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 Maple Audrey Maple Audrey Maple (1899 – April 18, 1971) was an American actress, singer, and vaudeville performer, born Elsie H. Schroeder. Audrey Maple was born Elsie H. Schroeder in Trenton, New Jersey. Her father was a musician. Audrey Maple performed on vaudeville in a novelty act called "Pianophiends". In the operetta "The Love Waltz" (1908-1909), she was half of a highly publicized "eight-minute kiss" during a dance scene. She appeared in Broadway productions, mostly musical comedies, including "The Arcadians" (1910), "The Firefly" (1912-1913), "Molly O" (1916), "Katinka" (1916), "Good Night, Paul" (1917), "Her Regiment" by Victor Herbert (1917), "Monte Cristo