The actress and fashion icon was born on May 4th 1929 in this house in rue Keyenveld 48 in the neighbourhood Ixelles under the name Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston.
"I'm half-Irish, half-Dutch and I was born in Belgium: If I was a dog, I'd be in a hell of a mess."
Her father, the banker John Victor Hepburn-Ruston, was British-Irish, her mother Ella van Heemstra a Dutch baroness. Audrey got a British passport which she carried throughout her life. She only spent little time in Brussels as during her childhood she travelled between the Belgian capital, London and the Netherlands. Later she lived in New York and Switzerland.
"The best thing to hold on to in life is each other"
The house is not open to visitors - but why not watch Breakfast at Tiffany's one more time...
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ReplyDeleteOne of a kind home movie footage taken from behind the scenes, of the opening scene of "My Fair Lady"
Stills from the footage as well as the actual reel of footage itself can be seen on page 305 of Juliens Catalog
which you can get to by entering "My fair Lady Behind The Scenes Footage" In the search bar;
Once your in the Catalog, which can be seen by clicking or going here
www.juliensauctions.com
Or you can join the Live Auction by clicking or going here on April 5th
www.julienslive.com
Then once you are on 305 of juliens catalog, click on the view live auction tab