Audrey Hepburn: Most Influential Lady Of The 1950s

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Rachel Devine

Mrs. Amy Reid

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29 April 2015

Audrey Kathleen Hepburn was a very influential lady of the 1950’s and 60’s. She starred in many films, and supported charities that helped children. She was born and raised in Ixelles, Belgium. Her childhood was as expected, full of fun and laughter, until WW2 broke out. She was right in the middle of a war zone. Her father was a Nazi sympathizer. Which caused feuds between her mother and father. At the young age of six, her parents divorced. This was very traumatic for a young Audrey. It was only the beginning. After her parents divorced, her mother relocated them to the Netherlands. She thought this would be a good solution,
Audrey was part of the International Best Dressed List, and she was soon into its hall of fame. She also starred in People magazine's “50 Most beautiful people.” She also wore the “Tiffany Diamond.” Which is the largest diamond ever known. Only two people have ever wore it, and she is one of them. She was awarded the Council of Fashion Designers of America Lifetime of Style Award in 1992. She is obviously known for her bold fashion sense, and her many films she starred in, but something that is most successful in her book is her work with children. In 1988, Audrey became the ambassador of UNICEF, an organization for children of the war. It helps with their needs, and protects them. Audrey's main reason for doing this is because she was a victim of the war. She knew the heartache, the torture, the hardship of the war. Soon after her role as ambassador of UNICEF, she traveled to Ethiopia. There, she saw the poor living conditions from many years of droughts, and many diseases had broken out. She also traveled to many other countries like Turkey, Venezuela, Ecuador, Honduras, Thailand, Guatemala, El Salvador, Sudan, Kenya, United Kingdom, Switzerland, and France. It’s obvious she had a great passion for this. She received the United States' highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in December 1992. She deserved the award, but one day she got the worst news of her entire life. Worse than her parents divorce, worse than what she could remember of the war, but something so awful it put her career on holt, she had cancer. She found out that she had it for a while. She had surgery, and then underwent chemotherapy for several weeks, but too soon to find out that it was too late. Her final wish was to be flown back home to her house in Tolochenaz. She