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 Ferris Lila Lee. She retired shortly thereafter, eventually settling in Los Angeles, where she died in 1990, aged 80. Audrey Ferris Audrey Ferris (August 30, 1909 – May 3, 1990) was an American film actress of the silent film era of the late 1920s and into the early 1930s. Born Audrey Kellar in Detroit, Michigan, Ferris first moved to Hollywood around 1926, and began working to pursue a career as an actress. In 1927 she received her first supporting role in "Woman's Law", which starred Lillian Rich. She starred in six films that year, and another eight films in 1928. Also