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Audrey Hepburn: The Epidomy Of Hollywood
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Audrey Hepburn was the epidomy of her time starring in big time films such as: Roman Holiday, Sabrina, The Nun's Story, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Wait Until Dark. Audrey influenced the film industry as a powerful, beautiful young actress. Having a slender figure that many women would die for, unconventional beauty, perfect manners and great intelligence, she was someone that wasn't any regular Hollywood star. Hepburn was born in Belgium on May 4, 1929. Her father was a British banker and her mother was a Dutch baroness. Audrey grew up going to private schools in England and the Netherlands. Her parents divorced when she was young. She was vacationing with her mother in Arnhem, Holland, when WW II broke out. She spent the

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