Readers, at the beginning of this year, I had entertained the idea of writing a juvenile biography of Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) and the five years she spent in Nazi-occupied Holland as an underground resistance worker. Having read many biographies on Audrey, I was familiar with the yarns about her being a courier for the Dutch Resistance movement against […]
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Audrey Hepburn & the Family Skeletons
Posted in Adolf Hitler, Audrey Hepburn, Joseph Goebbels, PEOPLE, tagged Adolf Hitler, anti-Semitism, Audrey Hepburn, audrey hepburn in the netherlands, audrey hepburn's childhood, audrey hepburn's parents, Audrey Ruston, diana guinness, Diana Mitford, diana mosley, Dutch Resistance, Ella van Heemstra, fascism, holocaust, joseph anthony ruston, Joseph Goebbels, Micky Burn, NSB, Oswald Mosley, pamela mitford, pictures of Audrey Hepburn, pictures of Audrey Hepburn young, the blackshirts, The Dutch Hunger Winter, the Nazis, the netherlands in world war 2, unity mitford on November 13, 2014| 22 Comments »
Audrey Hepburn: Ice Cream Cone at Tiffany’s
Posted in Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, PEOPLE, tagged Audrey Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn birthday, Audrey Hepburn diet, Audrey Hepburn fashion, Blake Edwards, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Marilyn Monroe, Truman Capote on May 4, 2014| 1 Comment »
Actress Audrey Hepburn hated Danish pastries. However, as Holly Golightly in the 1962 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Audrey was required to nibble one outside the New York jewelry store Tiffany’s. She asked director Blake Edwards if she could lick an ice cream cone instead, but he said no. Author Truman Capote wanted Marilyn Monroe to play […]
Audrey Hepburn, Dirty Guttersnipe
Posted in Audrey Hepburn, Cecil Beaton, PEOPLE, tagged Audrey Hepburn, biographies of actresses, biographies of women, Cecil Beaton, costumes by Cecil Beaton, eliza doolittle, Marni Nixon, my fair lady, My Fair Lady costumes, pictures of Audrey Hepburn, rex harrison, video of Audrey Hepburn singing on April 11, 2014| 1 Comment »
In the 1964 Academy Award winning musical, “My Fair Lady,” linguistics professor Henry Higgins places a bet with his colleague Colonel Pickering. He boasts that, in six months time, he can transform a low-bred, disheveled Cockney flower seller named Eliza Doolittle into a duchess by teaching her to speak properly. Eliza is agreeable; she wants to speak better so […]
Audrey Hepburn: The New Sexy?
Posted in Audrey Hepburn, Cecil Beaton, PEOPLE, tagged Audrey Hepburn, biographies of actresses, biographies of women, Cecil Beaton, fashion, magazine covers with Audrey Hepburn, my fair lady, pictures of Audrey Hepburn, roman holiday, Sabrina with Audrey Hepburn on April 10, 2014| 1 Comment »
In 1954, British photographer and creative artist, Cecil Beaton, wrote this article for “Vogue” about a rising film star named Audrey Hepburn. Miss Hepburn was 25 and the newest sensation. She had just won the Academy Award for Best Actress for “Roman Holiday.” It is always a dramatic moment when the Phoenix rises anew from […]
Audrey Hepburn: Growing Up Among the Nazis
Posted in Audrey Hepburn, Margot Fonteyn, Ninette de Valois, PEOPLE, Sadler's Wells Ballet, World War II, tagged Arnhem, Audrey Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn's childhood artwork, Audrey Ruston, biographies of actresses, biographies of brave women, biographies of women, black performances, Blackshirts, Breakfast at Tiffany's, British Union of Fascists, Castle Zypendaal, Dutch Resistance, Dutch Underground, Edda van Heemstra, Ella van Heemstra, fascism, German occupation of the Netherlands, Hitler, Holland, Joseph Ruston, Joseph Ruston-Hepburn, Margot Fonteyn, Nazis, Oswald Mosley, pictures of Audrey Hepburn as a teenager, pictures of Audrey Hepburn dancing, pictures of Audrey Hepburn young, Queen Wilhelmina, Rotterdam, Sadler's Wells Ballet, the Dutch Resistance, The Hunger Winter, the Netherlands, World War II on January 11, 2014| 27 Comments »
It was May 9, 1940, and Audrey Kathleen Hepburn (Ruston) had just turned eleven years old. She was living in Holland with her mother, her two older brothers, and other relatives. Her father lived in London. Her parents were divorced. To celebrate Audrey’s birthday, her mother, Dutch Baroness Ella van Heemstra Ruston, had bought tickets for her and Audrey to see […]
Audrey Hepburn: Disney’s Sleeping Beauty
Posted in Audrey Hepburn, tagged Audrey Hepburn, biographies of actresses, biographies of women, Briar Rose, Disney's Sleeping Beauty, Eyvind Earle, Helene Stanley, Princess Aurora, Walt Disney on April 14, 2009| 6 Comments »
The iconic castle from “Sleeping Beauty,” by artist Eyvind Earle for Disney Up until the release of Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” in 1959, the Disney characters were normally drawn first for a film and then the background was drawn later to complement the characters. But this process was reversed in 1951 – causing some hard feelings […]
And Everywhere that Audrey Went, the Deer Was Sure to Go!
Posted in Audrey Hepburn, PEOPLE, tagged ", Audrey Hepburn in "Green Mansions, Audrey Hepburn with pet deer, Audrey Hepburn with yorkie, biographies of actresses, biographies of women, Bob Willoughby, Mel Ferrer, Mr. Famous, Remembering Audrey on April 29, 2009| 3 Comments »
This is an excerpt from,”Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn is still full of surprises“: [The book] Remembering Audrey, features candid portraits by Bob Willoughby, a photographer on the set of many of Hepburn’s films who became close enough to the beauty to literally follow her home. His visual account of Hepburn’s private life and career is peppered with […]
My Fair Lady: That Ascot Dress
Posted in Audrey Hepburn, Cecil Beaton, PEOPLE, tagged actresses, Ascot dress, Audrey Hepburn, biographies of actresses, biographies of women, Cecil Beaton, Debbie Reynolds, Debbie Reynolds collection, my fair lady, My Fair Lady costumes, pictures of Audrey Hepburn, Royal Ascot on April 11, 2014| 4 Comments »
On June 19, 2011,the Ascot dress and hat worn by Audrey Hepburn in the 1964 Academy Award-winning film, “My Fair Lady,” sold at auction for an incredible $3.7 million. The ensemble was designed by Cecil Beaton and was sold from the Debbie Reynolds Collection. Originally, the actress Debbie Reynolds paid $100,000 for the outfit. Worn by Miss Hepburn in […]
Carnation Day 1940
Posted in Adolf Hitler, Audrey Hepburn, Crown Princess Juliana, Dutch Royal Family, King George VI, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, Prince Bernhard, Princess Beatrix, Princess Irene, Queen Wilhelmina, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, World War II, tagged ', Amsterdam, Anjerdag, Audrey Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn in Holland, BBC, biographies of brave women, biographies of women, Camp Ravensbruck, Carnation Day, Crown Princess Juliana, Dutch, Dutch Resistanced Movement, England, German Invasion of the Netherlands, German occupation of Holland, HMS Hereford, Joseph Goebbels, King George VI, Nazis, Nelia Epker, Ninette de Valois, Noordeinde Palace, NSB, people who saved Jews, Prince Bernhard, Princess Beatrix, Princess Irene, Queen Emma, Queen Wilhelmina, Royal House of Orange-Nassau, Sadler's Wells Ballet Company, Seyss-Inquart, The Hague, the Netherlands, WA, World War II, World War II newsreels, World War II radio broadcasts on April 1, 2014| 2 Comments »
When the Germans invaded Holland on May 10, 1940, Ninette de Valois found herself trapped in The Hague. She was the director of the Sadler’s Wells Ballet Company from England. She and her 42 dancers had been on a Dutch tour. On the day of the invasion, de Valois had been sitting at a sidewalk café with two members […]
Al Hirschfeld: Looking for Nina
Posted in Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, tagged Al Hirschfeld, Audrey Hepburn caricature, Audrey Hepburn with Hat by Hirschfeld, caricature, cary grant by hirschfeld, celebrity caricature, katharine hepburn by hirschfeld, Marilyn Monroe by Hirschfeld, Nina, Paul Newman by Hirschfeld, the Beatles Abbey Road by Hirschfeld, the New York Times Broadway reviews, the Nina mystery, TV Guide on October 23, 2009| 7 Comments »
Albert “Al” Hirschfeld ( 1903 – 2003) was an American caricaturist best known for his simple black and white satirical portraits of celebrities. He had the unique ability to capture a person’s likeness with few and simple lines. His eight-decade career included drawing the entire casts of Broadway plays to include alongside reviews in The […]
I Love Lucy: Lucy Meets Bill Holden, Part 1
Posted in PEOPLE, tagged 1950s television programs, Audrey Hepburn, Bill Holden, biographies of actresses, biographies of women, classic television comedy, Desi Arnaz, Ethel Mertz, Fred Mertz, Grace Kelly, I Love Lucy, L.A., Lucille Ball, Lucy Ricardo, Ricky Ricardo, the Brown Derby, the Cobb Salad, The Country Girl, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, William Holden on October 13, 2009| 5 Comments »
Everybody has a favorite “I Love Lucy” episode and this is mine: “L.A. at Last!”* Lucy’s husband Ricky Ricardo is filming a picture out in L.A. and has taken Lucy and the Mertzes out to California with him. This scene opens with Lucy, Fred, and Ethel out star hunting. They are having lunch at the Brown Derby, a popular haunt […]
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