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When you think of Audrey Hepburn, what comes to mind?
The contrasting princess in "Roman Holiday"?
The classic image of a long black dress and short bangs in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?
Hepburn's beauty is the beauty that penetrates deeply into the hearts of the people and shocks the soul, as someone said:
"God kissed a little girl on the cheek, and Hepburn was born",
Some people say that she is the most beautiful woman in the world, an angel in the world,
Her life, brilliant, is the dream of all girls,
Five-time Oscar nomination for Best Actress, one of the greatest actresses of the 21st century;
Surrounded by many men, the famous actor Pike called her "the love of a lifetime";
The famous designer Givenchy is her blue-faced confidant, customizing classic shapes for her exclusively and concocting perfumes that belong only to her;
Her son wrote the book "Angels on Earth", calling her "the most competent mother in the world".
Someone erected a sculpture for her, someone named her a road, she was also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador...
She is not only beautiful, but also has a greatness beyond beauty,
But who would have thought that she was just an ordinary woman who longed to love and be loved,
Her life has gone through twists and turns, love and peace are her only beliefs,
She perfectly interprets the appearance of angels falling into the world, and the good is not only the face, but also the heart,
The beauty of the depths of her soul, unmatched,
Even though her youth is gone, her goodwill remains radiant,
The world's appreciation of her begins with her appearance, respect for talent, long on kindness, and finally on character.
Born with a bad disease, a father's escape, and a crisis in World War II
Hepburn's unknown and difficult childhood
On May 4, 1929, Audrey Hepburn was born into an aristocratic family in Brussels, Belgium.
His father was a British banker, his mother was a descendant of the Dutch nobility,
But her birth was a fierce battle, and she unfortunately suffered from whooping cough at 6 weeks of birth.
He was so critical that he stopped breathing for a while, but little Hepburn was lucky enough to survive.
What she didn't expect was that this disease was just the beginning of suffering.
Soon her father ran away from home, World War II broke out, and her family and life became fragmented.
The mother fled alone to her hometown of Holland with Hepburn, who was only 10 years old, but soon the German army occupied the Netherlands.
The mother and daughter can only hide in the basement where the sky is not seen, and every day they only desperately drink water and feed their stomachs with weeds and tulip bulbs.
Little Hepburn not only did not have enough to eat and wear warm clothes, but she also had to bear a huge mental blow, and that day she witnessed her uncle and cousin being shot by the Germans...
The only thing that brought Hepburn comfort was that when the German army relaxed the examination, he could go to dance school to learn ballet.
At the age of 14, she began performing ballet at events to raise money for dutch resistance groups fighting the Nazi invasion.
At that time, she secretly hid a note in her ballet shoes to send a message to the resistance organization, knowing that if these actions were discovered by the German army, they would be executed.
After such a day-by-day ordeal, the war finally ended, but at the same time, his hometown of Holland became a ruin.
The mother made up her mind to take 19-year-old Hepburn to London to earn a living.
But in the big city, Hepburn hit a wall after wall, she couldn't get into the ballet orchestra in London.
Because of her tall stature and malnourished and thin body in the war, she was always rejected.
In order to make a living, she began to model, participate in performances, and slowly embarked on the road of acting.
Her popularity is inseparable from the classic movie "Roman Holiday",
At the time, she was just one of hundreds of actors who came to interview, when the director saw her behavior:
Elegant with innocence, mature with naughtiness, immediately determined that she is the best choice to play the princess,
It is this "Roman Holiday" that descends on her like a comet,
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the role of a princess.
She stood in front of the whole world and single-handedly changed the aesthetics of the times,
Her style in the movie: short hair, flat shoes, casual wear, set off a fashion trend,
In 1961, another of her classics, Breakfast at Tiffany, was released.
In this film, givensie himself made her a world classic:
A long black dress, three-stranded pearl necklace, a high-coiled "Hepburn head"...
Until now, there are various actresses imitating her style,
In the movie, she sat by the window and sang "Moon River", which also became the bright moonlight of many people.
Of course, there are many excellent film and television works such as "Dragon and Phoenix Match", "Sweet Sister", "The Legend of the Nun", "Double Sister", etc.
Her superb acting skills and beautiful face have made her the most shining star in the world.
Her life has won as many as 5 Oscar nominations for Best Actress, and she has received countless flowers, applause, flashes,
On the other side of her acting career, it was the fiasco of her marriage...
Two failed marriages
Didn't make her give up her faith in love
Introduced by actress Pike, she met her first husband, actor and playwright Mel Feller.
At first sight, she and Feller got married in a chapel on the shores of Lake Luzern, Switzerland.
But soon, because Hepburn's reputation was too high, his career was too prosperous, and his husband was getting weaker and weaker, and he was even jokingly called "Hepburn's husband", they broke up unhappily.
The second husband was a psychotherapist, André Dotty,
On January 18, 1969, Hepburn and Dotty held a wedding in Italy.
At this moment, Hepburn learned from the last failed marriage, and after giving birth to a son, he stopped and concentrated on being a wife and mother.
As a wife, a mother, she achieved the ultimate, even in the heyday of her career, she was determined to disappear for a full 7 years.
But Andrea Dotty, on the contrary, lingered in nightclubs day by day, weeded flowers and grass, ignoring the family, and soon the marriage was not happy.
Hepburn has become a lonely person again, she has been seeking love,
Even if the marriage fails, she has never lost her faith in love,
Finally in 1980, she found her soul mate, Robert Wald, and gave birth to a son, Sean.
For the sake of her family, she also chose to quit the film industry,
In 1988, at Robert's introduction, she devoted herself to the common good of the United Nations and became a Goodwill Ambassador.
From 1988 to 1992, she had almost no time to rest, and she went to those poor Third World countries and felt their hunger, confusion and pain.
With their wishes to go to the developed countries to appeal for donations, and then return to African countries, the cycle is repeated, without complaining,
She has been to Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan to Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Ecuador...
Measured the suffering of almost every inch of a child on African soil with his own feet;
Embrace children on the brink of death with your hands and feed hungry souls with your own hands;
With the money collected, it has brought hope, education and future to countless children...
She shouted and appealed to those who were rich:
"The world is inherently unfair. But there is only one world, and it is getting smaller and smaller, and contact between people has to become more and more frequent.
We live in an environment where those who are rich have an obligation and a responsibility to help those who have nothing. ”
Because she loves children so deeply, she can't bear to see even one child suffering in hardship and displacement, and she treats every child as her own child.
It is such a determination that even if she suffers from cancer, she will go to Somalia with a seriously ill body and visit children who are dying of hunger.
Even before she died, when her son asked her if she had any regrets, she said only:
"No, no regrets,
I just don't understand why so many children are suffering. ”
Five years after her death, UNICEF unveiled a 7-foot-tall bronze statue at its headquarters in New York.
The statue is called The Spirit of Audrey in recognition of Hepburn's contributions to the United Nations.
Angels are on earth
People are more beautiful
Hepburn didn't seem to have earned anything for himself in this life.
Sitting in economy class, has always maintained a humble and low-key style,
Although in the eyes of the world, she is very popular, rich and noble, but she herself feels that she is an ordinary woman, all she wants is a love and peace.
In order to make a living, she entered the acting industry, and under the prestige of the outside world, she said:
"A woman's beauty does not lie in appearance, true beauty is reflected in the depths of a woman's soul, in the kind giving and enthusiasm."
For the sake of her family, she gave up her cherished film career,
In the book "Angels on Earth", the son Shaun describes the mother's feelings about this action:
"How happy I was when she took me to buy books or soccer boots.
She was really my best friend, and most importantly, she made me realize how important I was to her, which made me very touched. ”
For the sake of the children in distress, she is willing to sacrifice herself,
At Hepburn's funeral, son Sean revealed his mother's "secret to eternal beauty":
"Glamorous lips, derived from kind and friendly language; lovely eyes, derived from being good at capturing the merits of others; slim figure, from the willingness to share food with hungry people; beautiful hair, from the fingers of children through it every day; elegant posture, from the habit of walking with knowledge." 」
Hepburn understood that no matter how much the world praised her and defined her, the only person who could decide who she was was.
And she understands even more that her life is just to pursue that great love and peace,
Many people admire a person who begins with appearance, but finally character,
But for Hepburn, her angelic face is just a speaker for her to give love and practice love.
She said:
"When you grow up, you'll find that you have two hands, one to help yourself and one to help others."
Even if the youth is no longer there, she did not fall into the twilight of beauty, but told everyone with bright eyes and a warm smile:
Beauty is not in the skin but in the heart, and it is much more difficult to have a pure and kind heart than to have a good skin bag.
And Hepburn did it, she deserved to be the "angel on earth",
Because although she has experienced many twists and turns and suffered from love, she still chooses to be kind and does not give up the power of love.
Although it is a superstar, it is ordinary, although it is full of light, but it bends its knees to a hidden corner to soothe the helpless child,
Although thin but stronger than others, although beautiful, but with goodness cast monuments,
Now I only see the place where she flew over, the wings fell, the glory was everywhere, and the great love became a forest.