Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn was born as Audrey Kathleen Ruston on May 4, 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. Her mother, Baroness Ella Van Heemstra, was a Dutch noblewoman, while her father, Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, was born in Úzice, Bohemia, to English and Austrian parents.

Audrey Hepburn’s image is among the best known, and the world remains enthralled by her story decades after her death at age 63

Hepburn attended boarding school in England as a child but lived in Nazi-occupied Holland during World War II. Her mother started as a Nazi sympathizer, but when Audrey’s uncle was imprisoned and killed, mother and daughter fled to a nearby town and Audrey’s mother quickly began supporting the resistance.

Hepburn served as a volunteer nurse in a hospital that treated wounded Allied soldiers. A ballet student, she gave dance performances to help raise funds for the Dutch Underground and was at times a courier delivering messages for the anti-Nazi resistance effort.

Following World War II, Hepburn modeled and studied ballet in Amsterdam and London. In 1948, she debuted on stage in London as a chorus girl in a musical called “High Button Shoes.”

Hepburn’s first film role was an uncredited appearance in the 1951 movie “One Wild Oat.” She also appeared that year in “The Lavender Hill Mob” starring Alec Guinness. Her first starring role came with the 1951 Broadway release of “Gigi,” which was made into a film in 1958 starring Leslie Caron in the title role.

Hepburn played the title character in 1954’s “Sabrina,” which also starred Humphrey Bogart and William Holden. The actress got an Academy Award nomination for her role in the romantic comedy about the daughter of a chauffeur and the competing attention of two wealthy brothers.

One of Hepburn’s most iconic film roles was playing Holly Golightly in 1961’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” based on a story by Truman Capote. The role earned Hepburn her fourth Academy Award nomination. Capote did not want Hepburn for the role; he had wanted it to go to Marilyn Monroe.

Composer Henry Mancini said he wrote his famed “Moon River” especially for Hepburn, who sings it in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” to enchant her writer neighbor (played by George Peppard). Mancini said of all the versions of “Moon River,” he thought hers was “the greatest.”

Hepburn died on Jan. 20, 1993, at home in Tolochenaz, Switzerland, after her battle with cancer. Her gravesite in Tolochenaz is a major tourist attraction, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.

Hepburn received a special Academy Award for her work with UNICEF. The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was awarded to her posthumously in 1993.

I want to finish the book with my own opinion in Audrey Hepburn, I think that Audrey is from the most iconic characters in the cinema world but she didn’t got what she deserved,

specially in her role in ” Breakfast at tiffany’s” the role was made for her it was perfect.