Monte Carlo Baby

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Film poster for Monte Carlo Baby

Monte Carlo Baby is the title of a British comedy film first released in 1951. It featured an early performance by Audrey Hepburn playing a spoiled actress. Most Hepburn biographies indicate that it was during the filming of this movie that Hepburn was first discovered by the playwright Colette and chosen for the lead role in the play Gigi, which would lead to Hepburn launching her acting career in Hollywood.

Monte Carlo Baby was produced in the English language. However a second version of the film was made in the French language. Since Hepburn was fluent in French, she played the same role (although the character's name was changed. This version of the film was released in 1952 as Nous irons à Monte Carlo (We Will All Go to Monte Carlo).

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Monte Carlo Baby at the Internet Movie Database
Nous irons à Monte Carlo at the Internet Movie Database

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The works of Audrey Hepburn

Feature films: Dutch in Seven Lessons (1948) • Laughter in Paradise (1951) • Young Wives' Tale (1951) • One Wild Oat (1951) • The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) • Monte Carlo Baby (1951) • We Will All Go to Monte Carlo (1952) • The Secret People (1952) • Roman Holiday (1953) • Sabrina (1954) • War and Peace (1956) • Funny Face (1957) • Love in the Afternoon (1957) • Green Mansions (1959) • The Nun's Story (1959) • The Unforgiven (1960) • Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) • The Children's Hour (1961) • Charade (1963) • Paris, When It Sizzles (1964) • My Fair Lady (1964) • How to Steal a Million (1966) • Two For The Road (1967) • Wait Until Dark (1967) • Robin and Marian (1976) • Bloodline (1979) • They All Laughed (1981) • Always (1989) (cameo)
Television: Mayerling (1957) • Love Among Thieves (1987) • Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn (1993)

This article is incorrect. Both films were shot simultaneously in 1951 with somewhat different casts for the two versions. According to Jerry Vermilye's book "The complete films of Audrey Hepburn" the French version was released in 1952 and the English version in 1953.