Gloria~Biography of Audrey Hepburn~

~~~Audrey Kathleen Ruston aka Audrey Hepburn~~~



Date of Birth

4 May 1929

Date of Death

20 January 1993

Audrey was born on 4 May 1929 in Brussels,Belgium. She really was blue-blood from the beginning with her father, a wealthy English banker, and her mother, a Dutch baroness. When she was 10, her parents divorced and she moved together with her mother.While vacationing with her mother in Arnhem, Holland, Adolf Hitler's army took over the town. It was here that she fell on hard times during the Nazi occupation and she suffered from depression and malnutrition. After the liberation, Audrey went to a ballet school in London on a scholarship and later began a modeling career.

As a model, she was graceful and, it seemed, she had found her niche in life - until the film producers came calling. After being spotted modeling by a producer, she was signed to a bit part in the European film in 1948.Audrey gained immediate prominence in the US with her role in Roman Holiday in 1953. This film turned out to be a smashing success as she won an Oscar as Best Actress. This gained her enormous popularity and more plum roles. One of the reasons for her popularity was the fact that she was so elf-like and had class. Over the next few years, she acted in countless movies and her most radiant roles was in the fine production of My Fair Lady in 1964.

In 1988, she became a special ambassador of United Nations fund by helping children in Latin America and Africa, a position she retained until 1993. At that time, she was named to People's magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. Her last film was Always in 1989. Audrey died in 20 January 1993 in Tolochnaz,Switzeland from appendicular cancer.

During her life time, she has made over 31 high quality movies. Her elegance and style will always be remembered in film history as evidence by her being "The Top 100 Movie Stars Of All Time".

~MY REFLECTION~Her life has taught me to be strong when traumatic experiences from divorces,fights,wars etc. make me suffer,I need to built the confidence in me like what Audrey did to become one of the most successful people in the world.