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Audrey Hepburn and Connie Wald in a meadow in Gstaad, 1967.

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Audrey Hepburn and her good friend Connie Wald at her home during the Spring of 1988 (Source: The Audrey Hepburn Treasures)

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Connie Wald, Audrey Hepburn’s best friend, used to called her Ruby, and the two would often argue over who would do the dishes.

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top picture: Audrey Hepburn and her best friend Connie Wald at La Paisible in 1967.

middle picture: Audrey Hepburn with Loriane Franchetti Gaetani in Giglio, Italy in 1968.

bottom picture: Audrey Hepburn photographed in Turkey with friends while onboard the Calisto.

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Audrey Hepburn and Mr. Famous relaxing at Connie Wald's home, one of Audrey's closest friends, in Los Angeles. Photo taken by Andrew Wald, circa 1957

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Audrey Hepburn with close friend Connie Wald & son Luca Dotti, circa 1973

"To me, my mother was Audrey Dotti," says Luca Dotti, whose father was Hepburn's second husband, Andrea Dotti. "I never realized she was Audrey Hepburn. I didn't know she was a movie star. She always looked at my father like he was the center of attention." (...) "She was a simple country girl. Her favorite dish was spaghetti with tomato sauce." Dotti recalls how he was puzzled at 5 or 6 when journalists would ask him about Audrey Hepburn. "I'd say, 'I don't know who you are talking about. You must be mistaken. My mother is called Dotti,'" says Luca, a graphic artist and father of three who lives in Rome. "I didn't know she was Audrey Hepburn until I was 6 or so." Luca discovered her movies when they had a family movie night and his father screened Love in the Afternoon. "Suddenly, there was my mother kissing Gary Cooper," he recalls. "I remember perfectly because I was so embarrassed and I ran to my father and said, 'Dad, this is serious. You should be upset. Mommy is kissing another man.' So that explains how much I was aware that my mother could possibly be a movie star. I had no idea." Looking back, he says, his mother "wasn't living her life as an icon. She didn't live in a castle behind bars. She wasn't driven in a limo. She was walking with her dog most of the time. She stayed true to herself throughout her life... It shows in how she lived her life and her choice of recipes. She never wanted to overdo. She wasn't interested in making fancy, important dishes. She preferred dishes that were easy to make and healthy for her kids."