Audrey Hepburn

Birth Name:

Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston

Birth Date:

May 4, 1929

Birth Place:

Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium

Death Date:

January 20, 1993

Place of Death:

La Paisible, Rte de Lully 31, Tolochenaz 1131, Vaud, Switzerland

Age:

Cause of Death:

Abdominal cancer

Cemetery Name:

Cimetière de Tolochenaz.

Claim to Fame:

Show Business

Audrey Hepburn (née Ruston was a British-born actress, recognized as a film and fashion icon. Born into an aristocratic family in Ixelles, Brussels, Hepburn began performing as a chorus girl in West End musical theatre productions and then had minor appearances in several films. She rose to stardom in the romantic comedy Roman Holiday (1953) alongside Gregory Peck, for which she became the first actress to win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for a single performance. In that year, she also won a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her performance in Ondine. Hepburn went on to star in a number of successful films, such as Sabrina (1954), with Humphrey Bogart and William Holden; Funny Face (1957), a musical in which she sang her own parts; the drama The Nun's Story (1959); the romantic comedy Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); the thriller-romance Charade (1963), opposite Cary Grant; and the musical My Fair Lady (1964). In 1967, she starred in the thriller Wait Until Dark, receiving Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. After that role, Hepburn only occasionally appeared in films, one being Robin and Marian (1976) with Sean Connery. Her last recorded performances were in the 1990 documentary television series Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement – Informational Programming. Hepburn is one of few entertainers who have won competitive Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards. Hepburn won three BAFTA Awards for Best British Actress in a Leading Role. In recognition of her film career, she received BAFTA's Lifetime Achievement Award, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award and the Special Tony Award. Today she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Classical Hollywood cinema and was inducted into the International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List.

Fun Facts

Hepburn’s last starring role in a feature film was opposite Ben Gazzara in the comedy They All Laughed (1981), directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The film was overshadowed by the murder of one of its stars, Dorothy Stratten, and received only a limited release.

Audrey Hepburn’s net worth at the time of her death in 1993 is estimated to be around $30 million. Hepburn’s will stipulated that her intellectual property, film rights, likeness rights, and the majority of her estate were left to her sons, Sean Hepburn Ferrer and Luca Dotti.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Cimetière de Tolochenaz.

Chemin des Plantées

1131 Tolochenaz, Vaud,

Switzerland

Europe

Grave Location:

Audrey Hepburn - single plot

Grave Location Description

As you enter this very small, quaint cemetery the final resting place of film and fashion icon Audrey Hepburn can be found along the wall bordering the road.