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Hepburn

[ hep-burn ]

noun

  1. Audrey, 1929–93, U.S. actress, born in Belgium.
  2. Katharine, 1909–2003, U.S. actress.


Hepburn

/ ˈhɛpˌbɜːn /

noun

  1. HepburnAudrey19291993FUSBelgianFILMS AND TV: actress Audrey. 1929–93, US actress, born in Belgium. Her films include Roman Holiday (1955), Funny Face (1957), and My Fair Lady (1964)
  2. HepburnKatharine19072003FUSFILMS AND TV: actress Katharine. 1907–2003, US film actress, whose films include The Philadelphia Story (1940), Adam's Rib (1949), The African Queen (1951), The Lion in Winter (1968) for which she won an Oscar, and On Golden Pond (1981)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

For Halloween, Elsbeth spends the entirety of “Devil’s Night” trying to prove a former child star is innocent of murder, all while dressed as Audrey Hepburn’s character in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”

But as the authors show in this 240-page book, women like Louise Brooks, Ida Lupino and Katharine Hepburn blew through the celluloid ceiling and lifted up generations of women in the movies.

Remember the 1975 film starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn called “Rooster Cogburn,” a one-eyed marshal hoping to chase down some bad guys?

Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn, one of the judges and a meteorologist, said the winning image was an "impressive dissection of the fleeting few seconds" when Baily's beads can be seen.

From BBC

It references to Audrey Hepburn and British supermodel Twiggy, and the frenetic editing and jitterbug choreography make it a unique entry in her videography.

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hepatoscopyHepburn, Katharine