The strain of the case and its effects on Kevin were evident - he asked: "This guy is trying to kill us?.Garland""s realistic performance reflected the upheavals in her own personal life that led to her death from a drug overdose - and ironically, this film""s co-star James Mason delivered her funeral""s eulogy in New York in 1969.Hahn).The film, shot in Los Angeles, was significant for being one of the first to receive an Oscar nomination for Special Effects - a category recognized for the first time.The film received a phenomenal ten Academy Award nominations for a comedy.It won a Best Actress Oscar for its under-experienced British (Belgium-born) actress named Audrey Hepburn - it was her first American film, although she had previously appeared in six European movies (includingLaughter in Paradise (1951, UK),The Lavender Hill Mob (1951, UK), andSecret People (1952, UK)), and on Broadway in an adaptation of Colette""sGigi.