Audrey Hepburn: A Life of Beautiful Uncertainty

by Tom Santopietro, Jeffrey Banks (Commentaries by)

Overview

This is the definitive tribute to the glamor and character of a beloved icon, including rarely published details, photographs and stories about the lasting impact of Audrey Hepburn's remarkable life.
Academy Award-winning actress, fashion icon, ethereal beauty, wife, mother, World War II resistance activist, UNICEF champion- Audrey Hepburn transcended her era and became a global idol whose appeal continues to soar in the twenty-first century.
Packed with beautiful photographs of the star at her most captivating and supplemented with incisive fashion commentary from award-winning designer Jeffrey Banks, Audrey Hepburn: A Beautiful Uncertainty is a one-of-a-kind exploration of Audrey's glamorous image and remarkable life. Always leading with her heart, Hepburn is shown here fully captured in all her complexity: an often self-doubting but brilliant and genuinely kind woman whose style and activism changed the world.
Slipping behind the scenes of Hollywood's Golden Age, author Tom Santopietro details Audrey's personal and professional life, from her legendary dance partnership with Fred Astaire on the classic Funny Face to her love affairs with Albert Finney and William Holden.
Throughout, her life and career are juxtaposed with the lasting legacy of her iconic image and unerring fashion sensibility, as she played muse to the brilliant designer Hubert de Givenchy and inspired women from Jacqueline Onassis to Carly Simon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493068081
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/18/2025
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Tom Santopietro is the author of nine previous books, including The Sound of Music Story, The Importance of Being Barbra, Sinatra in Hollywood, The Godfather Effect, Why To Kill A Mockingbird Matters, the New York Times Editor's Choice Considering Doris Day, and, most recently, The Way We Were: The Making of a Romantic Classic. Over the past thirty years, he has managed three dozen Broadway shows.

Editorial Reviews

Audrey Hepburn 's appeal never seems to dim, and a new biography about the late Oscar-winning actress is further proof of that... Audrey Hepburn: A Life of Beautiful Uncertainty offers rarely shared details, photos, and vignettes about her life and not just during the Hollywood era... Also features a good dose of fashion, thanks to the designer Jeffrey Banks.” —Women's Wear Daily

“[A] 'must' for the legions of Audrey Hepburn fans and is a complete, comprehensive, informative, expertly written, accessibly organized, nicely illustrated, and impressively presented biography of the life and achievements of a Hollywood Icon that includes her film career and her public service activities.” —Midwest Book Review

From the Publisher

Audrey Hepburn ’s appeal never seems to dim, and a new biography about the late 'scar-winning actress is further proof of that... Audrey Hepburn: A Life of Beautiful Uncertainty offers rarely shared details, photos, and vignettes about her life and not just during the Hollywood era... Also features a good dose of fashion, thanks to the designer Jeffrey Banks.

Women's Wear Daily