Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 192920 January 1993) was a British actress, model, dancer and humanitarian. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood's Golden Age. She was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend in Golden Age Hollywood, and was inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. Born in Ixelles, Brussels, Hepburn spent her childhood between Belgium, England, and the Netherlands. In Amsterdam, she studied ballet with Sonia Gaskell, before moving to London in 1948, continuing her ballet training with Marie Rambert,
Audrey Audrey Audrey () is an English feminine given name. It is the Anglo-Norman form of the Anglo-Saxon name "Æðelþryð", composed of the elements "æðel" "noble" and "þryð" "strength". The Anglo-Norman form of the name was applied to Saint Audrey (d. 679), also known by the historical form of her name as Saint Æthelthryth. The same name also survived into the modern period in its Anglo-Saxon form, as "Etheldred", e.g. Etheldred Benett (1776–1845). In the 17th century, the name of "Saint Audrey" gave rise to the adjective "tawdry" "cheap and pretentious; cheaply adorned" (after a fair of St. Audrey where cheap