Welcome to the History Tricks where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

Hello and welcome to this show. This is our continuation of our story of Audrey Hepburn.

If you have not listened to part one, we highly recommend that you go back and do so.

Maybe I'll give you a quick 30-second summary.

Audrey Reston was born in Belgium, grew up in the Netherlands after schooling in England,

and lived through the horrors of World War II, including the starving time known as the Hunger Winter.

She traveled first to England and then to America where she achieved success not in ballet as she had first intended,

but in the field of acting. She's already been into major motion picture hits and won an Oscar, her very first time out.

And now we rejoin this star as we continue along the story of her life.

And so without further ado, on with the show.

Audrey has won an Oscar. Audrey has won a Tony. Audrey is making $3,500 a week, $33,000 a week, and today's money,

which is a long way from starving 10 years ago.

Her star was on the rise and she and her co star Mel were married in Switzerland.

It was true love on her part.

I'm reserving judgment about her husband though.

Yeah, at some point, at some point Mama Ella would describe him as quote,

a frog face delinquent with spindly legs.

So I'm guessing she wasn't a fan despite his shortcomings, personal appearance wise,

which I don't really think he looks like a frog, but I didn't I didn't see frog either,

but maybe she was projecting how she felt about him.

You know, like you can meet somebody and they just look average and then you get to know their personality

and you're like, oh my god, you're the most gorgeous person on this planet.

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