坠入凡间的天使--奥黛丽·赫本 Part 2(3)
Simultaneously, director William Wyler was looking for a European actress to play the lead role of a princess in his new movie, Roman Holiday, a romantic comedy. Executives in the Paramount London office had Hepburn do a screen test. Wyler was enchanted and Hepburn got the role.
与此同时,导演威廉·维勒(William Wyler)正在物色一位欧洲女演员,出演他的浪漫喜剧《罗马假日》(Roman Holiday)中的公主。派拉蒙伦敦办事处(Paramount London office)的主管们让赫本去试镜该角色,不曾料到的是导演维勒特别喜欢赫本,且为她着迷,赫本自然就获得了这个角色。
Gigi ran until May 31, 1952, earning Hepburn a Theatre World Award and plenty of recognition.
音乐剧《琪琪》一直汇演到1952年5月31日,赫本也因出演该剧获得了剧院世界奖和公众的广泛认可。
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When Gigi ended, Hepburn flew to Rome to star in Roman Holiday (1953). The movie was a box-office success and Hepburn received the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1953 when she was 24 years old.
结束音乐剧《琪琪》的演出之后,赫本飞往罗马主演《罗马假日》(1953)。该电影票房大卖,赫本也在同年获得奥斯卡最佳女主角奖,那时年仅24岁。
Capitalizing on its newest star, Paramount cast her as the lead in Sabrina (1954), another romantic comedy, directed by Billy Wilder where Hepburn played a Cinderella type. It was the top box-office hit of the year and Hepburn was nominated for Best Actress again but lost to Grace Kelly in The Country Girl.