The suffering and hunger that made the most beautiful women in the world .. the life of Audrey Hepburn

Beautiful Beautiful Audrey Hepburn Talented actress Audrey Hepburn is famous for her beauty and elegance. For decades, she remained one of Hollywood's greatest icons. And despite the huge popularity of the star, which left no room for secrets about the life of the actress, there are many little-known facts that will allow to take a different look at Audrey Hepburn.1. Audrey Hepburn did not support her parents' racist ideology during World War II
In the official biography of the actress there is information about her activity in support of the resistance against fascist forces. It is known that at the beginning of the Second World War she and her mother moved to Holland. This state was considered safe, as it pledged to remain neutral.

But soon fascist forces also invaded there. The famine has begun. The actress, as a teenager, suffered from severe nutritional deficiencies, which became the reason for forming such an elegant figure

Dorn Manor, where Audrey Hepburn spent her childhood Photo: GVR / Wikimedia Commons

But the young Hepburn tried to support resistance activity. In her letters, she earned money, then donated it to this movement. Sometimes Audrey worked as a courier, transferring papers from one group of resistance workers to another.

Hepburn producers everywhere spoke of her courage in the fight against the Nazis, but carefully concealed the fact that the actress's father and mother were supporters of the Nazis.

Joseph and Ella, parents of Audrey Hepburn, were members of the British Federation of Fascists. In 1935, they toured Germany with other members of the organization, including the notorious Mitford sisters.

After the divorce from Joseph, Ella returned to Germany to participate in the Nuremberg rallies and wrote an enthusiastic review of these events for the fascist magazine The Blackshirt.

Joseph Hepburn was persecuted by the British House of Commons for receiving money from Joseph Goebbels, a German politician and Adolf Hitler's closest associate, who was to publish a fascist newspaper. During the war he was imprisoned as an enemy of the state.

In the XNUMXs, this information about the past of mother and father Audrey Hepburn had a disastrous effect on her career. Today, the actress's rejection of her parents' racist ideology makes her even more joyful.

2. Since early childhood, Audrey Hepburn has been fond of dancing

The actress started dancing at the age of five. By 1944, she was already an experienced ballerina. Hepburn arranged secret performances for small groups of people, and gave the proceeds to the Dutch resistance.

3. A novel about the movie “Sabrina”
By the time Sabrina was getting started, Audrey Hepburn had already become America's favorite. But few people know that the on-screen romance with William Holden was rapidly developing behind the scenes.

Holden was a famous womanizer. Usually his wife Ardis through her fingers looked at her husband's novels, considering them to be a meaningless relationship. However, she immediately realized that the educated, glamorous Hepburn was a threat to their marriage. Holden was really ready to leave his wife for the sake of a young actress. But there was one problem: Audrey Hepburn desperately wanted to have children.

When she told Holden that she had been dreaming of a big family and children, he said he had a vasectomy several years ago. At the same moment, she left him and soon married an American actor, director and producer Mel Ferrer, who also wanted children like her.

Representatives of Paramount Pictures were concerned that the story of Holden and Hepburn's novel could be widely disseminated and negatively affect the film's presentation. They had Audrey and Mel Ferrer publicly announce their engagement to William Holden's home in the presence of the actor himself and his wife. This party must have been the most impressive in the awkwardness of the whole situation.

4. The actress spoke five languages
Audrey Hepburn was a polyglot. She was fluent in five languages: English, Spanish, French, Dutch and Italian.

5. Song for the President
When Truman Capote created Tiffany's Breakfast, he wanted to see Marilyn Monroe as Holly Golightly. It seemed to him that she would be able to create the image of a charmingly appealing girl. As a result, this character underwent some changes to match Audrey Hepburn. But the result did not disappoint. The movie turned into a cult.

And if these two genius actresses go to parties together, they'll know that they are not only bound by work, but also by their sweet friendship with the XNUMXth US President John F. Kennedy.

Even before his marriage, he met Hepburn. Monroe later became his lover. At one of the celebrations in honor of John F. Kennedy's birthday, she sang his version of "Happy Birthday" to him.

A year later, Hepburn became a movie star tasked with performing the same composition for the president on his birthday. But, apparently, her version of the song was not very charming and did not get as famous as Monroe's performance.

6. Audrey Hepburn was "EGOT"
The term "EGOT" is used to describe those actors who have managed to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. Audrey Hepburn is one of 14 people who have managed to do this.

Her fans know that she won an Oscar for Best Actress in Roman Vacations (1953). A year later, the actress was awarded Tony for Best Actress in the Drama Ondine. The story behind the Emmys and the Grammys is more interesting.

Audrey Hepburn ended her acting career long before movie stars were allowed to appear on television. Therefore, only in 1993 she appeared in the PBS TV show Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn. However, the premiere of this show took place on January 21, 1993, the day after the death of the actress. So Hepburn never knew about her receiving an Emmy Award for Best Performance in a TV Show.

The Grammy actress was also awarded posthumously. Hepburn was considered a very humble singer. But she remarkably succeeded in reading children's fairy tales. In 1993, her album "Enchanted Tales of Audrey Hepburn" earned a Grammy Award for Best Children's Vocal Album. The actress has also won three Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards.

7. "Walt Disney" banned the actress from acting in the movie "Peter Pan"
Perhaps Audrey Hepburn was able to create a wonderful image of Peter Pan. Like Mary Martin, who played this role on Broadway, she was a young woman. It was easy for her to turn into a boy and convincingly depicted the innocence and enthusiasm of the child. But this did not happen.

In 1964, after the success of My Fair Lady, Hepburn planned a new collaboration with director George Cukor. At this time, Cukor began negotiations with Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, who inherited the rights to the play from playwright J.M. Barrie. However, Disney Studios said it had exclusive film rights to Peter Pan.

The hospital filed a lawsuit against a Hollywood studio. The problem was solved only in 1969, when interest in the project faded.

8. One of the tulips named after Audrey Hepburn
The severe hunger that the actress endured during the war forced her to use them to feed lavender bulbs. And in 1990, a new variety was bred, in honor of creativity and many years of activity in the international organization UNICEF named Hepburn