Charmed by Audrey

In 1953 Paramount was making a film with a new actress named Audrey Hepburn. LIFE magazine assigned one of their top young photographers, Mark Shaw, to shoot  a feature and he spent weeks with Audrey on and round the set. Mark Shaw’s access to Audrey Hepburn, unheard of today, resulted in an amazing array of photos and over 60 rolls of film that captured the budding ingénue's charm and grace on set and in everyday ife. The images chronicled her life at the time: waking up at home, having her hair washed at the beauty parlor, reading, relaxing, studying her script, chatting with her costars and director, and acting in one of her most famous roles. While the handful of photographs published in LIFE for the Sabrina article have lived on as beloved images of Hepburn, the majority of the negatives were misplaced and never published. Rediscovered 50 years later, these numerous never-before-seen photographs complete one of the most intimate looks at Hepburn’s youth and rising star.