Audrey Hepburn - biography

The future well-known actress was born May 4, 1929 in Belgium in the family of a banker and a baroness. Biography of actress Audrey Hepburn is not easy, because living in the years of World War II, it is difficult to build your career and personal life. But she managed it, besides, Audrey was a humanitarian figure, she gave her fees to the needy and charity, cooperated with international organizations, for which she received the Freedom Medal, and soon became UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

Career Audrey Hepburn

The first role that Audrey played was in the film "Dutch for seven lessons." From 1948 to 1951, the girl often took part in theatrical scenes and malyubudzhetnyh films. His first major role Audrey received in 1951 in the film "The Secret People". A couple of years she was offered to star in a Hollywood movie called "Roman holidays". Her partner - Gregory Peck, already then said that Audrey deserves an Oscar. So it happened, in 1954 she was awarded the award for the best female role. After that, the girl's talent opened to the whole world. One of the most striking American images of the 20th century is her role as Holly Golightly in the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's." On set, she dressed very stylishly, her "little black dress" from ZHivanshi became a real celebrity. In total she managed to appear in 31 films. The last major role was in the comedy "They all laughed", and the episodic - in Steven Spielberg's film "Always."

Along with the acting skills, Audrey is known for her stunning appearance, sense of style and for a long time was the muse of Hubert de Givenchy ! He called it the embodiment of the woman for whom he created the models of clothing.

Audrey Hepburn - personal life

On the set of the film "Sabrina" Audrey met William Holden. Beautiful, gallant, successful - made an indelible impression on her. She fell in love, and they got into an affair. William was married, but in his family were taken free relationships, without remorse, he led his mistresses, and his wife - lovers. They had two sons, and to keep from casual connections and random children, the actor made a vasectomy. Audrey Hepburn, meanwhile, wanted a family and many children, but after learning about the procedure he had transferred, he immediately threw it.

The second novel - actor and director Mel Ferrer, who has behind him three marriages and five children, still managed to conquer the broken heart of Audrey Hepburn. In 1954 they were married. Very soon they had a son, who was named Sean. Having lived together for 14 years, their marriage broke up for an unknown reason.

Audrey did not remain alone for long, she met a young man, quite unlike her previous passions. It was Andrea Dotti, a psychiatrist from Italy, younger than his wife for 10 years. Their marriage took place in Switzerland. In 1970, the son of Luke was born. Unfortunately, the mutual understanding of this couple quickly disappeared, the well-known psychoanalyst began to increasingly change Audrey. She knew this, tried to keep the family with all her might, but her patience was enough for only 11 years.

Audrey Hepburn's husbands were obviously unworthy of her, but soon the woman was lucky enough to meet her true love, though in 50 years. This man is Robert Walders. He was younger than her for 25 years, and after death she left him a legacy villa and two million dollars. Audrey and Robert met at a friendly dinner, talked, and liked each other. Soon, I often met in New York. The man constantly supported and helped his chosen one. On such a friendly basis, their romantic relationship was born. They did not intend to get married, they were already well together. Suddenly, Audrey's health deteriorated, she constantly felt pain in her stomach. Robert took her to Los Angeles, and there doctors found a tumor in the large intestine. 1992, malignant formation was removed, but tumor cells spread to neighboring tissues. Hepburn had only a few months to live. According to her, she spent the happiest last Christmas with the children and Walders.

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On January 20, 1993, the actress passed away. At this moment there were sons Sean and Luke, beloved Robert and Hubert de Givenchy. The designer left his Fashion House two years later and retired to his villa. Audrey Hepburn he remained faithful forever.