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May 4th, 1929 - Audrey Kathleen van Heemstra Ruston is born in Belgium.
1935 -45 - Most of Audrey's childhood was spent in Nazi-occupied Holland. The young Audrey endured the murder of relatives, survived by eating tulip bulbs, and carried secret messages for the resistance in her ballet shoes. In 1935, Audrey's father walked out on the family. Audrey later related his leaving as "the most traumatic event in my life." Later in 1938, her parents were formally divorced.
1945 -50 - Audrey's adolescent years were spent in England with the Baroness after they both left Holland shortly after the end of the war.
1951 - While shooting Monte Carlo Baby the famed writer, Collette spots Audrey and casts her as Gigi.
1951 - Audrey screen tests for the lead role in William Wyler's Roman Holiday.
1951 - During a visit to Audrey at the premiere of Gigi, James Hanson proposed, and Audrey accepted.
March 31, 1952 - Gigi closes in New York.Audrey flies to Rome to start filming Roman Holiday.
1953 - Audrey goes on an eight month road tour with Gigi. Halfway through the run Audrey announces her engagement has ended.
1954 - Audrey meets the actor Mel Ferrer. Mel Ferrer and Audrey co-star together on Broadway in the hit play Ondine
July 3, 1954 - Ondine closes after 157 showings.
September 24, 1954 - Audrey and Mel Ferrer marry in a civil ceremony.
1954 - Audrey begins filming Sabrina. She also meets Hubert Givenchy for the first time. They create the Hepburn look that millions will try to recreate and immitate.
Late 1954 - Audrey learns that she is pregnant. She miscarries shortly before set was to co-star with Mel in War and Peace.
1957 - Audrey films two movies Love in the Afternoon with Gary Cooper and Funny Face with Fred Astaire. She is now the highest paid actress in Hollywood and the emost sought after.
1959 - While shooting The Unforgiven, Audrey was thrown from a horse, causing her to break her back. Shortly after The Unforgiven was completed, she miscarried.
January 17, 1960 - The first of Audrey's greatest achievements, her first son Sean is born.
1963 - Audrey is cast as the lead in the musical My Fair Lady. Audrey is appalled to find out voice will be dubbed by Marni Nixon.
1964 - Audrey begins to hear rumors of her father death, and Mel decides to investigate, only to find her father living in Dublin. Audrey visits him there to discover that at 74, he has remarried.
September 1967 - The Ferrer's separate.
June of 1968 Audrey met Dr. Andrea Dotti, an Italian physiatrist, aboard Princess Olympia Torlonia's yacht.
December 5, 1968 - Audrey and Mel are divorced, with Audrey retaining custody of Sean and the home in Tolochenaz.
January 18, 1969 - Audrey marries Dr. Dotti, six weeks after her divorce from Ferrer.
May of 1969 - Four months after her marriage, she soon after finds herself pregnant again. But also finds her private life in the papers after rumors fly about Andrea's constant female companions.
February 8, 1970 - Audrey's second son, Luca Dotti is born
1980 - Files for divorce from Dotti.
1981 - she met actor Robert Wolders. Robert was Audrey's companion until her death in 1993.
1982 - Divorce from Dr. Dotti finally comes through.
August 26, 1984 - After living with Audrey for some 10 years at La Paisible, Audrey's mother Ella passes away.
1988 - Audrey Hepburn begins her work as a goodwill ambassador and a spokesperson for children in crises.
1992 - Audrey is diagnosed with colon cancer, and later operated on. The doctor gave her three month.
January 10, 1993 - Audrey takes her last walk around her gardens at La Paisible, supported by Robert, stopping at each plant and telling him what sort of attention it would need come spring.
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January 20, 1993 - Audrey Hepburn passes away, (at seven p.m.) at her home, "La Paisible" ("The Peaceful Place" in Switzerland), peacefully, in her sleep.
January 24, 1993 - Ms. Hepburn's funeral takes place, in which one of her dearest friends, Hubert de Givenchy, and ex-husband Mel Ferrer are pallbearers.