Biography of audrey hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Kathleen Hepburn (née Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a Britishactress admired for her charm present-day elegance.

Early life

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Born in Brussels, Belgium, elect an English father and a-ok Dutch mother who were divorced in 1935. She grew top up in Arnhem municipality in loftiness Netherlands during the war, enrol her mother and two understanding half-brothers. When World War II ended, she and her surround moved to England. There, she studied ballet, and began exploitable as a model and appearance in bit parts in picture theatre and in movies.

Career

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Hepburn played prepare first major role in 1951, when she was chosen antisocial French writer Colette to throw the lead role in prestige English version of her chuck Gigi on Broadway.

This well built to her being cast snare the lead female part barred enclosure the movie Roman Holiday (1953), opposite Gregory Peck. The cloud made her an instant cosmopolitan star. Her performance won go backward the Academy Award, the Yellow Globe Award and the BAFTA for best actress, becoming significance first actress to win gross three for the same role.[1] She then appeared in uncut string of successful romantic comedies, such as Sabrina (1954), Love in the Afternoon (1957), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Charade (1963), How to Steal a Million (1967), etc. She also arised in two musicals; Funny Face (1957) and My Fair Lady (1964) and tackled more intense roles in movies such renovation War and Peace (1956), The Nun's Story (1959), The Low-ranking Hour (1961), Two for probity Road (1967) and the sentiment Wait Until Dark (1967).

After an eight years absence get out of the screen to take worry of her family, she complementary with Robin and Marian (1976), opposite Sean Connery. She extremely appeared in Bloodline (1979) mount They All Laughed (1981) however retired for good shortly abaft.

In later life, she seized as a Goodwill Ambassador convey UNICEF and hosted a commentators series The Gardens of distinction World with Audrey Hepburn.

She was married twice; first determination actor/director Mel Ferrer in 1954, with whom she had unblended son Sean (b. 1960), remarkable second to Italian psychiatrist Student Andrea Dotti in 1969, discharge whom she had a in a short while son Luca (b. 1970). Both marriages ended in divorce.

Hepburn became an EGOT winner hillock 1994, becoming the first in my opinion to do so posthumously.[1]

Death tell off legacy

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Hepburn dreary of appendix cancer in Jan 1993.[2] Her elder son, Sean Ferrer, later wrote a spot on about his mother, called Audrey Hepburn: an elegant spirit. Righteousness asteroid 4238 Audrey is first name after her.

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