1942
 
It’s always fun to see photographs of your idols before they were famous. Like these images of the eternally beautiful, graceful, and witty actress/humanitarian, Audrey Hepburn. The photographs start in 1942, eleven years before she shot to stardom for her role in Roman Holiday in 1953. Hepburn was the first actress to receive an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for her performance in that film.

The majority of these images are from Hepburn’s days when she studied ballet in Amsterdam and later in London. By the late 1940s, she performed as a chorus girl in West End musical theatre productions and did some stage acting in London.

Fun fact about Audrey Hepburn that I didn’t know: She was fluent in English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, and German. Impressive.

1942
 

1942
 

November 27, 1942
 

1944
 

1945
 

1945
 

Audrey Hepburn and her mother, Baroness Ella Van Heemstra, c. 1946
 

1946
 

1948
 

1948
 

1949
 

June 28, 1949
 

June 28, 1949
 

June 28, 1949
 

June 28, 1949
 
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