Audrey Hepburn A-Z: O is for...

O is for...Oscars!

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Audrey Hepburn was nominated for a total of five Oscars throughout her career, all in the leading actress category. Her only acting win came in 1953, for Roman Holiday, and she won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award posthumously in 1993. 

Audrey's first Oscar nomination came for her performance as Princess Ann/Anya in the 1953 classic Roman Holiday. She received further nominations for Sabrina (1954), The Nun's Story (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and Wait Until Dark (1967). 

Furthermore, Audrey presented the Oscar for Best Picture on four occasions: she presented the Oscar for Best Picture to Marty (1955), The Apartment (1960), A Man for All Seasons (1966), and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). She was the second-most person to have the honour of presenting the biggest award of the night. Jack Nicholson has presented the award eight times, Audrey and Warren Beatty have each presented it four times.

Awarding the Oscar to Marty:

Awarding the Oscar to The Apartment: 

Awarding the Oscar to A Man for All Seasons: 

Awarding the Oscar to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: 

She also presented the Oscar for Best Actor to her My Fair Lady co-star Rex Harrison in 1964. It's a very touching moment, one that I love to re-watch every once in a while. Her genuine happiness at his win, his true admiration for her, given that he keeps her next to him throughout his acceptance speech...it's a tender moment. 

She again presented the Oscar for Best Actor in 1967 to Rod Steiger for In the Heat of the Night. 

Audrey received a posthumous Oscar in 1993, mere months after her untimely death, for her humanitarian work on behalf of UNICEF. At the ceremony, her dear friend Gregory Peck presented the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to her son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer. 

OTHER AUDREY HEPBURN OSCAR MOMENTS:

• She presented a writing award at the 1955 ceremony (in lieu of presenting Best Actor, something the previous year's winners do the next year, which Bette Davis did instead...)

• She presented the Oscar for Best Costume Design at the 1963 ceremony

• She presented an honorary Oscar to King Vidor at the 1979 ceremony

• She presented the Oscar for Best Costume Design at the 1986 ceremony

• She and Gregory Peck presented the Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay at the 1988 ceremony

• She presented an honorary Oscar to Satyajit Ray at the 1992 ceremony

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