Audrey Hepburn: The Smoking Beauty

Audrey Hepburn is one of the most beautiful actress in the history of world cinema. Recognized as a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood's Golden Age. She was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third greatest female screen legend in the history of American cinema and has been placed in the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. She is also regarded by some to be the most naturally beautiful woman of all time. This extraordinary actress was a smokers during her film career.

Here are some excerpts from newspapers/magazines proving that fact:

"'I love making movies,'' she says in that wonderfully elegant voice, as she leans forward so her press agent can light her cigarette ", New York Times, Jun. 4, 1980

"'I was just sort of launched on this career,' she says, lighting a cigarette and exhaling a thin stream of smoke", Washington Post, Aug. 5, 1985

"'I read these things and I marvel,' she says, lighting a cigarette ... reaching for another cigarette", Raleigh News & Observer, Mar. 3, 1991

"The day typically wound down with Hepburn ambling around the house with a Kent cigarette and her nightly 'two fingers' of J&B Scotch", People Magazine, Oct. 31, 1994

Many biographies describe her as a heavy smoker, ever since she was 15 years old.