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Ella, Baronness van Heemstra, DStJ (12 June 1900 – 26 August 1984) was a Dutch aristocrat and the mother of actress Audrey Hepburn. After her marriage to Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, she became a British citizen.
Hepburn's mother, Baroness Ella van Heemstra (12 June 1900 – 26 August 1984), was a Dutch noblewoman. Ella was the daughter of Baron Aarnoud van Heemstra , who served as mayor of Arnhem from 1910 to 1920 and as governor of Dutch Guiana from 1921 to 1928, and Baroness Elbrig Willemine Henriette van Asbeck (1873–1939), a granddaughter of ...
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Mini Bio. Baroness Ella Van Heemstra was born on June 12, 1900 in Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands. She was an actress. She was married to Joseph Hepburn-Ruston and Hendrik Quarles van Ufford. She died on August 26, 1984 in Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland. Family. Spouses. Joseph Hepburn-Ruston (September 24, 1926 - June 24, 1939) (divorced, 1 child)
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SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Baroness Ella van Heemstra, DStJ (12 June 1900 – 26 August 1984) was a Dutch aristocrat and the mother of actress Audrey Hepburn. After her marriage to Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, she became a British citizen. Ella van Heemstra.
Aug 10, 2023 · Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston (later known as Audrey Hepburn) was born on 4 May 1929 in Brussels to Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, an English banker, and Ella van Heemstra, a Dutch baroness. Her parents had been members of the British Union of Fascists in the 1930’s, and had toured Germany, attending events alongside figures like the Mitford ...
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Audrey Hepburn was born as Audrey Kathleen Ruston on May 4, 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. Her mother, Baroness Ella Van Heemstra, was a Dutch noblewoman, while her father, Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, was born in Úzice, Bohemia, to English and Austrian parents.
Apr 30, 2024 · Her parents were the Dutch baroness Ella Van Heemstra and Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, who later adopted the more aristocratic surname Hepburn-Ruston, believing himself to be descended from James Hepburn, 4th earl of Bothwell. Although born in Belgium, Audrey had British citizenship through her father and attended school in England as a child.
