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Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Sightings in Paris & Ghent

Walking down from Sacre Coeur - Rue d'Orchampt - Paris © Jump/Nevada

Walking down from Sacre Coeur - Rue d'Orchampt - Paris © Jump/Nevada

Werregaren Straat - Gent - België - © Frank H. Jump

Audrey Hepburn (4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian.

Born in Ixelles, Belgium as Audrey Kathleen Ruston, Hepburn spent her childhood chiefly in the Netherlands, including German-occupied Arnhem, Netherlands, during the Second World War. She studied ballet in Arnhem and then moved to London in 1948, where she continued to train in ballet and worked as a photographer’s model. She appeared in a handful of European films before starring in the 1951 Broadway play Gigi. Hepburn played the lead female role in Roman Holiday (1953), winning an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for her performance. She also won a Tony Award for her performance in Ondine (1954). – Wikipedia