Audrey Hepburn's Private Letters Are Up For Auction
The actress writes about her first film role in 'Monte Carlo Baby', the breakdown of her engagement to James Hanson and her first marriage to Mel Ferrer
A collection of letters written by Audrey Hepburn are to go on sale at Bonhams on June 29. The correspondence, written between 1951 and 1960, details major events from the young actress' life, including her reaction to her first film role in Monte Carlo Baby, which she described as "the best thing that has happened to me".
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Audrey Hepburn's Private Letters Are Up For Auction
As well as her career, she also wrote about her private life, including relationships with the socialite James Hanson and her first husband Mel Ferrer. When her engagement to the former fell apart, she confided in a friend: "It is all very unhappy-making. I fear I thought it possible to make our combined lives and careers work out." Later, she wrote about her upcoming wedding to Ferrer, saying: "We want to keep it a dark secret in order to have it without the 'press'... [it is to take place] in a tiny chapel with a wedding breakfast after."
The letters will go on sale at the Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia sale in Knightsbridge on 29 June.
From: Harper's BAZAAR US