https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f By Sean Hepburn Ferrer en-us 2023-04-02 02:41:19 UTC 2023-04-03 04:42:08 UTC hello@padlet.com jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2540911131 Sean Hepburn Ferrer. Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit. Atria Books, 2003]]> 2023-04-02 03:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2540911131 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2540916026 Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels, Belgium on May 4, 1929 to her mother , Ella Van Heemstra, and her father, Joseph Ruston]]> 2023-04-02 03:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2540916026 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2540919576 Audrey's father left at the beginning of World War 2, when she was 6 years old. Everyone around her lost peace, freedom, and democracy. Audrey spent most of the war in Arnhem, Holland. She remembers how such little food was available in the city for them.

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" The last winter was the worst of all. By then, food was scarce, and whatever there was sent to the troops. There's a big difference between dying of starvation and malnutrition, of course, but i was very,very undernourished." (5)]]> 2023-04-02 03:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2540919576 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2540931270 Audrey met her first husband, Mel Ferrer, when she was performing in a Broadway production of Ondine. The couple married in 1954, in Switzerland. They then had a son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer. ]]> 2023-04-02 04:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2540931270 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2540933929  Mel Ferrer found Audrey's father through the Red Cross and scheduled a meeting with him. The last time Hepburn had seen her father was at the beginning of the war. When they saw each other, they didnt show much emotion other than a hug.

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"There were no tears of joy at the reunion- knowing full well that those would have made him uncomfortable, she held them all in. The rest of the day- the lunch, the afternoon- consisted of polite pleasantries." (10)]]> 2023-04-02 04:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2540933929 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541336127 Audrey's dream was to become a prima ballerina and she studied ballet from a young age. Even when the war ended, she continued to study ballet. Due to lasting affects from the war and her training, she couldn't pursue this dream. 

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"No matter how hard she had trained, her most important and formative years had passed and could not be recaptured. The war had been tough on her, and poor nutrition had impaired some of her muscular growth and development." (37)]]> 2023-04-02 20:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541336127 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541468459 Audrey Hepburn's first starring role was in the movie, Roman Holiday, in 1953.]]> 2023-04-03 00:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541468459 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541479543 Audrey had played some parts in some films like 'The lavender Hill Mob' ,'The Secret People', 'Monte Carlo Baby' and Nous Irons a Paris. Upon discovering Colette, she would give her the opportunity to show her talent. 

Quote: "Colette, who had been preparing for the production of her play 'Gigi', upon seeing my mother, exclaimed: 'I have found Gigi!'"(44)]]> 2023-04-03 00:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541479543 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541495311 Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer ended up divorcing after 14 years together. The void of her fathers absence was a part of the failure in her marrige. ]]> 2023-04-03 01:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541495311 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541506120 Audrey Hepburn's singing of "Moon River" in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' won an Oscar for best song. Audrey wasn't a professional singer but sang sincerely. 

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" 'Its not just the words, but also the tune that makes a great song' my mother taught us early in life. 'It is not only what you say, but how you say it'. A perfect example of this is her performance of "Moon River" in Breakfast at Tiffany's."(83)]]> 2023-04-03 01:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541506120 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541514499 Audrey Hepburn got the role of Eliza Doolittle in 'My Fair Lady' and this was a huge milestone in her career.

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"Apart from the fact that it was a hugely successful musical, it meant so much to her to play in this role that went from Cockney street urchin all the way to Mayfair grande dame"(90)]]> 2023-04-03 01:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541514499 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541532243 In 1969, Audrey Hepburn married Andrea Dotti whom she had met on a cruise. A year later, they had a son named Luca Dotti. ]]> 2023-04-03 01:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541532243 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541542284 Fred Astaire was one of Audrey Hepburn's Co-stars on 'Funny Face'.  Fred had shared his thoughts about Audrey from working with her in 'The Reminiscences of Fred Astaire' in 1971.

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" I liked it very much, and i loved Audrey. She was just about one of the most lovely people that you could ever meet or work with, my goodness."(56)]]> 2023-04-03 01:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541542284 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541552842 Audrey Hepburns father passed away in 1980

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"She told us how she felt the pangs of emptiness at the sight of other children in their fathers' arms, how she wished he were there so she could be like the others."(140)]]> 2023-04-03 01:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541552842 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541562989 Audrey Hepburn was filming 'Unforgiven' while pregnant and she fell off a horse, which led to a miscarriage. ]]> 2023-04-03 02:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541562989 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541685176 In 1988, Audrey stopped accepting films for her children. She wanted to take care of her kids and make sure they had a good education.

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"I had to make a choice at one point in my life,' she said in March 1988, 'of missing films or missing my children. It was a very easy decision to make because i missed my children so very much.'" (138)]]> 2023-04-03 03:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541685176 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541698537 Audrey Hepburn divorced Andrea Dotti in 1982. 

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" This is also why, after her divorces to both my father and my brother Lucas father, she did all she could to ensure that we continued to enjoy a complete relationship with both."(140)]]> 2023-04-03 04:07:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541698537 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541705650 Audrey Hepburn found love with the dutch businessman and actor, Robert Wolders after meeting at a party in 1980. ]]> 2023-04-03 04:15:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541705650 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541708610 Audrey Hepburn was offered to be a UNICEF ambassador in 1987.


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 "Immediately recognizing her natural connection to the children, James Grant, the executive director of UNICEF at the time, approached her and offered her the ambassadorship and $1.00. She left for her first trip in April 1988." (140)]]> 2023-04-03 04:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541708610 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541717912 In 1992, a surgeon found that Audrey Hepburn had abdominal cancer that spread from the appendix. The cancer had spread too much and there was nothing the doctors could do. ]]> 2023-04-03 04:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541717912 jundijoa000 https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541727766 On January 20, 1993, Audrey Hepburn passed away. Sean Hepburn Ferrer was right by her side when she fell asleep, and never woke up. On the morning of January 24, they carried her coffin down to a little church to be buried.]]> 2023-04-03 04:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jundijoa000/619a0qjpvf1llj9f/wish/2541727766