Audrey Hepburn

FAMILY

Audrey has two brothers, Arnold and

Ian.

Her father (Joseph) and mother (Ella).

Audrey married Andrea Dotti and has

two sons Luca and Sean Dotti.

EARLY LIFE Audrey Hepburn (Audrey Kathleen Ruston) was born

on 4 May 1929 in Ixelles, Belgium.

Her father, Joseph Ruston, was a British subject born

in Úžice, Bohemia.

Hepburn's parents were members of the British Union of

Fascists in the mid-1930s, with her father becoming a true

Nazi sympathiser.

After the war ended in 1945, Audrey and her mother

moved to Amsterdam, where she took ballet lessons for

three years with Sonia Gaskell.

LIFE AS AN ACTRESS

In 1948, she appeared for the first time on film, as an air

stewardess in in an educational travel film made by Charles van

der Linden and Henry Josephson, Dutch in Seven Lessons.

After acting in movies, Audrey got a role to be a young New

York socialite, Holly Golightly , in the movie Breakfast At

Tiffany’s.

It was a very classic movie.

Audrey was in other films such as Sabrina, Roman Holiday,

My fair Lady & The Apartment.

On the evening of 20 January 1993,

Audrey died at home in her sleep of

appendiceal cancer.

Audrey’s grave still stays in the

village of Tolochenaz, Switzerland

DEATH

LEGACY• Audrey Hepburn's legacy as an

actress and a personality has endured long after her death.

• The American Film Institute named Audrey Hepburn third among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time.

• She stands as one of few entertainers who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards.

• She won a record three BAFTA Awards for Best British Actress in a Leading Role.

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