audrey hepburn wa born on may 4, 1929 in bruel, belgium, with the given name of edda kathleen van heemtra hepburn-ruton. he really wa blue-blood from the beginning with her father, a wealthy englih banker, and her mother, a dutch barone. after her parent porced, audrey went to london with her mother where he went to a private girl chool. later, when her mother moved back to the netherland, he attended private chool a well. while vacationing with her mother in arnhem, holland, hitler army uddenly took over the town. it wa here that he fell on hard time during the nazi occupation. audrey uffered from depreion and malnutrition. after the liberation, audrey went to a ballet chool in london on a cholarhip and later began a modeling career. a a model, he wa graceful and, it eemed, he had found her niche in life--until the film producer came calling. after being potted modeling by a producer, he wa igned to a bit part in the european film nederland in 7 leen (1948) in 1948. later, he had a peaking role in the 1951 film, young wive tale (1951) a eve leter. the part till want much, o he headed to america to try her luck there.
audrey gained immediate prominence in the u with her role in roman holiday (1953) in 1953. thi film turned out to be a mahing ucce a he won an ocar a bet actre. thi gained her enormou popularity and more plum role. one of the reaon for her popularity wa the fact that he wa o elf like and had cla, unlike the e-goddee of the time. roman holiday wa followed by another imilarly wonderful performance in the 1957 claic funny face (1957). abrina (1954), in 1954, for which he received another academy nomination, and love in the afternoon (1957), in 1957, alo garnered rave review. in 1959, he received yet another nomination for her role in _nun tory (1959). audrey reached the pinnacle of her career when he played holly golightly in the delightful film, breakfat at tiffany (1961) in 1961. for thi he received another nomination. one of audrey mot radiant role wa in the fine production of my fair lady (1964), in 1964. her co-tar re harrion once wa aked to identify hi favorite leading lady. without heitation, he replied, "audrey hepburn in my fair lady". after a couple of other movie, he hit pay dirt and another nomination in 1967 wait until dark (1967).WWw.hAOZUowEN.com
by the end of the itie, after her porce from actor mel ferrer, audrey decided to retire while he wa on top. later he married dr. andrea dotti. from time to time, he would appear on the ilver creen. one film of note wa robin and marian (1976) with ean connery in 1976. in 1988, audrey became a pecial ambaador to the united nation unicef fund helping children in latin america and africa, a poition he retained until 1993. he wa named to people magazine a one of the 50 mot beautiful people in the world. her lat film wa alway (1989) in 1989. audrey hepburn died on january 20, 1993 in tolochnaz, witzerland, from colon cancer. he had made a total of 31 high quality movie. her elegance and tyle will alway be remembered in film hitory a evidenced by her being named to empire magazine "the top 100 movie tar of all time".