--- ---  # Audrey Hepburn's Son Didn't Realize His Mother Was a Movie Star ## Video: 100 Years of Blockbusters in 5 Minutes [Watch (HLS stream): 100 Years of Blockbusters in 5 Minutes](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/tfrXo5zL.m3u8) (5:21)  _Published 2014-02-12. Time has taken the highest grossing film each year for the past century and crammed them into 5 and a half minutes. No Intermission._  by [Daniel D'Addario](https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Jun 20, 2015 6:36 PM UTC  Outdoor portrait of Belgian-born actress Audrey Hepburn wearing a sundress and holding a colorful umbrella. Outdoor portrait of Belgian-born actress Audrey Hepburn wearing a sundress and holding a colorful umbrella.Hulton Archive—Getty Images  by [Daniel D'Addario](https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Jun 20, 2015 6:36 PM UTC Luca Dotti, the son of the late actress Audrey Hepburn, has opened up about life with one of the world’s most famous women. In his new book, _Audrey at Home_, Dotti describes his mother’s favorite dishes, including simple pasta with tomato sauce, [_People_](http://www.people.com/article/audrey-hepburn-son-did-not-know-she-was-movie-star?xid=IFT-Trending) reports. If that comes as a surprise to those who remember Hepburn’s ultra-chic image from films like _Roman Holiday_ and _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_, Dotti (whose father was Hepburn’s second husband, Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti) says it was of a piece with an unpretentious offscreen life lived well. “She didn’t live in a castle behind bars,” said Dotti, who didn’t realize his mother was a movie star when he was young. “She wasn’t driven in a limo. She was walking with her dog most of the time.” Hepburn died, at 63, in 1993, but her legacy lives on in her onscreen work and in the memory of her lust for life. Said Dotti: “She didn’t have to impress anyone, really. It was what she loved and how she lived.” Read more at [_People_](http://www.people.com/article/audrey-hepburn-son-did-not-know-she-was-movie-star?xid=IFT-Trending). Audrey Hepburn's Son Didn't Realize His Mother Was a Movie Star ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3929385/audrey-hepburn-son/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3929385/audrey-hepburn-son/"},"headline":"Audrey Hepburn's Son Didn't Realize His Mother Was a Movie Star","datePublished":"2015-06-20T18:36:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:23:18.839Z","description":"Luca Dotti, Hepburn's son, says Hepburn \"wasn't driven in a limo,\" preferring simple walks with her dog","url":"https://time.com/3929385/audrey-hepburn-son/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ed5fccf5895e15f/6988557c428a9e3935ccdd1c/audrey-hepburn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel D'Addario","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ed5fccf5895e15f/6988557c428a9e3935ccdd1c/audrey-hepburn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Audrey Hepburn","caption":"Audrey Hepburn","creditText":"Hulton Archive—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3929385/audrey-hepburn-son/","name":"Audrey Hepburn's Son Didn't Realize His Mother Was a Movie Star"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"100 Years of Blockbusters in 5 Minutes","description":"Time has taken the highest grossing film each year for the past century and crammed them into 5 and a half minutes. No Intermission.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/tfrXo5zL/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-02-12T15:57:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/tfrXo5zL.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3929385/audrey-hepburn-son/","duration":"PT5M21S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3929385/audrey-hepburn-son/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```