Audrey Hepburn: A Brief Biography Of Audrey Ruston

Audrey Hepburn
“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone (Audrey Hepburn).” Audrey Kathleen Ruston was a British actress and humanitarian. She was not only a mother, but a fashion icon, and an award winning actress who also worked with UNICEF as an ambassador helping children (blogspot).
Audrey was born on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium (biography). Her mother Ella Van Heemstra Ruston was a Dutch aristocrat who also did volunteer work. Her father was John Victor Hepburn-Ruston, an Anglo Irish Banker (timeline). Audrey also had two sons, Sean Hepburn Ferrer who is currently fifty-five years old and Lucca Dotti who is currently forty-five years
At this time Audrey’s father had disappeared from her life which she says was, “the most traumatic event in my life” (timeline). Although he had visitation rights, he rarely came to see her. Not only was her father no longer in her life but she was living her childhood through the ruling of Hitler and Nazi Germany. She experienced her uncle being executed by the Germans and she had seen Jews being taken away (today). Also, one of her brothers was taken to a concentration camp and the other was in hiding. According to Martin Gitlin, “she had witnessed firsthand man’s brutality against her brother during World War II.” During this time Audrey had been secretly helping the Dutch Resistance by dancing ballet to raise money. She was very lucky to have not been caught, if so she would have been executed by the Germans. Hepburn and her family had gone through famine and other rough times during World War II. She had suffered several illnesses. Once she was rescued by the international aid agencies she was relieved. Years later she began to use this traumatic event to help others in the same conditions that she was once in