Audrey Hepburn - My All-Time Favourite Actress
Audrey Hepburn - My All-Time Favourite Actress
If I were picking whom I thought was the BEST actress of all time, it would be Meryl Streep, because the same as with Paul Muni, she is capable of BECOMING the person she depicts, not just acting as them. You actually lose your recognition of the actual actor or actress and see only the character they represent. For example, has anyone seen her as Julia Child? She actually BECAME Julia Child. A second choice for that would be back to back Oscar winner Louise Rainer. Let me explain: Although I think an actor like Gregory Peck is a fine actor, every part he plays is Gregory Peck himself, always the same, whether it was in Roman Holiday or To Kill a Mockingbird or Gentleman’s Agreement and the same with John Wayne or Jimmy Stewart or Gary Cooper or most others. However, Meryl Streep is not my "favourite".
I chose Audrey Hepburn because I enjoy watching her perform. I am attracted to her pixieish petite beauty, her voice and how well she carries the scene she is in. Besides, she’s certainly not a BAD actor, as proven by the many awards she obtained for her acting. She was beautiful even in her early 60's. I sat close to her in person a year or two before her death when she was awarded Variety Club International's Humanitarian Award for her humanitarian efforts of helping the disadvantaged children of the world during a convention of that children's charity in New York City.
From Wikipedia:
Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston ; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognised as both a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollyw ood 's Golden Age . She was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third greatest female screen legend in the history of American cinema and has been placed in the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. She is regarded by many to be the most naturally beautiful woman of all time.
She shot to stardom after playing the lead role in Roman Holiday (1953), for which she was the first actress to win an Academy Award , a Golden Globe Award , and a BAFTA Award for a single performance. That same year, Hepburn won a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her performance in Ondine . She went on to star in a number of successful films, such as Sabrina (1954), The Nun's Story (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Charade (1963), My Fair Lady (1964), and Wait Until Dark (1967), for which she received an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominations. Hepburn won three BAFTA Awards for Best British Actress in a Leading Role . In recognition of her film career, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from BAFTA, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award , the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award , and the Special Tony Award . She remains one of only 15 people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards .
I even enjoy reading quotations of things she has said - although I'm not sure whether or not they are from her movie scripts, but I prefer to think that they are originally hers:
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!
If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.
The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
Let’s face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me
I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true.
You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.
Everything I learned I learned from the movies. (Buzz note: I know I learned a lot from the movies.)
On the one hand maybe I’ve remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear. (Buzz note: Much of her childhood and early youth were spent in Holland when it was occupied by the Nazis.)
Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets.
There is one difference between a long life and a great dinner; in the dinner, the sweet things come last.
Here are screenshots from some of the movies in which she performed that I have watched:
- Roman Holiday
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
- My Fair Lady
- Sabrina
- Charade
- How to Steal a Million
- The Nun's Story
- War and Peace (Buzz note: Just before this moment, Mel Ferrer, playing Prince Andrei, said to himself: "If she looks at me and smiles on the next turn, she will be my wife". In real life, she WAS his wife.)
- The Lavender Hill Mob
Now, please tell us who YOUR FAVOURITE actress is, not necessarily whom you consider the BEST actress.
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Please post a comment about whom you would choose as your favourite actress, and something about WHY you chose her. If you do not add a photo, I will add to your comment a screenshot photo of her if you have indicated which movie you liked her in, or just a good photo o f her if you don't mention a movie.
I just remembered that you have to be a member of the Everyone Loves Movies group to comment. If you wish to make a comment, no problem. Just click on this link, and it will take you to the group where you can click the "apply to join" button and you are automatically made a member of the group - it is an open, not a private, group. Hope to see you there.
Not long after I decided not to join other groups, there she is, Audrey Hepburn.
Of course Audrey Hepburn and of course Roman Holiday.
The odd thing is, I do not know how to assess her acting skills. I get drawn into her and really don't get much else out of the movie. Maybe that is my assessment.
When watching her, I think of a bbq and picnic on a warm evening on grass, under a tree, while overlooking a lake or such.
Movie? Bahhh, Picnic with Audrey Hepburn, there you go.
I have to agree with you, Buzz, Audrey has it going on. She is definitely one of my favorite actresses.