producer Jack Warner thought Hepburn or Elizabeth Taylor more "bankable" [64] propositions. Initially refusing, Hepburn asked Warner to give it to Andrews but, eventually, Hepburn was [64] cast. Further friction was created when, although non-singer Hepburn had sung with "throaty charm" inFunny [64] [65] Faceand had lengthy vocal preparation for the role inMy Fair Lady, her vocals were dubbed by Marni Nixon. [66] A dubber was required because Eliza Doolittle's songs were not transposed down to accommodate Hepburn's [64] "low-mezzo voice" (as Nixon referred to it). Upset, when first informed, she walked out. She returned the next [64] day and apologized to everybody for her "wicked behavior". Although Hepburn had lip synced to her recorded tracks during filming, Nixon looped her vocals in post-production and was given multiple attempts to match [64] Hepburn's lip movements precisely. Overall, about 90% of her singing was dubbed despite being promised that [64] most of her vocals would be used. Hepburn's voice remains in one line in "I Could Have Danced All Night", in the first verse of "Just You Wait", and in the entirety of its reprise in addition to sing-talking in parts of "The Rain in [64] Spain" in the finished film. When asked about the dubbing of an actress with such distinctive vocal tones, Hepburn frowned and said, "You could tell, couldn't you? And there was Rex, recording all his songs as he acted ... [52] next time—" She bit her lip to prevent her saying more. She later admitted that she would have never have [64] accepted the role knowing that Warner intended to have nearly all of her singing dubbed. The controversy reached its height when, despite the film's accumulation of eight out of a possible twelve awards at the 37th Academy Awards, Hepburn was left nomination-less in the Best Actress category. Julie Andrews, however, was nominated for her efforts inMary Poppins(1964), and won it. The media tried to play up a rivalry between the two

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