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Audrey Hepburn
Beautiful, yes -- and also charming, witty, generous, humble. "People associate me," she said once, "with a time when movies were pleasant, when women wore pretty dresses in films and you heard beautiful music. I always love it when people write me and say 'I was having a rotten time, and I walked into a cinema and saw one of your movies, and it made such a difference.'"