Birthday: May 4, 1929

Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium

Biography: Hepburn's first role in a motion picture was in the British film One Wild Oat, in which she played a hotel receptionist. She played several more minor roles in Young Wives' Tales, Laughter in Paradise, The Lavender Hill Mob and Monte Carlo Baby. During the filming of Monte Carlo Baby, Hepburn was chosen to play the lead character in the Broadway play Gigi. Hepburn's first starring role and first American film was opposite Gregory Peck in the Hollywood motion picture Roman Holiday. From 1967 onw... ... (read more...) ard, after fifteen highly successful years in film, Hepburn acted only occasionally.