English III
26 April 2013
The Life of Audrey Hepburn
Thesis: Although Audrey Hepburn went through her parents divorcing, then being sent boarding school at the age of 5, living through WWI, she still managed to dance, which led her into her acting career; she starred in a plethora of well-known films, yet in her last 25 years she still wanted to give back and be a part of UNICEF to help those unfortunate in Africa and Latin America.
I. Audrey Hepburn’s childhood had a lot to do with her becoming the actress she was. A. Hepburn lived with her mother, a Dutch baroness, and her father, an Enlgish banker. B. Her parents divorced when she was young and she was sent to a …show more content…
She was nominated for the Oscar, but lost is to Simone Signoret for her performance in Room at the Top.
She also starred in the popular movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Many people associate the two together, for example if someone says, “Have you seen Breakfast at Tiffany’s?”, someone’s first thought might be, “Doesn’t Audrey Hepburn star in that?” The fashion world also changed in many ways after that movie came out, now every girl is in search of that ‘perfect black dress.’ “Her style was glamorous and terribly new, because it was hers alone” (Ginsberg) “Hepburn is one of the few actresses to win an Emmy, Tony, Grammy, and Academy Award” (Fiori). Hepburn’s last film was Always, she was the angel, Hap.
Audrey Hepburn still had some roles in movies in her later years, but she mainly devoted to her kids, Sean and Luca. She also took off the last twenty-five years to dedicate her life to her UNICEF projects. She made over fifty trips to help with those projects. She traveled to under-developed countries like Africa and Latin America. “Shirley MacLaine says, “If there was a cross between the salt of the earth and a regal queen, then she was it.”” (Encyclopedia of World Biography).
Pamela Flora states in her article All About