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Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4 1992 in Tolochenaz, Switzerland. Her parents were Ella van Heemstra and Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston.
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Audrey Hepburn's parents,Ella van Heemstra and Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston got divorced when Audrey was only six years old. One reason for this was that her father was a Nazi sympathiser.
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In the beginning Audrey Hepburn got only small roles some of them include roles in 'One Wild Oat', 'Laughter In Paradise', 'Young Wives Tale' and 'The Lavender Hill Mob' .
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When 'Gigi' opened at the Fulton Theater on November 24 1951, she received praise for her performance though she got criticism - this is what inspired Audrey to keep acting.
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Audrey Hepburn's first staring role was in the film 'Roman Holiday' playing princess Ann , a European princess who escapes home and eventually falls in love with an American reporter.
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Audrey played the character Holly Golightly which has been said to be her most challenging role she has ever had to play. She replaced Marilyn Monroe who was originally supposed to play the role of Holly.
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Audrey Hepburn started to accept very few and eventually no acting roles and she started to become a humanitarian. She started to take volunteer jobs and gave back to people who needed it, she found that this made her happier than acting ever had.
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Some of Audrey's UNICEF projects included Orphanages in Ethiopia , Immunisation campaign in Turkey, Toured South and Central America to help starving kids and clean water program's in Vietnam.
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While on a UNICEF project in Somalia Audrey was treated for abdominal pain and was diagnosed for Appendix Cancer. She also underwent surgery followed by Chemotherapy for the cancer which had spread throughout her body.
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Audrey Hepburn died from Appendix Cancer in Tolochenaz, Switzerland. She was on Humanitarian projects for the unfortunate up until her death.
