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I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously -

Audrey Hepburn

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Audrey Hepburn
Age: 63 †
Born: 1929
Born: May 4
Died: 1993
Died: January 20
Actor
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Ballet Dancer
Dancer
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Model
Philanthropist
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Audrey Kathleen Ruston
Edda van Heemstra
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Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston
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