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Article: A loving tribute Audrey Hepburn gets the royal treatment
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 26, 2000
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For years, said producer Kimberly Rubin, she had wanted to tell
Audrey Hepburn's personal story.
She wanted to portray the years before Hepburn became a well-
known actress, the period that included her relationship with her
estranged father, a Nazi sympathizer; the time of near-starvation in
Holland when she helped the Dutch Resistance during World War II; her
time at an English boarding school, where she began studying ballet.
Rubin wanted to portray how, after bit parts in a few British
films, including "The Lavender Hill Mob," Hepburn vaulted to fame.
She starred on Broadway in "Gigi," chosen by French playwright
Colette for her blend of innocence and sex appeal. In her first film
lead, ...