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Had a pet deer named Pippin. While filming "Green Mansions", the animal trainer suggested that Hepburn take home the fawn so that the animal would follow her when on set. She then fell in love and decided to keep Pippin.

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Loved the colour cyan. Despite the fact that it was believed to be white, the blueish-green hue was her favourite.

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After WWII ended in 1945, Hepburn began ballet training under Sonia Gaskell in Amsterdam. She moved to London in 1948 to take up a ballet scholarship with Ballet Rambert. She eventually dropped studying the art due to malnutrition from WWII.

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"The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair."

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The only child born to Ella Van Heemstra (an aristocrat of Dutch descent) and Joseph Victor Anthony Hepburn-Ruston (an Anglo Irish banker of an English and Austrian ancestry).

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Survived Nazi occupation and invasion of her town.

After Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, Audrey and her mother moved to the Netherlands, hoping that the Netherlands would remain neutral.

Germans invaded the Netherlands in 1940.

Many of her relatives died.

Survived off of tulip bulbs, and suffered from malnutrition.

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She loved to garden in her spare time. In her last years, she gladly agreed to host the PBS television series,

"Gardens of the World".

“To grow a garden is to believe in tomorrow”.

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Spoke five languages:

English

Spanish

French

Dutch

Italian

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An EGOT winner: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony. One out of only fifteen others in the world!

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Hepburn was an agent for the Dutch resistance.

Carried secret messages in her ballet slippers.

Because of this her life was constantly in danger.  Once, she was suspected and rounded up by trucks.  The Nazis pulled over to the side of the road, and she barely escaped.

She performed in a series of secret ballets called "black performances" to raise money for the rebels and their underground war against Hitler.

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Ranked by American Film Institute as third-greatest female screen legend in Hollywood's Golden Age.

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One of the two only people to ever wear the authentic diamond "Breakfast at Tiffany's" necklace in 1961 for photoshoots, the first being Mary Whitehouse.

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Had three flower breeds named after her: a tulip, a rose, and a daylily.

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Was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her work with UNICEF.

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“Let’s face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.”

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Was a volunteer nurse during World War II in a Dutch hospital when she was 16 years old.

One of the wounded soldiers Hepburn nursed back to life was future director, Terence Young, who 20 years later directed Hepburn in "Wait Until Dark".

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Born as Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Rutson, but didn't start calling herself Audrey Hepburn until 1948. During WWII, Hepburn adopted the alias "Edda Van Heemstra", as she believed that it was safer than an English sounding name.

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Hepburn became a special ambassador to the United Nations UNICEF fund that helped children in Latin America and Africa in 1988. She retained this position until 1993.

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The little black dress Hepburn worn at the beginning of the "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is cited as one of the most iconic items of clothing in cinema.

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Has starred in 28 movies, 6 TV movies, and other Broadway performances.

MOVIES:

Dutch in Seven Lessons (1948)

Laughter in Paradise (1951)

One Wild Oat (1951)

The Lavendar Hill Mob (1951)

Young Wives’ Tale (1951)

Baby Beats the Band (1951)

Secret People (1952)

We Go to Monte Carlo (1953)

Roman Holiday (1953)

Sabrina (1954)

War and Peace (1956)

Love in the Afternoon (1957)

Funny Face (1957)

Green Mansions (1959)

The Nun’s Story (1959)

The Unforgiven (1960)

Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

The Children’s Hour (1961)

Charade (1963)

Paris When It Sizzles (1964)

My Fair Lady (1964)

How to Steal a Million (1966)

Two for the Road (1967)

Wait Until Dark (1967)

Robin and Marian (1976)

Bloodline (1979)

They All Laughed (1981)

Always (1989)

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"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm. As you get older, remember you have another hand: the first is to help yourself, the second is to help others."

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Preferred flats over heels.

Having been a ballet dancer, Hepburn lived in ballet flats.

Was 5.7'' and naturally tall, she didn't need the extra height.

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She had two sons, after five miscarriages. Sean was born on July 17, 1960, son of Mel Ferrer. And Luca was born on February 8, 1970, son of Andrea Mario Dotti.

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Became deathly terrified of horses.

During the filming of "Unforgiven", she had broken her back after the horse threw her.

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Audrey trained as a dental assistant before she was found by a talent scout who wanted her on the broadway play “Gigi”, her big break.

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Terribly afraid of water and drowning.

During the filming of "Two for the Road", for a scene that required Hepburn to be thrown into a pool, part of the film crew had to be in the water with Hepburn.

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Born May 4 th, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium.

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Had two half-brothers, Alexander and Ian Quarles van Ufford, by her mother's first marriage to a Dutch nobleman.

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“Paris is always a good idea”

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Married to Mel Ferrer from 1954-1968 and Andrea Mario Dotti from 1969-1982, and was in a relationship with Robert Wolders for nine years up until her dead - calling time spent with him "the happiest years" of her life, stating that they were married, just not officially.

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Had a miniature Yorkshire Terrier named Mr Famous, who sadly died when hit by a car.

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Considered herself an introvert.

“I have to be alone very often. I’d be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That’s how I refuel.”

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“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!”

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Died on January 20, 1993 of appendix cancer in Tolochnaz, Vaud, Switzerland at the age of 63.