New Delhi: The doodle on the Google home page commemorating Audrey Hepburn's 85th birthday celebrates her life both as a legendary screen actress as well as a humanitarian who was also widely regarded for her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
The doodle has Audrey Hepburn striking a film star pose with her eyes closed forming the second 'O' in the Google logo and in the background it is again her playing and interacting with underprivileged children, for whom she dedicated much of her later life.
Regarded as one of the most beautiful actresses ever, Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium. Though born in Belgium she had a British citizenship. Her original name was Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston.
She studied ballet in school and later took acting classes and began to get some small film roles. Her first major acting role was in the Broadway play Gigi in 1951.
Hepburn's first major American film, Roman Holiday (1953), won her the Academy Award for best actress. She married co-actor Mel Ferrer, with whom she starred in the play Ondine, in 1954.
Audrey Hepburn's other notable films include, Sabrina (1954), The Nun's Story (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Charade (1963), My Fair Lady (1964) and Wait Until Dark (1967).
She divorced her first husband Mel Ferrer 1968 and married Andrea Dotti, a prominent Italian psychiatrist, and went into semi-retirement.
She returned to films in 1976 and appeared in a few movies. In 1988 she was appointed as a special goodwill ambassador for United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and devoted herself to her humanitarian work.
Audrey Hepburn died of cancer on January 20, 1993, Tolochenaz, Switzerland. She was 63.
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