Audrey HepburnThe most ambitious and personal account ever written about Hollywood's most gracious star-Audrey Hepburn by Barry Paris is a "moving portrayal" (The New York Times Book Review) that truly captures the woman who captured our hearts... With the insights of family and friends who never before spoke to a Hepburn biographer-and never-before-published photographs-Paris has created an in-depth portrait of the actress, from her childhood in Nazi-occupied Europe, through her legendary career, and into her UN ambassadorship. |
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User Review - KirkusAn extended valentine to an actress we've all fallen in love with at least once. While many actors fail to live up to their publicity, Audrey Hepburn seems, by all accounts, to have been as genuinely ... Read full review
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictParis, author of acclaimed books on Greta Garbo (Garbo, LJ 1/95) and Louise Brooks (Louise Brooks, Doubleday 1990), now recounts the life of everyone's favorite gamine. Audrey Hepburn had little ... Read full review
Contents
England and the Chorus Line 19481951 | |
Stardom Beyond Belief 19511954 | |
Ruling the World 19541957 | |
Huckleberry Friend 19581962 | |
Fair and Unfair Ladies 19631964 | |
Nights Off for Givenchy 19651967 | |
Roman Holiday II 19681979 | |
Dutch Treat 19801989 | |
Apotheosis 19881993 | |
Farewell | |
EPILOGUE | |
STAGE | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Audrey Hepburn |
| Author | Barry Paris |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin, 2001 |
| ISBN | 1101127783, 9781101127780 |
| Length | 464 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts Biography & Autobiography / Women Performing Arts / Film / General |
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