Innocent, elegant, ethereal in her beauty, Audrey Hepburn stood alone among the actresses of her time. From her first moment of fame in Roman Holiday, through the triumphs of Breakfast at Tiffany's and My Fair Lady, her screen presence was unique. Gregory Peck called her "a magical combination of high chic and high spirits." But Hepburn's story is also one of lifelong struggle--to escape the burden of family history, and to conquer the demons of her own life. In this newly expanded edition of his definitive biography, Alexander Walker reveals new details about her parents' Fascist...
Innocent, elegant, ethereal in her beauty, Audrey Hepburn stood alone among the actresses of her time. From her first moment of fame in Roman Holid...
My birth sign is Scorpio and they eat themselves up and burn themselves out. I swing between happiness and misery. I am part prude and part non-conformist. I say what I think and I don t pretend and I am prepared to accept the consequences of my actions. Vivien Leigh When Vivien Leigh died in 1967, headlines around the world proclaimed, Scarlett O Hara is Dead Perhaps more than any of her contemporaries, Vivien Leigh became the very embodiment of the roles she made famous, from "Gone With the Wind" s immortal heroine to her harrowing portrayal of Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named...
My birth sign is Scorpio and they eat themselves up and burn themselves out. I swing between happiness and misery. I am part prude and part non-confor...
In this biography Alexander Walker traces the combination of luck and talent that allowed a fragile little girl, who nearly died in Hitler's occupied Europe, to conquer, in just one year, the New York stage and the Hollywood screen.
In this biography Alexander Walker traces the combination of luck and talent that allowed a fragile little girl, who nearly died in Hitler's occupied ...
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