AUDREY HEPBURN

Biography

He was born in Brussels, Belgium, on May 4, 1929 to a Dutch mother and a

British father. She spent her childhood in England, her father left the family
when she was 8 years old. He had to move with his mother to Holland due to
the War, but the Germans soon invaded the country. Many family members,
including her brother, died and she had to fight to survive. After the war she
returned to England to continue her dance career. She did small roles in movies
until William Wyler offered her the lead role in "Roman Holiday," for which she
won the Oscar for best actress. From that moment on, he started shooting non-
stop: "Breakfast at Tiffany's, Charada, Sabrina ... He married Mel Ferrer in
1954 and in 1960 his first son Sean was born and in 1970 Luca Andrea, the
result of his marriage to Andrea Dotti, whom he divorced six years later. He
retired from the cinema for a few years to dedicate himself to his children. He
returned for the movie "Robin and Marián" but needed to find his place in the
world and took refuge in a property in a small Swiss town. Although he had
decided to retire, he visited frequently, between the recording sets, where he
met his last and most faithful love Bob Wolders. Through her humanitarian
work with UNICEF, she traveled to many countries: Guatemala Honduras
Sudan ... but abandoned her generous activity when she was diagnosed with
terminal colon cancer. She was buried on January 24, 1993 in that small town in
Switzerland, with her five men.

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