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Audrey Hepburn Biography
Audrey Hepburn
"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!"
Audrey Kathleen Ruston was born May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium to a wealthy and cosmopolitan family. Her mother, Ella van Heemstra, was a Dutch baroness and her father, Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston was born in Bohemia of Austrian and English descent. When her parents divorced, Audrey and her mother moved to London but returned to the Netherlands where they lived for the duration of the war. During the battle of Arnhem, 16-year-old Audrey was a volunteer nurse in a Dutch hospital that received many wounded Allied soldiers. One of them whom she helped nurse back to health was a young British paratrooper - and future director - Terence Young. More than 20 years later, Young directed her in Wait Until Dark (1967). During the war Audrey suffered from severe malnutrition and depression. In 1948, when she was studying for a modeling career a film producer saw her and gave her a bit part in Dutch in Seven Lessons. Three years later, Audrey went to the US where she thought there would be greater opportunities for her. Her first role in Hollywood was Roman Holiday in 1953. The rest is history.   Audrey Hepburn Filmography
1948 - 1957
1948 Dutch in Seven Lessons (bit part)  Audrey Hepburn Filmography
1959 - 1989
1959 Green Mansions – Rima  Audrey Hepburn Awards and Honors
Academy Awards, USA   |
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