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__Audrey Hepburn__

Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels, Belgium on May 4, 1929. She is the daughter of Ella van Heemstra and Joseph Hepburn. When she was born she died six weeks later from a bad case of whooping cough. As her mother prayed as little Audrey, was slowly turning blue her mother slowly patted her bottom and she started breathing again. On vacation she spent her childhood trapped in Holland while it was occupied by the Nazis.

When she got older she decided to model, study ballet, and acting. She started on Broadway preforming in the musical Gigi. Audrey Hepburn stared in many movies such as Roman holiday, Sabrina, Funny Face, The Nun’s Story, the Unforgiven, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Charade, One Wild Oat, Wait Until Dark, Robin and Marian, Always, Two For The Road, War and Peace, My Fair Lady, How To Steal A Million, and more! Audrey won many awards for movies and musicals; she also had many nominations for Roman holiday, Ondine, Sabrina, The Nun Story, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and Wait until Dark. Audrey Hepburn created many unforgettable movies.

On September 25, 1954 Audrey married Mel Ferrer in Switzerland. Then six years later in 1960 she had her first son Sean Ferrer. In 1967 Audrey and her husband separated and later divorced. On January 18, 1969 she remarried Andrea Dotti. A few years later she had a son named Luca Dotti in 1970. Audrey traveled the world to raise awareness for the children in need. Unfortunately Audrey Died on January 20, 1993 after a battle of colon cancer. Ferrer Hepburn, Sean. Audrey Hepburn. Atria Books New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, 2003 “Hepburn, Audrey” Compton’s by, Britannica 2006 Retrieved from Sifts Discovery. “Audrey Hepburn Biography” [|www.biography.com] A&E Television. Web. April 14, 2011.