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Audrey Hepburn, a must-read elegance
"My life is more wonderful than a fairy tale, and I have encountered difficulties, but there is always a light at the end of the tunnel." —Audrey Hepburn
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Following the last book recommendation "Vivien Leigh: Forever Gone with the Wind", today Xiaobian continues to recommend another good book for everyone~
The book is Audrey Hepburn, written by Hollywood film and television producer and American biographer Donald Sbert.
In this book, Spert uses the archival records and data of the film company as a scripture, and hepburn's close friends and colleagues as the latitude, intertwining moving chapters.
From a deep perspective, she looks into her acting career and emotional life, showing that behind the bright appearance, the deeper and more complex side of this woman who craves love and emotion. In addition to sighing, people can't help but love Hepburn forever.
Hepburn is the shining star of the beautiful fairy tale on the screen, synonymous with elegance, nobility and style.
The eternal princess and goddess on the screen, God kissed her cheek, and her life was more wonderful than a fairy tale.
In this life, Hepburn experienced the abandonment of his father, the injuries caused by World War II, the success of his career, the fashion goddess who led a century, 4 emotional marriages, and his dedication to public welfare in his later years.
young
Positive youth
midlife
old age
When it comes to her, people may be so poor that they can use only one word to describe her, that is, "beauty".
But looking at her life, she does not only express "beauty" so simple.
She taught people with practical actions: "In a person's life, there is no need to be swayed by anyone, and anything that the heart wants should be pursued diligently." “
Just like her dedication to the actor's career, her love and marriage as an ordinary woman, and her dedication to the cause of public welfare...
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I look forward to the love of others, and I want to care for others – Audrey Hepburn
In May 1929, Hepburn was born into a very wealthy family, the son of a banker and the mother of a Dutch lady.
Even from a well-off family, Hepburn's childhood was not happy.
Hepburn, who had just been born, almost died of whooping cough; at the age of 6, her father, who had always been indifferent to her, also packed his bags and left home.
This planted the seeds of deep insecurity for young Hepburn.
The mother, on the other hand, was a stern woman who always thought only of her daughter's best interests, believing that etiquette was more respectful than spoiled, so her relationship with Hepburn was not very good.
So, later she almost gave her love to animals and poor children
Since childhood, Hepburn has loved dancing. Later, her mother sent her to study ballet.
In 1939, when World War II began, my mother took Hepburn to the Netherlands. During the war, Hepburn's Dutch, French, and English were constantly switched, which also created Hepburn's unique and difficult to misread voice.
As the war continued, Hepburn, then in his 10s, began to understand the ruthlessness of war and the coldness of human nature.
Therefore, she did not hesitate to "risk her life" to use dance to collect donations for the Dutch guerrillas. It is also because of this war that long-term malnutrition has caused Hepburn's figure to be relatively slender.
Dancing, elegant and noble, you are the joy I hide in the breeze
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When I couldn't act, I was called to act; when I couldn't sing, I was asked to sing "FunnyFace"; When I couldn't dance, I was asked to dance with Fred Astain. I was not prepared for all this, and in order to be able to do it, I almost frantically tried and tried. —Audrey Hepburn
In 1952, at the age of 23, Hepburn starred in the Hollywood film Roman Holiday, which was her first time as a female lead.
In the film, she plays a princess who is on the run.
The image of the beautiful and noble lady in the palace and the lively and frank girl next door in the street, Hepburn switches back and forth between these two temperaments, seemingly contradictory, but there is no sense of violation.
At the same time, Hepburn conquered everyone with his agile performance, swept the world, and won the first Academy Award for Best Actress.
▲ The noble elegance of the princess
▲ The playfulness and cuteness of the street
▲ A glance and a smile are touching people's hearts, how can people not like it?
In 1953, Hepburn starred in "Dragon and Phoenix Match", which was tailor-made for her by the American Paramount Film Company.
Because of this film, Hepburn met the closest friend of his life, Givenchy.
Someone said: "It was Givenchy who defined the "image of the goddess Hepburn" in people's hearts."
Indeed, just like in the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's", he designed a simple little black dress for Hepburn, a three-string pearl necklace, and a high -plated "Hepburn head", this particularly classic image is the "white moonlight" in many people's minds!
Forever the goddess of fashion
VOGUE magazine once named her the number one "World Fashion Celebrity"
For a long time, their friendship, which has always been considered to be "above youda, lovers are not enough", has become a legendary story in the fashion industry and entertainment industry.
Hepburn said: "Wearing a costume designed by Givenchy, there is a feeling of being protected. And the "Hepburn-style" evening dress also became a symbol of Givenchy clothing.
▲ Givenchy & Hepburn "A sincere friendship beyond love"
The familiar song "Moon River" in the movie always reminds people of the picture of her sitting on the windowsill playing guitar and delicately pouring out with a slightly hoarse singing voice.
▼ Although he was not a professional singer, Hepburn sang a lazy taste and successfully won the Academy Award for Best Song and Best Score that year.
Moon River Music: Audrey Hepburn - Moonriver
At the age of 23, she became the Oscar for Best Actress, received five Oscar nominations for Best Actress in her life, and participated in 29 movies, 2 TV series, and 5 plays.
In addition to his dazzling beauty, Hepburn is very low-key, with no sensational secrets or exposed scandals.
For her acting career, she never complained about the hardships in the filming process, but was full of energy, able to self-repentance, self-reflection, and self-growth.
In that era of black-and-white movies, Hepburn was the lingering dream memory of countless people.
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Love is an action, love is not just sitting down and talking, it is never, we are born with the ability to love, but we also have to exercise it, just like we exercise other muscles. —Audrey Hepburn
Hepburn's life experienced a total of 4 emotional marriages, two of which lasted for 10 years, and the last relationship was also frothy for more than 10 years until her death.
It is conceivable that Hepburn, who has not received satisfaction with his father's love since childhood, longs to be loved.
At that time, her career was in the ascendant, and she dared to love and hate in love, in order to maintain her marriage, she chose to be a good wife and mother wholeheartedly.
But the reality was always so harsh that Both Hepburn's marriages were betrayed and hurt.
The first relationship
Hepburn with her first husband
Second marriage
The last life partner
Donald Sperbert wrote on the cover of the book: "The miserly God gave Hepburn what was left perfect. “
Yet God was fair, and he did not give Hepburn a perfect life, either in his childhood in the midst of war or in the long practice of emotional marriage.
All the beauty that Hepburn is envied by the world is won by her through her own efforts, little by little.
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"No, I have no regrets, I just don't understand why so many children are suffering." —Audrey Hepburn
These are what Hepburn said on his deathbed.
As a child, she was starved of food in World War II, but she was supported by UNICEF and had a rare bite to eat.
Therefore, in her later years, she did not hesitate to actively devote herself to public welfare undertakings and exert the residual heat of her life.
As a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, he traveled with his partner Robert to impoverished areas such as Asia, Africa and Latin America to witness the lives of children and to appeal and collect donations for them with his best ability.
After Hepburn's death, his son Sean founded the Children's Fund, which bore her name.
Continuing her unfinished philanthropy around the world has given Audrey Hepburn UNICEF a wider range of philanthropic projects.
She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor of a U.S. citizen, as a non-U.S. citizen.
At UNICEF's headquarters in New York, a tree stands a statue called "Audrey Spirit". She is the only one to receive this award.
▲ Even as the years pass, her eyes are always clear and bright (Hepburn speech video, with Chinese)
Audrey Hepburn's life perfectly confirms a saying in "The Secret of Eternal Beauty": "A woman's beauty does not lie in appearance, a woman's true beauty lies in the depths of her soul." ”
Hepburn in Donald Sperbert's book is perfect.
Even though the traces of time had long been laid over her face, her eyes were always so clear and bright.
That's because: she gradually transformed her imperfect life into a perfect life that the world envied.
"Life is a long process, in this process, we will continue to encounter confusion, confusion, and what we have to do is to try to overcome ourselves, accept the imperfect self, and then bravely move forward." 」 This is what Hepburn taught us with what he knew.
Hepburn in the book also tells us: "Life is like hurrying around the museum, it takes a while before you start to absorb what you see, and then think about them, read books to understand them, and remember them again, because you can't digest them all at once; beautiful gestures come from walking with knowledge rather than walking alone."
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Biographer: [U.S.] Donald Spert
Hollywood film and television producer, Ph.D. of Fortenmore University in New York, best-selling author, author of 21 books, including "The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Hitchcock", "High Society: The Biography of Grace Kelly", as well as biographies of Lawrence Oliver, Marilyn Monroe, Ingrid Bergman, Elizabeth Taylor, Jacqueline Kennedy and others, many of which have appeared on the best-seller list and have been translated into many Chinese, several of which have been adapted into films, TELEVISION series, and documentaries.
His work is known for its rigor, authenticity and acumen, with Time magazine calling him "one of the most perceptive biographers of our time" and the Guardian calling him "a witty and rigorous writer of gossip in an academic style, humorous and rigorous and reliable".
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