Audrey Hepburn & Grace Kelly
Charm, glamour, humanity, wit, and
elegance, are all words that are associated with these two legendary
icons, who, during their lifetimes, made their mark on both the
silver screen and the world at large. As a tribute to the enduring
legacy of Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, Universal Pictures and
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will add two 3 movie DVD box sets
to their classic Screen Goddess Collection range of titles on 3rd
April 2006. Each Screen Goddess Collection has an rrp of £19.99
Both were at the peak of their powers in the post-war period when
Technicolor reigned supreme, Dior was ushering in his “new-look” and
women were enjoying being real women again. Both incredibly talented
actresses, winning an Oscar® each, were also paragons of style and
sophistication. Audrey Hepburn was famously dressed by fashion
legend Hubert de Givenchy - the two formed a fashion alliance that
would last for the rest of their lives and create the unforgettable
Audrey silhouette. Grace Kelly was equally blessed - fashion giant
Hermes named one of their bags for her and today the Kelly bag is so
sought after that waiting lists to purchase one are not uncommon.
The Audrey Hepburn box set includes three movies spanning three
decades of her career; thriller Charade (1963, directed by Stanley
Donen and co-starring Cary Grant tells the story of a widow tracing
the mysterious circumstances of her husband’s death; Robin and
Marian (1976) with Sean Connery about the autumn years of the
legendary Sherwood Forest hero and his faithful consort and the
Steven Spielberg directed romantic drama Always (1986), Hepburn’s
final film with Richard Dreyfuss and Holly Hunter.
The Grace Kelly box set is a collection of three movies including a
biopic of her life; Hitchcock’s classic thriller Rear Window (1954)
co-starring James Stewart; the multi-award winning Western High Noon
(1952) with Gary Cooper and Lloyd Bridges and The Grace Kelly Story
(1983) a movie starring Cheryl Ladd as Grace and Ian McShane as her
husband Prince Rainier of Monaco.
“I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need
to give it.”
Audrey Hepburn
Born Audrey Kathleen Ruston in 1929 to an aristocratic family in
Brussels her childhood was marred when the German Army occupied the
Dutch town of Arnhem where she was staying at the time. After
liberation Audrey moved to London to study ballet and began
modelling. A string of small movies followed by her big break, which
came when Collette herself chose her to star in the stage version of
Gigi. Roman Holiday (1953) cemented Audrey in Hollywood and earned
her an Oscar®, she rapidly moved from strength to strength with a
string of hits finally ending her film career in 1986 with Always.
Married twice, once to Mel Ferrer, with two children, Audrey never
forgot her lean war years and from 1988 she served as a special
ambassador for UNICEF a position she retained until her death in
1993 from cancer.
“I would like to be remembered as a decent human being and a caring
one.”
Grace Kelly
Born into wealth and privilege in 1929, Grace Patricia Kelly defied
the wishes of her Irish Catholic family and moved from Philadelphia
to New York to pursue an acting career. Working as a model, Grace
soon found work on stage and in the fledgling television medium;
this gained her attention from film and she was soon starring in a
string of movies including three classics from Hitchcock, making
Grace the classic “Hitchcock Blonde”, and The Country Girl (1954)
that would bring Grace an Oscar®. Her stellar Hollywood career would
come to an end in 1956 when, after marrying Prince Rainier of
Monaco, Grace Patricia Kelly became Her Serene Highness Princess
Grace. In 1982 while driving with daughter Stephanie, Princess Grace
lost control of her vehicle and fatally crashed her car.
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Prizes
Prizes : 1 Grace Kelly DVD Boxset and 1 Audrey Hepburn DVD boxset
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