Audrey Hepburn became an Oscar winner on March 25, 1954. Despite earning four additional nominations in the years to come, her first Academy Award would be the only one of her iconic career.
The late star won best actress for her role as Princess Ann in the 1953 film Roman Holiday. Hepburn overcame her fellow nominees in the category—Leslie Caron for Lili, Ava Gardner for Mogambo, Deborah Kerr for From Here to Eternity and Maggie McNamara for The Moon Is Blue—at the 26th Academy Awards.
When Hepburn took the stage to accept her trophy, she was overwhelmed with emotion.
“It’s too much,” she told the audience. “I want to say thank you to everybody who in these past months and years have helped, guided and given me so much. I’m truly, truly grateful and terribly happy.”
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Hepburn achieved her Hollywood breakthrough with Roman Holiday, starring as a princess sightseeing in Rome alongside a reporter played by Gregory Peck. She ultimately became the first actress to win an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for the same performance.
As her career flourished, Hepburn received four more Academy Award nominations for best actress. In 1955, she returned to the awards show with a nod for Sabrina, though she lost to Grace Kelly for The Country Girl. Five years later, she was up for The Nun’s Story at the 1960 ceremony, but the honor went to Simone Signoret for Room at the Top.
Looking back, Hepburn seemed like a sure bet in 1962 when she earned a nomination for Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which is arguably her most iconic and enduring film role. However, Sophia Loren defeated her in the category, taking home the prize for Two Women.
Six years later, Audrey received her final Oscar nod for Wait Until Dark in 1968, with Katharine Hepburn—who was not related to Audrey despite the actresses sharing a last name—ultimately besting her with a win for Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.
Though Audrey never won another competitive Academy Award after her initial accolade in 1954, she was posthumously honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1993.
Peck, then 76, presented the award during the 65th Oscars, highlighting Audrey’s work as a UNICEF ambassador.
“The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award honors individuals in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to us all,” he said at the time. “If ever someone lived up to the ideals of this award with dedication and conviction, it was Audrey Hepburn.”
Audrey’s son Sean Hepburn Ferreraccepted the award in her absence, noting, “She believed every child has the right to health, to hope, to tenderness and to life. On her behalf, I dedicate this to the children of the world.”
The honor came two months after Audrey died in January 1993 at age 63 following a battle with cancer. She was survived by sons Sean and Luca—whom she shared with ex-husbands Mel Ferrer and Andrea Dotti, respectively—and her partner, Robert Wolders.
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