What was the real name of the Brussels-born American movie star who descended from the Dutch baron who shortly after the First World War sold his country estate to the ex-Kaiser of Germany?

wajo	Just a guess...was it Audrey hepburn? Sep 28 05, 2:14 AM

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It was Audrey Hepburn indeed, but as who was she born? Sep 28 05, 2:45 AM

UT-7	Audrey Hepburn was born Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston in Brussel, Belgium, on May 4, 1929. Sep 28 05, 2:52 AM

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She was actually born Audrey Kathleen Ruston. Her father later changed his name to Hepburn- Ruston, which is how Audrey's name came about. During World War II when she and her mother Ella van Heemstra happened to be in German-occupied Holland, it was thought that using a Dutch name was safer.And so Audrey temporarily used the name Edda van Heemstra. Her grandfather Aarnoud van Heemstra had been the owner of Castle Doorn, the country estate which became Kaiser Bill's post-first-world-war sanctuary? See http:// www.geocities.com/pettprojects.braudrey.html and also http://thefairestlady.com/audrey/the sights.htm Sep 28 05, 11:52 AM

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