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Audrey Hepburn was one of the most beautiful screen icons in the world - but felt she was too 'boring' to write memoir By Molly Clayton Published: 01:41 GMT, 1 November 2024 | Updated: 02:03 GMT, 1 November 2024 e-mail 1 View comments She was known for being one of Hollywood’s most successful and iconic women, whose fame has continued to live on many years after her death. But Audrey Hepburn never wrote an autobiography because she considered her life too boring according to her son. Ms Hepburn made her name in films such as Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Roman Holiday and My Fair Lady, becoming one of the most recognisable actresses of all time.
She was also five-times nominated for an Academy Award and was awarded Best Actress in 1953 as well as winning a record three BAFTA awards for Best Actress. Now her son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer, has opened up about his mother on the Lament Of Hope podcast. Audrey Hepburn never wrote an autobiography because she considered her life too boring according to her son She was also five-times nominated for an Academy Award and was awarded Best Actress in 1953 as well as winning a record three BAFTA awards for Best Actress ‘She’s more famous today than when she was alive, without a single doubt, worldwide,’ he said.
‘There are over 300 books written about her, which are a variety from what would Audrey do to what hat she would wear. Read More It's Christmas at Tiffany's! Anya Taylor-Joy sparkles in Christmas jewellery ad ‘She had a pretty normal and boring life, which is why she never did a biography about her life, even though she was offered millions by legendary agent Irving Swifty Lazar. ‘Because she really got up early, went to work, did her thing, didn’t live in Hollywood, and at the peak of her fame she gave up her career to be a normal person again, and at the end of her life she did the UNICEF work and changed the face of UNICEF.
’ Ms Hepburn married American actor Mel Ferrer in 1954, eight months after they met. They had their son Sean Hepburn Ferrer in 1960 who is now a film producer and author of a book about his mother. Ms Hepburn went on to marry Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti in 1968 and had her second son Luca Andrea Dotti in 1970.
Soon after she moved to Switzerland to concentrate on being a mother and give up Hollywood, where she could be away from the paparazzi and work as a UNICEF ambassador. Ms Hepburn married American actor Mel Ferrer in 1954, eight months after they met. They had their son Sean Hepburn Ferrer in 1960 who is now a film producer and author of a book about his mother Ms Hepburn made her name in films such as Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Roman Holiday and My Fair Lady, becoming one of the most recognisable actresses of all time Mr Ferrer said the world now needs someone like his mother.
He said: ‘Every child of friends of mine, of people that I know, come to me with starry eyes and say “Are you really Audrey Hepburn’s son? What was she really like?” It makes you feel a bit like royalty at times. ‘Maybe Hollywood royalty. ‘And what’s nice is that she’s really touched so many people, and when you know who she was it’s for the right reasons.
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