MY FAIR LADY---Mini-Biography for Audrey Hepburn

MYFAIRLADY---Mini-BiographyforAudreyHepburnAudreyHepburnwasbornonMay4,1929inBrussels,Belgium,withthegivennameofEddaKathleenvanHeemstraHepburn-Ruston.Shereallywasblue-bloodfromthebeginningwithherfather,awealthyEnglishbanker,andhermother,aDutchbaroness.Afterherparentsdivorced,AudreywenttoLondonwithhermotherwhereshewenttoaprivategirlsschool.Later,whenhermothermovedbacktotheNetherlands,sheattendedprivateschoolsaswell.WhilevacationingwithhermotherinArnhem,Holland,Hitler`sarmysuddenlytookoverthetown.ItwasherethatshefellonhardtimesduringtheNazioccupation.Audreysufferedfromdepressionandmalnutrition.Aftertheliberation,AudreywenttoaballetschoolinLondononascholarshipandlaterbeganamodelingcareer.Asamodel,shewasgracefuland,itseemed,shehadfoundhernicheinlife--untilthefilmproducerscamecalling.Afterbeingspottedmodelingbyaproducer,shewassignedtoabitpartintheEuropeanfilmNederlandsin7lessen(1948)in1948.Later,shehadaspeakingroleinthe1951film,YoungWives`Tale(1951)asEveLester.Thepartstillwasn`tmuch,sosheheadedtoAmericatotryherluckthere.AudreygainedimmediateprominenceintheUSwithherroleinRomanHoliday(1953)in1953.ThisfilmturnedouttobeasmashingsuccessasshewonanOscarasBestActress.Thisgainedherenormouspopularityandmoreplumroles.Oneofthereasonsforherpopularitywasthefactthatshewassoelflikeandhadclass,unlikethesex-goddessesofthetime.RomanHolidaywasfollowedbyanothersimilarlywonderfulperformanceinthe1957classicFunnyFace(1957).Sabrina(1954),in1954,forwhichshereceivedanotherAcademynomination,andLovein第12页下一页