About Me
I was born on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium. I really was blue-blood from the beginning with my father, a wealthy English banker, and my mother, a Dutch baroness. After my parents divorced, I went to London with my mother where I went to a private girls school. Later, when my mother moved back to the Netherlands, I attended private schools as well. While vacationing with my mother in Arnhem, Holland, Hitler's army took over the town. It was there that I fell on hard times during the Nazi occupation. I suffered from depression and malnutrition. Oh, it was just terrible. After the liberation, I went to a ballet school in London on a scholarship and later began a modeling career. As a model, I was graceful and, it seemed, I had found my niche in life - until the film producers came calling. After being spotted modeling by a producer, I was signed to a bit part in the European film Nederlands in 7 lessen in 1948. It was quite lucky, I will say. Later, I had a speaking role in the 1951 film, Young Wives' Tale, as Eve Lester. Unfortunately the part still wasn't much, so I headed to America to try my luck there. I gained immediate prominence in the US with my role in Roman Holiday in 1953. This film turned out to be a smashing success as I won an Oscar as Best Actress. It truly was the most wonderful thing I had ever experienced. This gained me enormous popularity and more plum roles. One of the reasons for my popularity was the fact that I was so elf-like and had class, unlike the sex-goddesses of the time. Roman Holiday (1953) was followed by another similarly wonderful performance in the 1957 classic Funny Face. Sabrina, in 1954, for which I received another Academy nomination, and Love in the Afternoon, in 1957, also garnered rave reviews. In 1959, I received yet another nomination for my role in The Nun's Story (1959). I really did reach the pinnacle of my career when I played Holly Golightly in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's in 1961. I absolutely loved playing Holly. For this I received another nomination. I scored commercial success again in the espionage caper Charade in 1963. One of my most radiant roles was in the fine production of My Fair Lady in 1964. My co-star, Rex Harrison, once was asked to identify his favorite leading lady. Without hesitation, he replied, "Audrey Hepburn in 'My Fair Lady.'" He is so sweet! After a couple of other movies like Two for the Road (1967), I got another nomination in 1967's Wait Until Dark. By the end of the sixties, after my divorce from actor Mel Ferrer, I decided to retire while I was on top. My career truly did explode after Roman Holiday. I am so lucky to have gotten that part. In fact, every day I go see God and tell him how greatful I really am. Speaking of, God is so kind to all of us here in Heaven. Anyways,later I married Dr. Andrea Dotti. From time to time, I would appear on the silver screen. One film of note was Robin and Marian, with Sean Connery in 1976. In 1988, I became a special ambassador to the United Nations UNICEF fund helping children in Latin America and Africa, a position I retained until 1993. I was named one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in People magazine. That was such an honor, as was being named in Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time." Now my last film was Always in 1989. I died on January 20, 1993 in Tolochnaz, Switzerland, from colon cancer. I had made a total of 31 high quality movies. People say that my elegance and style will always be remembered in film history. My life was definately a full one. I still appreciate all of my fans so very much.Layout made by Megolasthebrave at CreateBlog.com .
