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Stage Name

Birth Name

Audrey Hepburn Kathleen Van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston

    While living in London she received a Scholarship to a ballet school and became an accomplished dancer and later began a modeling career. She really loved modeling and it seemed to fit her. After being spotted by a movie producer while modeling she was signed to do the film Nederlands in 7 lessens (1948.) Later, she had a speaking role in, Young Wives' Tale (1951.)

    This would lead her to America where she gained immediate prominence in the US with her role in "Roman Holiday" (1953,) in which she also won a Oscar nomination (Best Actress) for her part in the film. Her modeling days were now officially over. She also worked with her husband Mel Ferrer in the play "Ondine" in 1954.

 

    She is quoted as saying: "I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it."

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring

Brussels, England 5/4/1929 - 1/20/1993 Mel Ferrer (1954-1968) Sean H. Ferrer
    Andrea Dotti (1969) Luca Dotti
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Music Titles

Ballet Fred Astaire Music from Audreys Films
Ballroom            
             
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage

n/a Fulton Theater (1951) 1951 - Gigi
      46th Street Theater (1954) 1954 - Ondine
         
 

Films

Television

Publications

1948 - Nederlands in 7 Lessons 1991 - Fred Astaire Songbook 1955 - Tutti Magazine
1951 - Laughter in Paradise       1955 - Cinema Magazine
$1951 - Lavender Hill Mob       10/1997 - Empire Magazine
1951 - Monte Carlo Baby        
1951 - Young Wives Tale        
$1953 - Roman Holiday [DVD]      

Books on Audrey

$1954 - Sabrina [DVD]       $ Adieu Audrey: Memories
$1956 - War and Peace [DVD]       $ Audrey Hepburn (Cheshire)
$1957 - Funny Face (Astaire) [DVD]       $ Audrey Hepburn (Paris)
$1957 - Love in the Afternoon [DVD]       $ Audrey Style (Clarke)
$1959 - Green Mansions       $ Fair Lady of the Screen
$1959 - Nun's Story       $ Growing Up with Audrey
$1960 - Unforgivin' [DVD]       $ Hepburn: A Bio/Bibliography
$1961 - Breakfast at Tiffany's [DVD]       $ Hepburn: A Celebration
$1961 - The Children's Hour [DVD]       $ Hepburn: A Life In Pictures
$1963 - Charade [DVD]       $ Hepburn: A Secret Life
$1964 - My Fair Lady [DVD]       $ Hepburn: A Star Danced
$1964 - Paris When It Sizzles [DVD]       $ Hepburn: An Intimate Collection
$1965 - The Love Goddesses [DVD]      
$1966 - How To Steal a Million            
$1967 - Two for the Road [DVD]            
$1967 - Wait Until Dark            
$1979 - Bloodline            
$1981 - They All Laughed            
$1987 - Hepburn: The Fairest Lady            
$1996 - Hepburn: Intimate Portrait            
$ Audrey Hepburn Remembered            
$ The Audrey Hepburn Collection [DVD]            
$ The Audrey Hepburn Story [DVD]            
$Gardens of the World w/ Audrey [DVD]            
NOTE : last name also reported as Ruston
January 13, 2010
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