Audrey Hepburn on to star in a number of successful films, such as "Sabrina" (1954), "The Nun's Story" (1959), "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961), "Charade" (1963), "My Fair Lady" (1964), and "Wait Until Dark" (1967), for which she received an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominations. Hepburn won three BAFTA Awards for Best British Actress in a Leading Role. In recognition of her film career, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from BAFTA, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and the Special Tony Award. She remains one of only 15 people who have
Moon River as a #3 or #1 easy listening hit. Mancini's original version was also featured in the film "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989). In 1993, following Hepburn's death, her version was released on an album titled "Music from the Films of Audrey Hepburn". In 2004, Hepburn's version finished at #4 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. "Moon River" was a hit single for Jerry Butler in late 1961; it reached number 11 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in December, two weeks before Mancini's recording reached the same chart ranking. Danny Williams had