Audrey Hepburn was a most elegant, swanlike star. She was bright and beautiful, the ingénue who lighted up the visage of the older man, Gary Cooper, Carey Grant, Fred Astaire. How we loved her. Especially we slim girls, who weren't built like Mansfield or Monroe. She was a role model for a natural, not anorexic thin.
But what did we really know about her? She kept her mystery, and perhaps, behind that fawnlike gaze, there was a vulnerable soul, one who suffered in silence, who hid herself, rather than splash it out and wear it like a mink stole, like some do. She will be remembered forever, idealized in our minds, her graceful long neck, and graciousness, as she aged gracefully as the Goodwill Ambassador for the U.N. A movie star who was a princess, without having to marry a prince.
But what did we really know about her? She kept her mystery, and perhaps, behind that fawnlike gaze, there was a vulnerable soul, one who suffered in silence, who hid herself, rather than splash it out and wear it like a mink stole, like some do. She will be remembered forever, idealized in our minds, her graceful long neck, and graciousness, as she aged gracefully as the Goodwill Ambassador for the U.N. A movie star who was a princess, without having to marry a prince.
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