Audrey Hepburn
A Biography

Name: Audrey Hepburn
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Warren G. Harris
ISBN: 9781504707503

Author: Warren G. Harris

Narrator: Wanda McCaddon

Unabridged: 11 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 09/01/1995

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Arts & Entertainment, Women

Synopsis

Beginning with her harsh childhood in Nazi-occupied Holland, Warren Harris chronicles Audrey Hepburn’s meteoric rise to Hollywood stardom: her chance encounter with Colette that led to the lead role in the Broadway version of Gigi, and her first starring role in Roman Holiday, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.Hepburn played opposite the top leading men, worked for the best directors, and picked from a wide range of roles. She memorably embodied Truman Capote’s Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and went from rags to Technicolor Victorian beauty in My Fair Lady. Warren Harris also traces Hepburn’s affairs and unhappy marriages, as well as her later work as goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. Throughout the book he illuminates her special ability to exude grace and style, both on screen and off.

About Warren G. Harris

Warren G. Harris, author of more than a half-dozen celebrity biographies, has worked as a publicity and advertising executive for Paramount Pictures. He lives in New York City.

About Wanda McCaddon

Wanda McCaddon began recording books for the fledgling audiobook industry in the early 1980s and has since narrated well over six hundred titles for major audio publishers, as well as abridging, narrating, and coproducing classic titles for her own company, Big Ben. Audiobook listeners may be familiar with her voice under one of her two "nom de mikes," Donada Peters and Nadia May. The recipient of an Audie Award and more than twenty-five Earphones Awards, AudioFile magazine has named her one of recording's Golden Voices. Wanda also appears regularly on the professional stage in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Holly

Audrey Hepburn was in real life exactly who you want her to be from watching her movies. Full of grace, elegance, integrity, and charity for others. She was gentle, kind, down-to-earth, and loving. She sacrificed for those she loved. She dedicated her life and resources to helping those less fortuna......more

Goodreads review by Grace

One of my favorite people of all time. So selfless + caring. The biography itself was not the most well written, but to be honest the content made up for it.......more

Quotes

“This engrossing biography is rich in details about the making of Hepburn’s films at a time in Hollywood—and the world—we may never know again.” Library Journal

“At times, [McCaddon’s] graceful portrayal of Hepburn is so authentic that the listener momentarily mistakes her for the genuine article. Poised and polished, [McCaddon] effortlessly personifies the many varied characters in Hepburn’s life. Whether Hepburn is experiencing terror during the war years as she delivers secret messages or is receiving accolades for stage performances, [McCaddon] employs the perfect interpretation.” AudioFile

“[For] libraries wanting more than one look at Hepburn’s life.” Booklist