8 Throwback Pics Of Audrey Hepburn With Different Hairstyles Than Her Signature Look

In the 1953 film "Roman Holiday," Audrey Hepburn plays Princess Ann, who decides to ditch her strict royal habits and embrace the identity of a carefree Italian gamine. Part of the plot is that she cuts her rib-grazing brown hair into a chic pixie with bangs, one of the transformative haircuts that bring youthful energy, no matter your age. Hepburn followed that movie with the titular role in "Sabrina," where she again transforms her hairstyle. She goes from a naive ponytail-wearing youngster to a Paris-educated sophisticate with another version of a pixie.

Those breakout roles and now-iconic haircuts are what many of us associate with Hepburn. But there were many different roles in store for this actor, and likewise, many different hairstyles throughout her lifetime. As we've learned that Audrey Hepburn's biggest skincare secrets are still so useful today, her myriad hair looks still serve as inspiration. Here are eight off-screen Hepburn hairstyles that aren't that signature pixie.

This pic of animal lover Audrey Hepburn and her pet fawn was taken in 1958, the year she turned 29. In it, we can see her "je ne sais quoi" bob that takes the French girl hair trend to the next level. She added volume and curl to her short hairstyle and gave it a hyper-feminine touch by adding a bow headband. While we're used to seeing her most frequently with bangs, in this era, she had grown them out and let her hair sit low around the temples to frame her iconic eyes.

We don't usually think of Audrey Hepburn as having particularly layered hair. But looking at her profile in 1956, photographed here with first husband Mel Ferrer in France, we can see that she had a lot of shorter pieces on the top of her head that were different from her fringe pieces at the front. Wearing her hair in a mid-level ponytail complemented her snatched jawline.

Before relocating to London in the late 1940s, Audrey Hepburn grew up in war-torn Holland, with her near-starvation during World War II well documented. Whether that affected the health of her hair, we don't know, but it has been reported that she had fine hair and frequently relied on hair pieces to amplify the volume. Was this on-trend hairstyle that Hepburn wore in the 1970s real or a wig? We're unsure, but it's decidedly different from anything else we've seen on the star.

In the late 1950s, Audrey Hepburn was photographed wearing her hair long in a side ponytail. In 1959, she starred in "Green Mansions," a project of then-husband Mel Ferrer's, where she played a long-haired wild woman living in the jungle. The film was a flop, but the hair was a novelty. The long, loose hairstyle was definitely different for Hepburn and her fans alike. Once again, her bangs acted as a frame for her stunning eyes.

In 1961, Audrey Hepburn starred in her career-defining role as Holly Golightly in "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Her iconic hairstyle from the film featured micro-bangs and blond highlights in her brunette locks, but she didn't carry on with the dyed style after the movie wrapped. Pictured that year with son Sean, who was born the year before in 1960, we can see that this bouffant hairstyle with a fringe suited the star off-screen as well as on.

Add Audrey Hepburn's shoulder-length hairstyle to the list of lob haircuts that are perfect for in-between length. In the mid-1950s, after the coups of "Roman Holiday" and "Sabrina," Hepburn let her hair grow out from the headline-grabbing pixie into this no-fuss center-parted style. We love this length for being able to style it in different updos, but also because it can be worn down casually or with sleek sophistication.

Audrey Hepburn had a long-standing collaboration and friendship with designer Hubert de Givenchy, with the latter producing some of her most iconic looks from films and the red carpet. In 1982, she attended an event in New York City honoring Givenchy, where she wore her hair in an elegant updo. It was a common hairstyle for her in the '80s and early '90s, but this one was particularly noteworthy for the white flower, which is something Diana Ross popularized in the era.

In 1964 at a performance of "Funny Girl" on Broadway, Audrey Hepburn went backstage to greet its star, Barbra Streisand. We suspect that both women were wearing hair pieces to amplify the volume of their hairstyles. In the early 1970s, Hepburn told Vogue, "Salons make me restless," and she added that she washed her hair every "four or five days." Inspired? Here's how to train your hair to need less frequent washing.