Audrey Hepburn was born on this day in 1929, making her today’s Friday Face.
Born in Ixelles, Brussels, Hepburn spent her childhood between Belgium, England and the Netherlands, including German-occupied Arnhem during WWII.
She studied ballet after the war, and moved to London in 1948, where she was a chorus girl in various West End productions.
She appeared in a few British films and starred in the play “Gigi.” She burst onto the film scene as a wayward princess opposite Gregory Peck in “Roman Holiday.”
She went on to star as “Sabrina” with Humphrey Bogart, as a disenchanted sister in “The Nun’s Story” and as the bubbly Holly Golightly in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” She played opposite Cary Grant in “Charade,” in the behemoth “My Fair Lady,” and the edgy “Wait Until Dark.”
She numbers among the 11 people who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and a Tony.
Audrey dedicated much of her later life to UNICEF, working in Africa, South America and Asia in the 1980s and ’90s.
In 1992, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work as Goodwill Ambassador.
Audrey died of appendiceal cancer at her home in Switzerland in 1993. She was just 63.
For her grace, beauty, talent and generosity, Audrey Hepburn is today’s Friday Face.
Happy 75th Birthday to Mary Tyler Moore, seen here at a Broadway opening in September.
Mary has been a champion of diabetes, and has worked closely with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. As many of you know, my imaginary daughter Amy has juvenile diabetes.
Gabourey Sidibe, looking luscious in grape, kicked off the New York Cares Coat Drive at Bloomingdale’s last night in NYC, donating three of her old coats, which will be re-cut to create new jackets for several dozen children.
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark arrive for a visit to the UNICEF Emergency Supply Center in Copenhagen on Tuesday, where they keep the worldwide holiday supply of Royal Dansk butter cookies.
UNICEF also distributes emergency food and medical supplies to Africa, where severe food shortages are affecting more than 13 million people.
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, today’s Friday Face recognizes some of those brave people who have publicly fought the disease, to honor the survivors, and remember those lost.
Kaye Ballard, Vivian Vance, Lynn Redgrave, Rod Roddy, Nancy Reagan, Betty Davis, Molly Ivins, Hattie McDaniel, Ingrid Bergman, Ann Jillian, Shirley Temple Black, Melissa Etheridge, Joan Kennedy, Judy Holliday, Diahann Carroll, Dusty Springfield, Dame Maggie Smith, Christina Applegate, Roxie Roker, Giuliana Rancic, Robin Roberts, Betty Ford, Shelley Morrison, Sheryl Crow, Kylie Minogue.
That vision of loveliness and good in the world (I didn’t say which world), Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, wore her Annie Oakley getup (again) to the DecAid Light for Life Ceremony at Salisbury Cathedral to mark the 10th anniversary of the conflict in Afghanistan.
And it looks like she’s made a new friend.
I’m sure that Camilla is almost ready for beatification. If she plays her royal cards right, it could be in the next twenty minutes.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, looking like her hair weighs more than she does, as she appeared today at The Royal Marsden Hospital in London to open a new wing for children.
Just weeks before Princess Diana’s death, she auctioned off nearly 80 of her dresses to benefit the hospital.
