A stunning collection of more than one hundred images by celebrated photographer Bob Willoughby captures Audrey Hepburn's legendary film career, personal life, and tireless activism in support of children and animals around the globe, accompanied by the photographer's personal reminiscences of the much-loved star.

Born in Belgium and raised in the Netherlands during the German occupation in world War II, this young girl blossomed into one of the world's loveliest---and most beloved---stars of stage and screen. She was Gigi, and she was Holly Golightly, and she was everyone's fair lady. She was also a lover of animals and of children and worked tirelessly her whole life to protect them. The celebrated photographer Bob Willoughby sawall this, and recorded it with his singular lens. He was there on the Hollywood sets, and in the intimate settings of Hepburn's home. Hepburn considered Willoughby to be a friend, and so there are the tender, unguarded moments, many of them never seen in this country.

A rare glimpse into the woman behind the mystique and the definitive guide to living genuinely with glamour and grace. “Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book and remembering—because you can’t take it all in at once.”—Audrey Hepburn On many occasions, Audrey Hepburn was approached to pen her autobiography, the definitive book of Audrey, yet she never agreed. A beloved icon who found success as an actress, a mother, and a humanitarian, Audrey Hepburn perfected the art of gracious living. More philosophy than biography, How to Be Lovely revisits the many interviews Audrey gave over the years, allowing us to hear her voice directly on universal topics of concern to women the world over: careers, love lives, motherhood and relationships. Enhanced by rarely seen photographs, behind-the-scenes stories, and insights from the friends who knew her well, How to Be Lovely uncovers the real Audrey, in her own words.

Twenty-five years after her untimely passing, Audrey Hepburn remains one of Hollywood's most enduring icons of style, grace, and beauty. Remember her with this stunning tribute featuring images by Hepburn's close friend Bob Willoughby, a renowned photojournalist for Life magazine and many other publications.

This book contains a little biography about Audrey hepburn *In her 20s, she studied acting and worked as a model and dancer. She also began to receive several small film roles, credited as Audrey Hepburn. While filming in Monte-Carlo, Hepburn caught the attention of the French writer Colette, who thought Hepburn would be perfect for the title role in a stage adaptation of her novel Gigi. .Despite her lack of experience, Hepburn was cast and received critical acclaim when the play opened on Broadway in 1951.

While trying to score a date with her cute co-worker at the Scooper Dooper, sixteen-year-old Audrey gains unwanted fame and celebrity status when her ex-boyfriend, a rock musician, records a breakup song about her that soars to the top of the Billboard charts.

While her name is synonymous with elegance, style and grace, this poignant, funny and deeply moving biography, reveals the private Audrey Hepburn and invites readers to fall in love with her all over again. Over the course of her extraordinary life and career, Audrey captured hearts around the world and created a public image that stands as one of the most recognizable and beloved in recent memory. But despite her international fame and her tireless efforts on behalf of UNICEF, Audrey was also known for her intense privacy. With unprecedented access to studio archives, friends and colleagues who knew and loved Audrey, bestselling author Donald Spoto provides an intimate and moving account of this beautiful, elusive and talented woman. Tracing her astonishing rise to stardom, from her harrowing childhood in Nazi-controlled Holland during World War II to her years as a struggling ballet dancer in London and her Tony Award–winning Broadway debut in Gigi, Spoto illuminates the origins of Audrey’s tenacious spirit and fiercely passionate nature. She would go on to star in some of the most popular movies of the twentieth century, including Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Funny Face, The Nun’s Story, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and My Fair Lady. A friend and inspiration to renowned designer Hubert de Givenchy, Audrey also emerged as a fashion icon and her influence on women’s fashion virtually unparalleled to this day. Behind the glamorous public persona, Audrey was a different and deeper person and a woman who craved love and affection. Donald Spoto offers remarkable insights into her professional and personal relationships with her two husbands, and with celebrities such as Gregory Peck, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper, Robert Anderson, Cary Grant, Peter O’Toole, Albert Finney and Ben Gazzara. The turbulent romances of her youth, her profound sympathy for the plight of hungry children, and the thrills and terrors of motherhood prepared Audrey for the final chapter in her life, as she devoted herself entirely to the charity efforts of an organization that had once come to her rescue at the end of the war: UNICEF.