et Quote: Audrey Hepburn

Cairo – 04 October 2017: “For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” - Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels, Belgium on May 4, 1929 to Ella van Heemstra, a Dutch baroness, and father Joseph Victor Anthony Hepburn-Ruston, who was born in Úzice, Bohemia, of English and Austrian descent, and a businessman.

Audrey and her mother moved to London after divorcing her father and attended a private girl’s school. She began to suffer from depression and malnutrition during the Nazi occupation that took place in Arnhem, Netherlands while she was vacationing there with her mother.

She got her break in entertainment when she received a scholarship to study ballet in London soon after she began modeling and eventually went on to acting.

Her most successful and mainstream film is “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” when Hepburn portrayed the character Holly Golightly. Her character displayed the psychological struggle between the desire for freedom and the need for stability.

Fun Facts:

• A breed of tulip was named after her in 1990.

• She was multilingual and fluent in English, Dutch, Spanish, French, and Italian.

• She was Hubert de Givenchy's muse.


Another quote for the road:

“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”