Audrey Hepburn

Personal details

Name: Audrey Hepburn
Birth Name: Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Rusten
Height: 5' 7''
Sex: F
Nationality: British
Birth Date: May 4, 1929
Birth Place: Brussels, Belgium
Profession: actress, model
Place of Death: January 20, 1993
Death Date: Tolochenaz, Switzerland
Death Cause: Colon cancer
Claim to fame: as Princess Ann in Roman Holiday (1953)

Audrey Hepburn’s Personal life:

Relationship:

Robert Wolders (former actor)

Audrey Hepburn’s Spouse:

Andrea Dotti a psychiatrist; married in1969; divorced

Mel Ferrer an actor; born on August 25, 1917; married in 1954; divorced in 1968

Audrey Hepburn’s Family background:

Father: Joseph Anthony Hepburn-Ruston who was an English banker

Mother: Ella Hepburn-Ruston a née van Heemstra; a Dutch baroness

Son: Sean Ferrer an actor, producer; father: Mel Ferrer), Luca Dotti (art student; father: Andrea Dotti

Audrey Hepburn’s Childhood:

• Arnhem Conservatory (ballet)
• Studied ballet with Sonia Gaskel and acting with Felix Aylmer
• Audrey Hepburn’s Facts and trivia:
• She was appointed a special ambassador to UNICEF (In 1987)
• She was fluent with 5 languages: English, French, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish
• She also had a number of miscarriages throughout her life.
• She owned a Yorkshire terrier that she called "Mr. Famous".
• She is buried in Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland.
• Her singing voice is dubbed by Marni Nixon in the 1964 musical film My Fair Lady.
• She was also trained as a dental assistant before making it big as an actress.

At the time of the World War II, she was 16-year-old and had volunteered as a nurse in a Dutch hospital.

She had size 10 feet and was extremely embarrassed about them.

She is included in one of the nine performers to win an Oscar, a Tony, an Emmy and a Grammy Award.

She has always wanted to be a prima ballerina, but was told she was too tall.

She had a breed of tulip named after her in 1990.

Audrey Hepburn’s PERSONAL QUOTES

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.

If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world.

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.