Audrey Hepburn appeared Audrey Kathleen Ruston on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium. She was a blue-blood as well as a cosmopolitan from birth. Her mother, Ella van Heemstra, was some sort of Dutch baroness, and her father, Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, appeared in Úzice, Bohemia, of English and Austrian descent, and worked operating.
After her parents divorced, Audrey went to London with her mother where she traveled to a private girls school. Later, when her mother moved here we are at the Netherlands, she attended private schools as well. While your lover vacationed with her mother in Arnhem, Netherlands, Hitler's army took above the town. It was here that she fell on hard times over the Nazi occupation. Audrey suffered from depression and malnutrition.
After this liberation, she went to a ballet school in London using a scholarship and later began a modeling career. As a type, she was graceful and, it seemed, she had found the woman niche in life--until the film producers came calling. In 1948, after being spotted modeling by way of producer, she was signed to a bit part in this European film Dutch in Seven Lessons (1948).
In the future, she had a speaking role in the 1951 film, Fresh Wives' Tale (1951) as Eve Lester. The aspect still wasn't much, so she headed to America to look at her luck there. Audrey gained immediate prominence in the YOU with her role in Roman Holiday (1953) with 1953. This film turned out to be a smashing achievements, and she won an Oscar as Best Actress. This gained her enormous popularity and even more plum roles.
In contrast to the "sex goddesses" of the silver screen, Audrey Hepburn had a more wholesome beauty and an feel of innocence and class about her which gained her quite a few devoted fans.
Roman Holiday (1953) was followed by another similarly wonderful performance from the 1957 classic Funny Face (1957). Sabrina (1954), with 1954, for which she received another Academy nomination, and Love from the Afternoon (1957), in 1957, also garnered rave opinions. In 1959, she received yet another nomination for her role from the Nun's Story (1959).
Audrey reached the pinnacle of her career when she played Holly Golightly from the delightful film Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)in 1961. Due to this she received another Oscar nomination. She scored commercial success again from the espionage caper Charade (1963). One of Audrey's most radiant roles was a student in the fine production of My Fair Lady (1964) with 1964. Her co-star, Rex Harrison, once was asked to distinguish his favorite leading lady. Without hesitation, he replied, "Audrey Hepburn with 'My Fair Lady. '" After a couple of other shows, most notably Two for the Road (1967), your lover hit pay dirt and another nomination in 1967's Wait Until finally Dark (1967).
By the end of the 1960s, after her divorce from actor Mel Ferrer, Audrey decided to retire while she was number one. Later she married Dr. Andrea Dotti. From time to time period, she would appear on the silver screen. One film connected with note was Robin and Marian (1976), with Sean Connery with 1976.
In 1988, Audrey became a special ambassador to the United nations UNICEF fund helping children in Latin America and Africa, a situation she retained until 1993. She was named to People's magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. Her last picture was Always (1989) in 1989.
Audrey Hepburn past away on January 20, 1993 in Tolochnaz, Switzerland, from appendicular cancers. She had made a total of 31 high quality shows. Her elegance and style will always be remembered in picture history as evidenced by her being named in Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars out of them all. ".
After her parents divorced, Audrey went to London with her mother where she traveled to a private girls school. Later, when her mother moved here we are at the Netherlands, she attended private schools as well. While your lover vacationed with her mother in Arnhem, Netherlands, Hitler's army took above the town. It was here that she fell on hard times over the Nazi occupation. Audrey suffered from depression and malnutrition.
After this liberation, she went to a ballet school in London using a scholarship and later began a modeling career. As a type, she was graceful and, it seemed, she had found the woman niche in life--until the film producers came calling. In 1948, after being spotted modeling by way of producer, she was signed to a bit part in this European film Dutch in Seven Lessons (1948).
In the future, she had a speaking role in the 1951 film, Fresh Wives' Tale (1951) as Eve Lester. The aspect still wasn't much, so she headed to America to look at her luck there. Audrey gained immediate prominence in the YOU with her role in Roman Holiday (1953) with 1953. This film turned out to be a smashing achievements, and she won an Oscar as Best Actress. This gained her enormous popularity and even more plum roles.
In contrast to the "sex goddesses" of the silver screen, Audrey Hepburn had a more wholesome beauty and an feel of innocence and class about her which gained her quite a few devoted fans.
Roman Holiday (1953) was followed by another similarly wonderful performance from the 1957 classic Funny Face (1957). Sabrina (1954), with 1954, for which she received another Academy nomination, and Love from the Afternoon (1957), in 1957, also garnered rave opinions. In 1959, she received yet another nomination for her role from the Nun's Story (1959).
Audrey reached the pinnacle of her career when she played Holly Golightly from the delightful film Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)in 1961. Due to this she received another Oscar nomination. She scored commercial success again from the espionage caper Charade (1963). One of Audrey's most radiant roles was a student in the fine production of My Fair Lady (1964) with 1964. Her co-star, Rex Harrison, once was asked to distinguish his favorite leading lady. Without hesitation, he replied, "Audrey Hepburn with 'My Fair Lady. '" After a couple of other shows, most notably Two for the Road (1967), your lover hit pay dirt and another nomination in 1967's Wait Until finally Dark (1967).
By the end of the 1960s, after her divorce from actor Mel Ferrer, Audrey decided to retire while she was number one. Later she married Dr. Andrea Dotti. From time to time period, she would appear on the silver screen. One film connected with note was Robin and Marian (1976), with Sean Connery with 1976.
In 1988, Audrey became a special ambassador to the United nations UNICEF fund helping children in Latin America and Africa, a situation she retained until 1993. She was named to People's magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. Her last picture was Always (1989) in 1989.
Audrey Hepburn past away on January 20, 1993 in Tolochnaz, Switzerland, from appendicular cancers. She had made a total of 31 high quality shows. Her elegance and style will always be remembered in picture history as evidenced by her being named in Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars out of them all. ".
