Breakfast at Tiffany's - Moon River- Holly Golightly(Audrey Hepburn) singing

Audrey Kathleen Hepburn 

(née Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) 

 original name Audrey Kathleen Ruston

 

 

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:

Fred (George Peppard) hears Holly (Audrey Hepburn) singing on the fire escape below his apartment and goes out to listen.

 

FILM DESCRIPTION:

 

In an idealized New York City during the early '60s, Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) is a charming socialite with a youthful zest for life who lives alone in a nearly bare apartment. She has such a flippant lifestyle that she won't even give her cat a name, because that would be too much of a commitment to a relationship.

 

Maintaining a childlike innocence yet wearing the most perfect of designer clothes and accessories from Givenchy, she spends her time on expensive dates and at high-class parties. She escorts various wealthy men, yet fails to return their affections after they have given her gifts and money.

 

Holly's carefree independence is changed when she meets her neighbor, aspiring writer Paul (George Peppard), who is suffering from writer's block while being kept by a wealthy woman (Patricia Neal).

 

Just when Holly and Paul are developing their sweet romance, Doc (Buddy Ebsen) appears on the scene and complicates matters, revealing the truth about Holly's past.

 

Breakfast at Tiffany's was nominated for several Academy awards, winning Best Score for Henry Mancini and Best Song for Johnny Mercer's classic tune "Moon River".

 

 

CREDITS:

TM & © Paramount (1961)

Cast: George Peppard, Audrey Hepburn

Director: Blake Edwards

Producers: Martin Jurow, Richard Shepherd

Screenwriters: George Axelrod, Truman Capote

 

 

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Audrey Hepburn, original name Audrey Kathleen Ruston (see Researcher’s Note), (born May 4, 1929, Brussels, Belgium—died January 20, 1993  at her age of 63., Tolochenaz, Switzerland), Belgian-born British actress known for her radiant beauty and style, her ability to project an air of sophistication tempered by a charming innocence, and her tireless efforts to aid children in need.

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Born: May 4, 1929 Brussels BelgiumDied: January 20, 1993 (aged 63) SwitzerlandAwards And Honors: Grammy Award (1993) Presidential Medal of Freedom (1992) Tony Awards (1968) Academy Award (1954) Tony Awards (1954) Academy Award (1954): Actress in a Leading Role Cecil B. DeMille Award (1990) Emmy Award (1993): Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming Golden Globe Award (1955): World Film Favorites Golden Globe Award (1954): Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Grammy Award (1994): Best Spoken Word Album for Children Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1993) Presidential Medal of Freedom (1992) Tony Award (1954): Best Actress in a Play

 

 

 Audrey Hepburn’s  Rare Photograph From the Condé Nast Archives

 

Audrey Kathleen Hepburn (née Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British[a] actress. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Classical Hollywood cinema and was inducted into the International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List.

 

Born in Ixelles, Brussels, to an aristocratic family, Hepburn spent parts of her childhood in Belgium, England, and the Netherlands. She attended boarding school in Kent, England, from 1936 to 1939. With the outbreak of World War II, she returned to the Netherlands.  During the war, she studied ballet at the Arnhem Conservatory, and by 1944, she performed ballet to raise money to support the Dutch resistance.  She studied ballet with Sonia Gaskell in Amsterdam beginning in 1945, and with Marie Rambert in London from 1948.  She began performing as a chorus girl in West End musical theatre productions and then had minor appearances in several films. She rose to stardom in the romantic comedy Roman Holiday (1953) alongside Gregory Peck, for which she was the first actress to win an Oscar, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award for a single performance. That year, she also won a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her performance in Ondine.

 

Hepburn went on to star in a number of successful films such as Sabrina (1954), in which Humphrey Bogart and William Holden compete for her affection; Funny Face (1957), a musical in which she sang her own parts; the drama The Nun's Story (1959); the romantic comedy Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); the thriller-romance Charade (1963), opposite Cary Grant; and the musical My Fair Lady (1964). In 1967, she starred in the thriller Wait Until Dark, receiving Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominations. After that, she only occasionally appeared in films, one being Robin and Marian (1976) with Sean Connery. Her last recorded performances were in the 1990 documentary television series Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement – Informational Programming.

 

Hepburn won three BAFTA Awards for Best British Actress in a Leading Role. In recognition of her film career, she received BAFTA's Lifetime Achievement Award, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and the Special Tony Award. She remains one of only eighteen people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. Later in life, Hepburn devoted much of her time to UNICEF, to which she had contributed since 1954. Between 1988 and 1992, she worked in some of the poorest communities of Africa, South America, and Asia. In December 1992, she received the US Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. A month later, she died of appendiceal cancer at her home in Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland, at the age of 63.

 

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Early life

1929–1938: Family and early childhood

Audrey Kathleen Ruston (later, Hepburn-Ruston was born on 4 May 1929 at number 48 Rue Keyenveld  in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. She was known to her family as Adriaantje. 

 

Hepburn's grandfather, Aarnoud van Heemstra, was the governor of the Dutch colony of Dutch Guiana.

Hepburn's mother, Baroness Ella van Heemstra (12 June 1900 – 26 August 1984), was a Dutch noblewoman. Ella was the daughter of Baron Aarnoud van Heemstra, who served as mayor of Arnhem from 1910 to 1920 and as governor of Dutch Guiana from 1921 to 1928, and Baroness Elbrig Willemine Henriette van Asbeck (1873–1939), a granddaughter of Count Dirk van Hogendorp.  At age 19, she married Jonkheer Hendrik Gustaaf Adolf Quarles van Ufford, an oil executive based in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, where they subsequently lived.  They had two sons, Jonkheer Arnoud Robert Alexander Quarles van Ufford (1920–1979) and Jonkheer Ian Edgar Bruce Quarles van Ufford (1924–2010), before divorcing in 1925,  four years before Hepburn's birth.

 

Hepburn's father, Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston (21 November 1889 – 16 October 1980), was a British subject born in Auschitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary.  He was the son of Victor John George Ruston, of British and Austrian background,  and Anna Juliana Franziska Karolina Wels, who was of Austrian origin and born in Kovarce.  In 1923–1924, Joseph was an Honorary British Consul in Semarang in the Dutch East Indies,  and prior to his marriage to Hepburn's mother, was married to Cornelia Bisschop, a Dutch heiress.  Although born with the surname Ruston, he later double-barrelled his name to the more "aristocratic" Hepburn-Ruston, perhaps at Ella's insistence, as he mistakenly believed himself descended from James Hepburn, third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.

 

Hepburn's parents were married in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, in September 1926.  At the time, Ruston worked for a trading company, but soon after the marriage, the couple moved to Europe, where he began working for a loan company; reportedly tin merchants MacLaine, Watson and Company in London.  After a year in London, they moved to Brussels, where he had been assigned to open a branch office.  After three years of spending time travelling between Brussels, Arnhem, The Hague and London, the family settled in the suburban Brussels municipality of Linkebeek in 1932.

 

 Hepburn's early childhood was sheltered and privileged.  Her multinational background was enhanced through her travelling between three countries with her family due to her father's job.

 

In the mid-1930s, Hepburn's parents recruited and collected donations for the British Union of Fascists (B.U.F).  Her mother met Adolf Hitler and wrote favourable articles about him for the B.U.F.  Joseph left the family abruptly in 1935 after a "scene" in Brussels when Adriaantje (as she was known in the family) was six; later she often spoke of the effect on a child of being "dumped" as "children need two parents".  Joseph left the family and moved to London, where he became more deeply involved in Fascist activity and never visited his daughter abroad.  Hepburn later professed that her father's departure was "the most traumatic event of my life". That same year, her mother moved with Hepburn to her family's estate in Arnhem; her half-brothers Alex and Ian (then 15 and 11) were sent to The Hague to live with relatives. Joseph wanted her to be educated in England, so in 1937, Hepburn was sent to live in Kent, England, where she, known as Audrey Ruston or "Little Audrey", was educated at a small private school in Elham.  Hepburn's parents officially divorced in 1938.  In the 1960s, Hepburn renewed contact with her father after locating him in Dublin through the Red Cross; although he remained emotionally detached, Hepburn supported him financially until his death.

 

 

 

Audrey Hepburn Had To Fight For One Of Breakfast At Tiffany's Most Memorable Scenes

 

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BY JAMIE GERBER/APRIL 19, 2022 11:36 AM EST

 

There are so many classic moments that come to mind when thinking about "Breakfast at Tiffany's." The 1961 film, which was very loosely based on Truman Capote's novella of the same name, stars Audrey Hepburn as the unforgettable Holly Golightly, but Capote actually wanted the role to go to Marilyn Monroe and was very unhappy when Hepburn won the part. 

We'll never know what that movie would've looked like, but there's no denying that Hepburn's turn as Holly has gone down in film history as the actress's most recognizable role. This is wildly impressive, considering she starred in so many other beloved films, including "Charade," "Funny Face," and "Roman Holiday." Hepburn may have been all wrong for the book version of Holly, but it's impossible to imagine the movie adaptation with anyone else in the part.


"Breakfast at Tiffany's" is full of memorable scenes, but there is one that almost didn't make it into the finished film. Had Hepburn herself not insisted upon its inclusion, viewers likely would've missed out on one of the movie's best moments.

 

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One of the most integral parts of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is Henry Mancini's Oscar-.winning score. 

 

The prolific composer was responsible for scoring many movies you probably love, from "The Pink Panther" to "Mommie Dearest" to "The Great Mouse Detective." While the entire score is brilliant, there is one composition most fans will think of at the mention of "Breakfast at Tiffany's." "Moon River" was composed by Mancini, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer. Beyond Mancini's Oscar win for the score, he and Mercer also took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

One of the film's loveliest scenes is undeniably Holly sitting on her fire escape, strumming her guitar, and singing this beautiful piece of music. Interestingly, the studio initially did not want Hepburn, who wasn't a singer, to be the voice heard in the movie. There were plans to dub the vocals instead. However, Mancini was confident he could write something in Hepburn's range. The composer's widow, Ginny Mancini, (who passed in 2021) told the BBC:

"Henry was at home one night and we were watching 'Funny Fac'e in which Audrey Hepburn sings 'How Long Has This Been Going On.' He went to the piano and started playing it, and knew she could sing something in that range. It took him about a month and a half before he put down the first three notes. It sounded promising and in half an hour he had written the melody of 'Moon River.'"

Mancini then brought the song to Mercer, who wrote the words. A well-known Tin Pan Alley lyricist, Mercer was a singer and composer who penned the lyrics to over 1,500 tunes. The lyrics to "Moon River" are about his view in Savannah, Georgia, where he grew up. According to Savannah Now, the specific area was Burnside Island, where Mercer could see the moon over Back River. In 1962, a stretch of the Back River was actually renamed in honor of the song. In fact, the track was originally called "Blue River," but it turned out that title was already taken, so it became "Moon River" and a legend was born.

 

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Mancini and Mercer were proud of the song, but "Breakfast at Tiffany's" ran long and the president of Paramount Pictures felt "Moon River" needed to be cut. Ginny Mancini told the BBC:

"I saw Henry go pale. We were all stunned, totally stunned. We were quiet for a minute or two and then there was a barrage of reasons why it should stay in the film and cuts should be made in other areas."

According to "Love Me Tender: The Stories Behind the World's Favourite Songs" by Max Cryer, (via The Telegraph), Hepburn stepped up to defend the scene and told the executive "Moon River" would be removed "Over my dead body!" What choice was there after that, but to keep the song in? 

It's one of the film's most memorable scenes, adding a vulnerability to Holly that otherwise wouldn't have been clear. Everything, from how she's dressed to the way she uses the music to soothe herself, serves to make the character more fully realized. Hepburn may not have been a singer, but her performance is absolutely perfect — she sings with a wistfulness that never fails to move me. The melody of the song is a recurring theme throughout the film, and much of why it resonates comes down to Hepburn's performance in this scene.

"Moon River" continues to endure decades later. It's been covered by far too many artists to list, but here's a start: Frank Sinatra, Morrissey, Sarah Vaughan, and Frank Ocean. It's absolutely bonkers to think that we almost lost Hepburn singing this song in "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Thankfully, the actress felt strongly enough about it to fight on its behalf.