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I am proud to have been in a business that gives pleasure, creates beauty, and awakens our conscience, arouses compassion, and perhaps most importantly, gives millions a respite from our so violent world.

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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Elsene
Audrey Kathleen Ruston
Edda van Heemstra
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Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston
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