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Hollywood icons Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn are in the running to be named Britain's finest actor and actress.

The stars of His Girl Friday and Breakfast At Tiffany's are among the 10 men and 10 women shortlisted by a panel that included film critic Barry Norman and National Theatre director Sir Richard Eyre.

The Radio Times is now asking the public to vote for their number one, and the winner will be revealed in August on Channel Five.

Grant and Hepburn owed their fame to the American rather than the British film industry, but their roots were in the UK. Grant - real name Archibald Leach - was born in Bristol. He made more than 70 films, of which Bringing Up Baby and North By Northwest are among the best-loved.

Hepburn was born in Belgium and her mother was a Dutch baroness but her father was an English banker and she was educated near London.

The stars on the shortlist were chosen for their enduring appeal, rather than for glamour, marketability or the number of Oscars they won.

Barry Norman said: "All the nominations are versatile and gifted... mostly golden oldies, but that's because the golden oldies actually did it. The bright young things, talented though they might be, have still to prove that they can do it."

The list appears in this week's Radio Times. Vote via website www. radiotimes.com/britainsfinest