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Audrey Hepburn at Her Most Stunning

Hepburn Holds Onto Her Hat

Hepburn Holds Onto Her Hat

Audrey Hepburn searches for signs of spring in 1950. Hepburn turned to acting in 1948 to help pay the bills -- her mother, an aristocrat, was already doing menial work, and Hepburn, though trained in dance, was too tall to be a prima ballerina.

In this photo: Audrey Hepburn

Photo: Bert Hardy/Getty Images

May 01, 1950