Act one: Coda/overture. A closet, 1993 ; Beginning, 1929-1948 ; War and a life of dance, 1940-1947 ; London, 1948 ; Chorus girl, 1948-1949 ; A star is (not quite yet) born, 1950-1951 ; A single line and Alec Guinness, 1951-1952 ; Discovery by Collette, 1951-1952
Act two: What price Hollywood. Roman Holiday, 1951-1953 ; Right girl, right place, right time
the 1950s ; A first love, 1952-1952 ; Sabrina, Bogie, and William Holden, 1953-1954 ; Soul mates, 1953-1993 ; Meeting Mel, 1953-1968 ; Exhibits A-B-C, 1954-1957 ; Bonjour, Paris! 1956-1957 ; Love In The Afternoon, 1957 ; Feature film mistake #1
Green Mansions, 1958-1959 ; The Nun's Story, 1959 ; Feature film mistake #2
The Unforgiven, 1960 ; Motherhood, 1960 ; When Audrey met Holly, 1961 ; From Holly to Karen, 1961 ; Paris when it fizzles, 1962-1964 ; Charade, 1962-1964 ; Home, 1963-1993 ; My Fair Lady, 1963-1964 ; What could go wrong? 1960s ; For the love of animals, 1957-1993 ; A beautiful uncertainty
Act three: Icon. The nature of the appeal, 1953-1993 ; Fashionista, 1953-1993 ; Once more with feeling, 1966 ; Two For The Road, 1967 ; Alone in the dark, 1967-1968 ; A different Roman holiday, 1969-1970 ; Nine years of silence, 1967-1976 ; As if we never said good bye, 1976 ; What could go wrong, part 2
1970s ; Feature film mistake #3
Bloodline, 1978-1979 ; They All Laughed, 1980 ; Might-have-beens, 1950s through 1980s ; Accept no substitutes, 1987-2002 ; With and without
life with father (and mother), 1929-1984 ; Love Among Thieves, 1987
Act four: What matters most. UNICEF, 1988-1993 ; Robbie, 1979-1993 ; Always, 1989 ; A reckoning with Anne Frank, 1990-1991 ; For the love of gardens, 1990-1993 ; Tributes, 1990-1993 ; Solo voce, 1992 ; Somalia, 1992 ; Priorities, 1993
Act five: The last golden age star. Announcing the news, 1993 ; Bequests, 1993-2000 ; Protecting the legacy, 1993-2004 ; Generations of activism, 1970-2004 ; Auctioning history, 2017-2018 ; Everything old is new again, 1993-2021 ; The last golden age star ; And in the end, 1929-1993
Appendix A: Selected honors
Appendix B: Career scorecard
