Audrey Hepburn

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Audrey Hepburn

Final years

In Sept 1992, Hepburn began complaining of abdominal pains. After an exam on November 1st, the doctors discovered abdominal cancer in her apendix that had metastasised as a thin coating over her small intestine.

During surgery on December 1st, the doctor declared her inoperable because the cancer was spread too far.

On January 20, 1993, Audrey died in her sleep. She is buried at Tolchenaz Cemetary in Tolchenaz, Switzerland.

Humanitarianism

Audrey's first trip with UNICEF was to Ethiopia in 1988 and came back claiming "I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering."

In 1989, she visited Central America and Sudan

In Oct. 1990, she visited Vietnam with UNICEF supported immunization and clean water programs.

In Sept 1992, she visited Ethiopia and called it "apocalyptic". However, she left with hope, claiming "I have seen the miracle of water which UNICEF has helped to make a reality."

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A wedding and a baby.

Audrey married Mel Ferrer in 1954 and they had one son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer. They wanted more children, but Audrey suffered 4 miscarriages. They were married for 14 years.

On January 18, 1969, she married Andrea Dotti and had another son, Luca Dotti and suffered another miscarriage. Audrey and Andrea divorced after 13 years in 1982.

A Star is Born

Her first leading film role was alongside Gregory Peck as Princess Ann in Roman Holiday.

For this role, she earned not only the Academy Award for Best Actress, but also her first BAFTA for Best British Actress in a Leading Role and only Golden Globe for Best Actress.

Throughout her career, Hepburn won 6 Golden Globes, 4 BAFTAs along with many other film and stage awards.

Hello World, It's Audrey!

Her first fils roll was as a stewardess in Nederlands in 7 lessen (Dutch in Seven Lessons) (1948).

Soon after, she began working in West End musicals. Her first major roll was the lead in the 1951 West End production of Gigi.

Dancing or Acting?

Audrey wanted desperately to pursue a future in dance and so she and her mother moved to Amsterdam where she studied for 3 years under Sonia Gaskell.

Audrey and Sonia

Unfortunately, after the war, Audrey's family was broke and the financial promises tied to modeling and acting were greater than dancing, so Audrey turned her focus to the camera and the stage.

Edda von Heemstra

From 1939-1945, she pursued her love of ballet at the Arnhem Conservatory.

When Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940, Audrey's name was changed to Edda because Audrey Ruston sounded too English and posed a liability.

During this time, Audrey raised money for the Dutch Resistance by giving secret ballet recitals.

Audrey Kathleen Hapburn was born May 4, 1929 in Brussels.

Her father (Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston) was a banker and her mother (Baroness Ella van Heemstra) was a dutch aristocrat who married in 1926.

When her parents divorced in 1935, Audrey moved to London with her mother. This was where she first experienced her love for ballet and the theater during school.

In 1939, the family moved again, this time to Arnhem.