Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels, Belgium on May 4, 1929. She was born to a wealthy banker and a Dutch baroness. However, her parents did not stay together. Once her father and mother were divorced, Audrey Hepburn went to live with her mother in London. She spent her childhood attending private schools in London as well as in the Netherlands. While she was on vacation with her mother in Holland, she ended up in the midst of a Nazi occupation of the town. During this period of time, Audrey Hepburn had problems with malnutrition and depression.
After the town in Holland was freed from the Nazi's, Audrey Hepburn moved to London to attend a ballet school. While she was going through her schooling, she worked as a model. She was happy being a model, but soon she was found by movie producers. She started off much like the other actors and actresses of her time playing small roles. These roles eventually got bigger, and before she knew it, Audrey Hepburn was playing lead roles in movies. She made her final film in 1989, which was entitled Always. Throughout her time as an actress, she had made many movies that were box office hits.
During the 1960's, Audrey Hepburn decided to slow down on the amount of movies that she was making and begin a charity. She did a lot of work for the UNICEF foundation. People magazine had names Audrey Hepburn as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. She was known not only for her physical beauty, but her giving nature as well. Audrey Hepburn was a beautiful person both inside and out. She passed away on January 20, 1993. She died from appendicular cancer. Throughout her life, she made a total of 31 movies, but she will always be remembered for the work that she had done with the UNICEF foundation.
Elizabeth Taylor was born on February 27, 1932. She was born in London, England. Her parents were from the United States, and they had gone to London in order for her father to be able to sell his art. Her mother worked as an actress. When Elizabeth Taylor was very young, her family moved to Los Angeles, California. Her parents noticed at a young age that she was very beautiful. This was what started Elizabeth Taylor's career.
Her parents decided that it would be a good idea for them to take Elizabeth Taylor to do a screen test, and she was quickly picked up by Universal Pictures. When she was only ten years old, she was already cast in the movie entitled There's One Born Every Minute. Just after this film, Universal Studios did not keep their contract with Elizabeth Taylor, but she did not have time to worry about this. Just after she was dropped by Universal Studios, she was picked up by MGM. Over the next few years, Elizabeth Taylor starred in a number of movies. She even costarred with James Dean, though he was not alive to see the movie released.
Elizabeth Taylor was well known for marrying many people over the years. This was one of the things that made her famous besides her movies. Throughout her lifetime, Elizabeth Taylor was married eight different times. When she was not appearing in movies, she did other work that involved her utilizing her acting skills, such as spots on television. She won a few different awards for the roles that she had starred in the movies. She has won two Oscars during her lifetime, but what people loved the most about this woman was her beauty. After all, this was what helped her to be found in the first place.
