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19 August 2009

Hepburn Kat or Audrey?→[More:]
I don't really know enough about their work to have an opinion (a lot more research is needed) but I have a slight bias against Audrey because of Holly Golightly--because of the twee image of her with a cigarette-holder that teenyboppers pattern onto their myspaces, etc. (gotta love the gloves in that pic though). She just seems to have embodied a very airy and fickle-headed version of femininity in that role.

post by: Firas at: 06:48 | 27 comments

Well, here in Japan it's Audrey Audrey Audrey. The Cult of Audrey. She remains quite popular, it would seem, at least as an icon/image. There's a chain of banks that uses her photograph(s) in their advertising. Here's an example:

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posted by flapjax at midnite 19 August | 07:22

I'd have to say Katharine--although I'm not a "fan"--because I will turn off anything with Audrey Hepburn in it or referred to in breathless tones. I do like that one Katharine Hepburn movie--one of the screwballs.

posted by crush-onastick 19 August | 07:51

To heck with the Hepburns, Hedy's my heroine ;-)

posted by TheophileEscargot 19 August | 07:59

Audrey, because I loooove the movie Wait Until Dark.

posted by BoringPostcards 19 August | 08:14

Oh, I'm all about Katharine. She was not just a fine actress, she was hugely committed to progressive causes. From wearing trousers before it was OK for women to do so to helping raise $1 million for Planned Parenthood in the very early 1980s, Katharine Hepburn ROCKED.

posted by Stewriffic 19 August | 08:15

Katharine all the way. She was all awesome and activisty.

posted by gaspode 19 August | 08:16

Or, what Stewriffic said.

posted by gaspode 19 August | 08:17

I don't know, but me too, BP, I looooove that movie.

posted by Specklet 19 August | 08:42

Specklet, I saw that movie for the first time when I was about 12, and it flipped me out. :)

posted by BoringPostcards 19 August | 08:52

I am with BoPo. In terms of work, I prefer the Audrey stuff I've seen. But, that's not to say that I can't appreciate the cool-as-fuck Katherine.

posted by richat 19 August | 09:20

Katherine. Philadelphia Story, Bringing up Baby and the African Queen are some of my favorites. Nothing wrong with Audrey, though. If we're talking about raw sex appeal, I'd dump them both for Lauren Bacall.

posted by doctor_negative 19 August | 09:31

Gotta go with Kate on this one - we need far more people like her in the world.

BUT...if we're going on simple "yummy on a stick from the classics era", it's gotta be Jean Arthur.

God this thread is making me whine for Netflix. I wish our movies now had these kind of women in them.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 19 August | 09:40

Katharine; I prefer people who know how cool they are to people who know how pretty they are.

posted by Hugh Janus 19 August | 09:58

I'll take 'em both. They're like the perfect pair of grandmothers. You get one who's a spitfire and very strong and independent and doesn't mind cussing in front of you, and then you have the other who's gentle and genteel and has a very kind heart and loves children and smells good.

posted by mudpuppie 19 August | 10:17

Continuing mudpuppie's theme: Katharine, definitely, all the way. She was way cool and would be a most excellent grandmother.

Were I stuck with my current looks, I don't think I'd want someone as beautiful as Audrey for a grandmother, though if she passed the genes to me I wouldn't mind.

posted by altolinguistic 19 August | 10:35

Kate, definitely, she's so kick-ass and "piss-off if you don't like what I am/do".

Having both Hepburns as grandmothers would indeed be interesting.

posted by deborah 19 August | 10:46

Katharine. Do NOT presume to call her Kat.

You may stop spinning now, Katharine.

posted by rainbaby 19 August | 10:47

Rainbaby IS Katharine Hepburn.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 19 August | 12:20

I'm not a fan of the Audrey obsessives more than anyone else, but riddle me this: DID KATHERINE HEPBURN LIVE WITH A BABY DEER? HUH?

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posted by Juliet Banana 19 August | 13:00

Nope, but she did pal around with a leopard named Baby:
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posted by Atom Eyes 19 August | 14:00

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While I'm not usually one for cults-of-personality, I like 'em both.

posted by box 19 August | 14:05

I'm enjoying reading these comments in the voice of the actor being discussed.

Now, for my own amusement -

Did Katharine Hepburn live with a baby deer? Certainly not. Katharine Hepburn tore her trousers rescuing the baby deer from the pesky wolf, carried the vile, and by vile she means adorable thing home, splinted its leg and bottle fed it, put it in a basket, rang the doorbell of that twee little Audrey person, and went to pay a visit to her buck.

posted by rainbaby 19 August | 14:08

forget the hepburns, i love rainbaby.

posted by crush-onastick 19 August | 14:21

Admire K, want to BE A.

posted by brujita 19 August | 22:26

DID KATHERINE HEPBURN LIVE WITH A BABY DEER? HUH?

You linked to a picture of AUDREY with a baby deer. It's a scene from the movie Green Mansions about a nature girl, Rima, who lives in the rain forests of South America and communes with all creatures. Based on the novel of the same name, first published in 1904.

Although it looks like while she was filming the movie, the little guy did live with her.

Caption says: Audrey Hepburn at home while filming "Green Mansions".

And I love, love, love both Audrey and Kate.

posted by marsha56 20 August | 07:15

I'm gonna have to go ahead and agree with LT that rainbaby is the new Hepburn.

posted by mudpuppie 20 August | 10:38

*pushes everybody into the pool, storms off for cocktail*

posted by rainbaby 20 August | 11:08

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