Biography

Audrey Hepburn and husband Mel Ferrer at the Bel Air Hotel, LA, in March 1957. Photo: Getty

Audrey Hepburn and husband Mel Ferrer at the Bel Air Hotel, LA, in March 1957. Photo: Getty

In June 1999, CBS aired a TV programme featuring a list of Hollywood legends from cinema’s so-called Golden Age.

In third place was Audrey Hepburn. Elegant, beautiful, stylish and sexy, Hepburn became a global icon after William Wyler cast her in Roman Holiday (1953).