Audrey Hepburn Hepburn-Ruston on 4 May 1929 at number 48 Rue Keyenveld in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. Her father, Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston (21 November 188916 October 1980), was a British subject born in Auschitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He was the son of Victor John George Ruston, of British and Austrian descent and Anna Wels, of Austrian descent. In 1923–24, Joseph had been an honorary British consul in Semarang in the Dutch East Indies and prior to his marriage to Hepburn's mother he had been married to Cornelia Bisschop, a Dutch heiress. Although born with the surname Ruston, he later double-barrelled his name to
Audrey Carten (cowritten also with Jane Ross, produced by Gerald du Maurier, Carteen played the main role, Daphne Beresford), "Change of Heart" (1929) (produced by Du Maurier), "Fame" (1929), "Lady Kathleen" (1931), "The Day After" (1932) (produced by Harry C. Bannister), "Always Apologise" (1932) (with Margaret Bannerman as lead actress), "Table Talk" (1932) (produced by Harry C. Bannister), "The Day After" (1932) (produced by Harry C. Bannister), "Late One Night", and "Gay Love", this last adapted for the screen in 1934. The plays were produced on Broadway too, and Audrey and her siblings moved ofter between England and the United States. In