Ellen Cheshire

Just over a hundred years ago, on 5 April 1916 Eldred Peck was born in San Diego, California. After graduating from Berkeley with a BA degree in English, Peck dropped the name "Eldred" in favour of his middle name Gregory and headed to New York to embark on a stage career. Here I recall my favourite of his films.... Roman Holiday (1953) Cast: Gregory Peck (Joe Bradley), Audrey Hepburn (Princess Ann, aka Anya Smith), Eddie Albert (Irving Radovich), Hartley Power (Mr Hennessy),

On this day 25 years ago Audrey Hepburn sadly passed away. But let's not dwell on this sad end, as this year is the 70th anniversary of Audrey's first screen appearance. Yes, her first lead role was in Roman Holiday in 1953, but her first screen appearance was five years earlier in Nederlands in 7 Lessen/Dutch in 7 Lessons (1948) directed by Charles Huguenot van der Linden, produced by H M Josephson. The cast includes Koes Koen (Wam Heskes/George), A Viruly (Air Pilot) and A

There has been much written in the press recently about the age gap between male and female on-screen love pairings. When I was writing my book on Audrey Hepburn I noticed that she was frequently paired with much older actors. Here’s what I wrote about the topic for some of her key films... One Wild Oat (1951) The plot implies that the twenty-two year old Audrey is one of the many mistresses of Alfred Gilbey, played by the sixty-one year old Stanley Holloway. The next time th

A few years ago I had what for many people would be THE perfect job. I had to watch every single film Audrey Hepburn had ever made, for a book I had to be asked to write the Pocket Essential Audrey Hepburn. Imagine my delight, when caught curled up on the sofa watching Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck riding around Rome on a vespa for the umpteenth time I could exclaim – “it’s research – I have to watch it!” You can snap up copies of my book on Audrey Hepburn on Amazon in kin