A Short Bio on Audrey Hepburn

The wonderfuly talented actress, Audrey Hepburn, was actually born Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston in Brussels, Belgium, on May 4, 1929. Her father, Joseph Anthony Hepburn-Ruston was and English banker. Her mother, Ella Hepburn-Ruston was a Dutch baroness. Edda, better known as Audrey, grew up in England, but moved to the Netherlands after her parents separated. While in the Netherlands, Audrey appeared in her first film, Nederland in Lessen (Dutch at the Double), in 1938. Because of the Nazi …

…also having a son, Luca, in 1970. Hepburn and Dotti were also divorced, and later she finally settled and married Dutch actor Robert Wolders. Sadly, in 1992, Audrey was diagnosed with colon cancer. She battled briefly with the cancer until January 20, 1993, when she finally died in her home in Tolochenaz, Switzerland. Her death was mourned internationally as the loss of one of the favorite film actresses of all time, an icon to style, elegance, dignity, and charity.