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Audrey Hepburn: Biography

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  • Birth Name: Audrey Kathleen Ruston
  • Birth Place: Brussels, Belgium
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/04/1929, Taurus
  • Date of Death: 01/20/1993
  • Profession: Actor
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Audrey Hepburn Fast Facts:
  • Attended school and took ballet lessons in the Nazi-occupied town of Arnhem, Holland.
  • Went to London on a ballet scholarship as a teenager but continued health problems suffered during the war squashed hopes of becoming a prima ballerina.
  • Played the lead in the 1951 Broadway adaptation of Gigi. French novelist Colette, whose short story was the source material for the play, personally recommended her for the role.
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Dutch.
  • In 1964, reunited with the father who had abandoned her family nearly 25 years earlier at the beginning of World War II.
  • Became close friends with French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy on the set of Sabrina and donned his original apparel throughout her life.
  • One of a small group to have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.
  • Lip-synched the songs in the movie musical My Fair Lady infamously recorded by "Voice of Hollywood" Marni Nixon.
  • Served as UNICEF International Goodwill Ambassador from 1988 until her death from colon cancer in 1993.
  • In 1990, a hybrid white tulip was created and named for her in the Netherlands as a tribute to her career and work with UNICEF.
  • Posthumously received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  • Her desire to help children continues through the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund, established by her two sons, Sean and Luca, and longtime companion Robert Wolders in 1994.
  • Honored with a commemorative stamp by the U.S. Postal Service in 2003.
  • Audrey Hepburn Relationships:
  • Anna Juliana Franziska Karolina Ruston - Grandmother
  • Victor John George Ruston - Grandfather
  • Baroness Elbrig van Asbeck - Grandmother
  • Baron Aernoud Van Heemstra - Grandfather
  • Joseph Hepburn-Ruston - Father
  • Ella Hepburn-Ruston - Mother
  • Andrea Dotti - Ex-husband
  • Mel Ferrer - Ex-husband
  • Robert Wolders - Significant Other
  • Alexander - Stepbrother
  • Ian - Stepbrother
  • Sean Hepburn Ferrer - Son
  • Luca Dotti - Son
  • Audrey Hepburn Awards:
  • 1955 Golden Globe: Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Winner
  • 1957 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1960 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1968 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1954 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1959 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1961 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1967 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1953 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Winner
  • 1958 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
  • 1992 Oscar: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award - Winner
  • 1962 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
  • 1993 Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational - Winner
  • 1990 Golden Globe: Cecil B. DeMille Award - Winner
  • 1954 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Winner
  • 1993 Grammy: Best Spoken Word Album For Children - Winner
  • 1954 Tony: Actress (Dramatic) - Winner
  • 1968 Tony: Special Award - Winner
  • 1958 Golden Globe: Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
  • 1964 Golden Globe: Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
  • 1965 Golden Globe: Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
  • 1968 Golden Globe: Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
  • 1953 BAFTA Awards: Best British Actress - Winner
  • 1954 BAFTA Awards: Best British Actress - Nominee
  • 1956 BAFTA Awards: Best British Actress - Nominee
  • 1959 BAFTA Awards: Best British Actress - Winner
  • 1964 BAFTA Awards: Best British Actress - Winner
  • 1992 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Life Achievement Award - Winner

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Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn Ron Galella/WireImage.com
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