Audrey Hepburn Timeline 1929 - 1949
Audrey had a difficult childhood. At at age 5 she was sent to boarding school in England, at 6 her father walked out on the family, and as a teenager she lived in occupied Holland during the war.
On May 4, Audrey Kathleen van Heemstra Ruston is born in Brussels to a Dutch mother, Ella van Heemstra, and British father, Joseph Hepburn-Ruston. She has two older step-brothers by Ella's previous marriage - Alexander and Ian, who are eight and four years her senior, respectively. Her father's work means that he is often abroad and her early years are spent travelling between London and Brussels, Arnhem and The Hague.
At age 5 Audrey is sent to boarding school in England by her mother. Ella arranges for her to spend holidays with a coal miner's family to further immerse her in English language and customs.
Audrey's father walks out on the family leaving no forwarding address. He will settle in England. Audrey would relate her father's disappearance as "the most traumatic event in my life."
Audrey begins to take ballet classes, her desire to dance first kindled by being taken to several ballet performances in Brussels as a very small girl.
Her parents formally divorce. At Audrey's pleading her father is given visitation rights" but he subsequently fails to exercise them.
Preceding the outbreak of WWII, Ella wrongly considers neutral Holland safer than the risk of staying in England, and moves Audrey back to live with the family in Arnhem.
Audrey is forced to quickly learn Dutch, her being fluent only in English at this time. Years later, when asked if she felt more Dutch or English, she said she leaned towards English "because I was more English than Dutch when I went to Holland."
In May, German troops and artillery march through Arnhem. Dutch resources are exploited fully by Germany and, in time, virtually all of the van Heemstra family's property will be confiscated: property, homes, bank accounts, securities, jewelry.
Due to her British citizenship, and fear of internment, Ella warns Audrey not to speak English in public: "My mother was worried about [my] speaking English in the streets with Germans all around."
At this time, in England, Joseph Ruston is among hundreds of fascist or pro-Nazi activists imprisoned without trial" this unknown to his wife and daughter.
Audrey begins her first serious ballet training under Winja Marova at the Arnhem School of Music. She will study there through to mid 1944, becoming the teacher's star pupil in the process.
Food rationing becomes increasingly severe. By spring it is hard to get the single weekly rationed egg, by summer there is no tea of coffee. During winter the fuel shortage means that only one room per home is allowed to be heated.
Audrey's Uncle and four others are executed by the Nazis purely for publicity and retribution for a Dutch underground attempt to blow up a train. Audrey witnesses other such reprisals in Arnhem: "We saw young men put against the wall and shot, and they'd close the street and then open it and you could pass by again...Don't discount anything awful you hear or read about the Nazis. It's worse than you could ever imagine."
Alexander goes underground to avoid being rounded up to work in forced labor for the Germans. Ian is caught and is sent to work fourteen hours a day in a munitions factory in Berlin or "for all his family knows” to his death.
Ella and Audrey, now on their own, are taken in by her grandfather, Baron van Heemstra, and Ella's widowed sister, in nearby Velp.
Despite the occupation Audrey draws herself more deeply into music and dance, finding an outlet for her talents in a series of "blackout performances," held in secret with locked windows and drawn blinds. They also serve as a fundraising activity for the Resistance. During the war Audrey also acts as a courier and occasional secret messenger for the Resistance, as children often did, carrying messages and illegal leaflets stuffed in socks and shoes.
Sufficiently advanced in her dancing, Audrey helps instruct the youngest students in the School. She also earns her family money by giving under-the-table private lessons. Eventually, however, food becomes so scarce that it weakens Audrey enough so that she must stop dancing temporarily.
The Battle of Arnhem begins on September 17. After several days fighting the victorious Germans order all citizens to leave within twenty-four hours or risk being shot on sight. Ella and her daughter watch the exodus from the relative safety of the Baron's villa: "It was human misery at its starkest" masses of refugees on the move...hundreds collapsing of hunger... We took in forty, but...there was literally nothing to eat."
Winter, 1944 - 1945
The fifteen-year-old Hepburn starts dancing again, giving classes in one of the rooms of the house. But soon, the Germans order everybody out. "It was unspeakably hard to turn [them] into the cold night. Even my brother, who was hiding there, had to leave."
Audrey appears with other students at Arnhem's municipal theater in a recital that wins attention from a magazine critic, who writes: "She seems obsessed by a real dance rage, and already has a respectable technical proficiency."
March, and Audrey barely escapes as German soldiers round up young women to staff their military kitchens. Her hiding place is back at home where she stays indoors for the next month.
Holland is liberated on Audrey's sixteenth birthday, May 4. Audrey would later recall the earlier liberation of Arnhem by Canadian troops: "We whooped and hollered and danced for joy. I wanted to kiss every one of them. The incredible relief of being free "it's something that's very hard to verbalize. Freedom is more like something in the air. For me, it was hearing soldiers speaking English instead of German, and smelling real tobacco smoke again from their cigarettes."
Audrey is now five-foot-six and weighs ninety pounds, suffering from asthma, jaundice and other diseases due to malnutrition, including anemia and severe edema. Also, her metabolism is permanently affected, leading in future to difficulty gaining weight, as well as erroneous rumours of eating disorders for years to come.
Alexander emerges from underground hiding, followed soon by the arrival of Ian who has walked most of the way from Berlin. Audrey would say: "We lost everything, of course "our houses, our possessions, our money. But we didn't give a hoot. We got through our lives, which was all that mattered."
Ella reapplies herself to Audrey's career, and decides to relocate them both to Amsterdam. Audrey starts studying there with Sonia Gaskell, the leading name in Dutch ballet. Audrey can't pay for the lessons, but Gaskell thinks she deserves a chance, and she becomes a very serious pupil. "Sonia taught me that if you work really hard, you'd succeed, and that everything had to come from the inside."
Audrey is chosen to dance with Gaskell's top student star in a matinee performance at Amsterdam's Hortus theatre. Wrote a critic: "She didn't have a lot of great technique, but she definitely had talent."
Audrey is introduced by a friend to a photographer, at whose studio she begins to do some posing, quickly developing a natural feel for it. At this stage, largely ignorant of the film world, Audrey's ambitions lie in dance.
With her mother, Audrey visits London briefly where she auditions for the celebrated Marie Lambert ballet school. She is accepted with scholarship, however her enrollment is postponed due to lack of funds.
Back in the Netherlands, Audrey performs a screentest for a pair of freelance Dutch filmmakers, who give her her first small film role" that of a stewardess" in the film Nederlands in Zeven Lessen (Dutch in Seven Lessons).
Late in the year, Audrey and her mother leave for London to partake of her scholarship. Ella would try to track down Ruston in England but fail. Ella supports them through a series of humble jobs, and finally obtains a job "combined with a flat" managing a block of Mayfair flats. Meanwhile Rambert generously takes Audrey into her home, housing and feeding her there for six months. Audrey concentrates totally on dance until the need for money leads her to weekend work as a model.
Despite her ambitions for the ballet, Audrey increasingly acknowledges that because of her limitations" her height and comparative lack of training" that her future is not to be in the ballet. Audrey declines an offer from a company for an overseas tour and instead tries out for the chorus line of High Button Shoes. Audrey is one of the ten" out of a thousand that try-out" that get the job. She has one line, "Have they all gone?". The show runs for 291 performances.
After being noticed in High Button Shoes, Audrey is cast in Sauce Tartare. After 433 performances the play is refreshed as Sauce Piquante" in which Audrey returns to a bigger part. She would also do a "bit of TV" at this time. Marcel le Bon, a young French singer in Sauce Piquant becomes her first serious boyfriend, if only briefly. In between the two Sauces, Audrey works to develop her performing skills with choreography and elocution lessons.
Audrey is offered by Associated British Pictures Corp. a major role in Laughter in Paradise, however she only signs after the bookings for a show fall through and le Bon leaves for America. By now she is only able to secure a small part as "cigarette girl."
Audrey performs another small part in One Wild Oat, and then goes on to a small role in Young Wives' Tale. She is then loaned out to Ealing Studios for The Lavender Hill Mob. The film is named best film of 1951, although Audrey's contribution goes unnoticed by the studio.
Shortly after finishing The Lavender Hill Mob, Audrey finds a serious relationship in 28 year-old James Hanson, multimillionaire scion of a Yorkshire trucking family. Audrey's mother thinks him a good stable match for her.
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Audrey Hepburn was a close friend of French designer Givenchy, referring to the designer as her "best friend" while he considered her his "sister".
Hepburn in the intro to the film
In 1961, Givenchy designed a little black dress for the opening scene of ' romantic comedy, Breakfast at Tiffany's, where Hepburn plays a leading role alongside actor . Audrey took two copies of the dress back to Paramount, but the dresses, which revealed a considerable amount of Audrey's leg, were not suitable for the movie and the lower half of the dress was redesigned by Edith Head. The original hand-stitched dress is currently in Givenchy's private archive, whilst one copy Audrey took back to Paramount is on display at The Museum of Film in Madrid and another was auctioned at Christie's in December 2006. None of the actual dresses created by Givenchy were used in either the movie or the promotional photography. The movie poster was designed by artist Robert McGinnis, and in Sam Wasson's book, Fifth Avenue, 5am, he explains that the photos on which he based the poster did not show any leg and that he had added the leg to make the poster more appealing. The actual dresses used in the movie, created by Edith Head, were destroyed by Head and Hepburn at Western Costume in California after shooting.
In November 2006,
appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar, wearing one of the original Givenchy dresses created for Breakfast at Tiffany's. On 5 December 2006, this dress was auctioned at Christie's in London and purchased by an anonymous buyer by telephone. The sale price was estimated by the auction house to have ended somewhere between ?50,000 and ?70,000, but the final price was ?467,200 ($923,187). The money raised in the auction of the black dress went toward helping build a school for the poor people of . It so happened that Givenchy, the designer of the dress, had donated the dress to , the author of the book , and his wife to help raise funds for the charity. When they witnessed such a frenzied auction, the amount that was raised so astonished Lapierre that he observed, "I'm absolutely dumbfounded to believe that a piece of cloth which belonged to such a magical actress will now enable me to buy bricks and cement to put the most destitute children in the world into schools." Sarah Hodgson, a film specialist at Christie's said, "This is one of the most famous black dresses in the world—an iconic piece of cinematic history—and we are glad it fetched a historic price."
The model is a Givenchy black Italian satin sheath evening gown. Christie's describes it as "a sleeveless, floor-length gown with fitted bodice embellished at the back with distinctive cut-out décolleté, the skirt slightly gathered at the waist and slit to the thigh on one side, labelled inside on the waistband Givenchy; accompanied by a pair of black elbow-length gloves". The bodice is slightly open at the back with a neckline that leaves uncovered shoulders. In the film, Audrey Hepburn wears a matching pair of elbow-length gloves the same color and strings of pearls. The look has been described as "ultra-feminine" and "Parisian".
The little black dress attained such iconic fame and status that it became an integral part of a woman's wardrobe. Givenchy not only chose the dress for the character in the film, but also added the right accessories to match the long gown in the form of a pearl choker of many strands, a foot long cigarette holder, a large black hat and opera gloves which not only “visually defined the character but indelibly linked Audrey with her”.
Given her physical assets, she, along with her designer friend Givenchy, created a dress to fit her role in the film of a waif. A well chosen black silk dress with appropriate accessories hit the bull's eye to bring her effervescent per the dark oversized sunglasses completed the ensemble of the little black dress (LBD) which was called “the definitive LBD”. The dress, which outlined her lean shoulder blades, thus became the Hepburn style.
The dress is cited as one of the most iconic of the 20th century and film history. It has been described as "perhaps the most famous little black dress of all time" and exerting a major influence on fashion itself by directly making it popular.
In a survey conducted in 2010 by , Hepburn's little black dress was chosen as the best dress ever worn by a woman in a film. In this respect, Helen Cowley, publisher of LOVEFiLM, declared: "Audrey Hepburn has truly made that little black dress a fashion staple which has stood the test of time despite competition from some of the most stylish females around." Hepburn's white dress and hat worn in My Fair Lady was voted sixth.
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The 10th&anniversary celebrity cast of &is strapping on their ballroom shoes and getting ready for their first dance on MONDAY, MARCH 16 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.&This 20th&season&s lineup of celebrity dancers includes a television icon, a party rocker, a football star and a Shark, to name a few. Fans will have to wait to find out who the final couple is when they are announced in the coming weeks, completing the cast of twelve celebrity dance couples.
Meet the cast of Dancing's 10th Anniversary Season!
This season of Dancing with the Stars&will be filled with surprises as we celebrate the last 10 years.&The show will bring back fan favorite theme nights including Disney and Latin night and also introduce new themes, including Spring Break Night. Viewers will also have more access to the show than ever before with
offering viewers a behind the scenes look with six live stream videos from key positions in the ballroom. Additionally, viewers will have access to the DWTS rehearsal studio like never before, with live streaming videos available throughout the week on .
As announced this morning on ABC&s , the celebrities with their professional partners heading to the ballroom this season (in alphabetical order) are:
--&A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Sergeant&Noah Galloway&was assigned to the 1st of the 502nd Infantry of the 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky during Operation Iraqi Freedom.&Just three months into his second tour of duty, he experienced a life changing injury. On December 19, 2005, Galloway lost his left arm above the elbow and left leg above the knee in an Improvised Explosive Device attack. He was transported to Germany to receive medical treatment, remaining unconscious for five days. Galloway woke up late in the evening on Christmas Eve to learn he lost two of his limbs and sustained severe injuries to his right leg and his jaw. Galloway was then transferred to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. After a long stint in recovery and rehabilitation, Galloway did what many disabled veterans do, becoming withdrawn, out of shape and depressed. The former fitness fanatic and hyper competitive athlete was now drinking, smoking and sleeping his days away. But late one night, Galloway took a long look in the mirror and realized there was more to him than the injuries so he set a goal to get back in shape, be healthier and inspire others. Now a personal trainer and motivational speaker, the father of three doesn&t take excuses from his clients, fans and followers. He continues to compete, participating in adventure races around the country, such as Tough Mudder, Spartan events plus numerous 5K and 10K races.&A sought after public speaker, Galloway travels the country sharing his story, encouraging and motivating others to offer no excuses.&Most recently, Galloway appeared on the November cover of Men&s Health Magazine, as he was named the publication&s 2014 Ultimate Guy. He&s also been a guest on numerous national talk shows including&Ellen&and&The Today&Show.&A firm believer in giving back to those around him in need, Galloway recently created the No Excuses Charitable Fund, which raises money and awareness for organizations that mean the most to him, including Operation Enduring Warrior and the YMCA of Alabaster, AL. Noah is partnered with&.
&--&Robert Herjavec&is recognized as the &nice& Shark on ABC&s Emmy Award-winning hit show&. Born in Croatia, Robert and his family fled communism in the former Yugoslavia with just one suitcase and $20 to their&name. Today he helps launch the entrepreneurial dreams of millions of Americans and is recognized as one of the world&s leading cybersecurity experts. As Founder & CEO of Herjavec Group, Robert has grown his cybersecurity business over 12 years from $400K in sales and 3 employees to $140 million in sales and 250 employees worldwide. Robert is a proud Dad, a bestselling author, a marathon runner, a Ferrari racecar driver and is thrilled to be able to soon say &a dancer!& Robert is partnered with&.
&--&Beautiful simply does not describe the incomparable force known to the world as&Patti LaBelle. Through the years, the songbird&s name has become synonymous with grace, style, and class. Her effortless ability to belt out classic rhythm and blues renditions, pop standards and spiritual sonnets has created the unique platform of versatility that the artist is known and revered for. For more than 50 years, Patti&s strong and soulful voice has left an indelible mark all over the world. This Philadelphia born entertainer captured her first hit in 1962, as lead singer of The BlueBelles and went on to receive worldwide acclaim with the trailblazing and genre bending trio, Labelle. A solo artist since the 1970s, Patti has created timeless songs that have helped cement her place as a music icon and garnered her numerous honors, including GRAMMY Awards,&, NAACP Image Awards,&New York Times&bestsellers and more. From music to film to books, Patti has shown her diversity and broken down barriers as an entertainer and businesswoman, most recently launching a line of products, Patti&s Good Life. The same motivation that helped Patricia Louise Holte blossom from choir member to lead vocalist to solo artist is the same energy that keeps her fire burning at seventy years young. In addition to being a world-class artist and mother of five, Patti is just as well known for her philanthropy and willingness to share her blessings and gifts with the world. Patti is partnered with&.
&--&Grace and beauty in the sport of gymnastics led&Nastia Liukin&to her crowning achievement as Olympic All-Around Gold Medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, but winning five medals was only the beginning for this golden girl. After returning home, she graced the pages of countless magazines and appeared on various TV shows, while even being chosen as one of 2009&s most influential people. Liukin&s commitment to helping young girls with big dreams landed her a clothing line, SuperGirl by Nastia along with her very own gymnastics competition, The Nastia Liukin Cup. Nastia was a member of the creative team and a cast member for the Kellogg&s Tour of Olympic Champions, a national, 40-city tour that followed the 2012 Olympic Games. She remains active in the Olympic world as the Athlete Ambassador for the USOC's Road to Rio tour, along with work as a the female television commentator at USA Gymnastics Nationals, Olympic Trials and the Olympic Games in Rio 2016 for NBC. Liukin is currently a junior and full-time student at New York University, majoring in Sports Management. Nastia is partnered with&.
&--&Riker Lynch&is an actor / musician / songwriter originally from Littleton, CO. He has been singing and performing since the age of 3 and was originally cast in Hollywood as Jeff Sterling, one of the members of the Warblers, the acappella group featured in&Glee. He appeared in seasons 2, 3 and 4 of&Glee, and also appeared as a Warbler in the 2011 edition of the&Glee Live! In Concert&tour. Riker is currently a singer and bassist in the Hollywood Records recording act R5, along with his siblings Rydel, Rocky and Ross Lynch (who plays Austin on Disney's&Austin & Ally) and best friend Ellington Ratliff. R5 has toured extensively throughout the world, playing over 150 shows in the last two years to sold out audiences,&rapidly emerging as an exciting new voice in the world of pop rock, Riker will be partnered with&.
&--&21 year old model and actress,&Charlotte McKinney, is the centerpiece of the highly buzzed about Carl&s Jr. Super Bowl ad, the fast-food chain&s most successful to date with a staggering 2.5 billion media impressions in less than two weeks. She previously fronted a campaign for the iconic brand, GUESS. Charlotte began modeling full-time at the age of 17. In addition to modeling, she continues to build her acting career across television and film. This summer, she can be seen in&Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser, co-starring with Christopher Walken and David Spade. Having spoken publicly about personal experiences with bullying, she continues to be vocal about the issue that the long term effects it has on its victims. Charlotte has a growing social influence with close to half a million followers on social media. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. Charlotte will be partnered with&.
--&The man beneath the famous fro is more than just a charismatic character on the airwaves,&RedFoo&is a formidable performer, producer, actor, host, judge, innovator and fashionista. Bursting onto the world stage as one half of LMFAO, and scoring a swag of #1&s in more than 30 countries, his sound reflected a new movement in music, catapulting him into high demand amongst his musical alumni, collaborating with the likes of Kanye West, Pitbull,&Will.i.am, fellow DJ&s David Guetta and Steve Aoki and performing along side Madonna in the 2012 Super Bowl half time show. His fresh, fun and fluro flavour has earned him countless nominations, honors and accolades from both his peers and party rockin& fans including the&, MTV EMA&s, MTV VMA&s, Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards and 2 of France&s most prestigious NRJ Awards. 30 million single sales later, 1.7 billion views on YouTube and RedFoo is just getting the party started. After a stint on the Australian&X Factor&judging panel, he is back in the U.S and ready to unleash his new smash hit,&Juicy Wiggle. RedFoo is the first ever&&guest judge to appear as a contestant on the show. RedFoo is partnered with&.
-- Michael Sam was raised in Hitchcock, Texas and attended University of Missouri on a football scholarship. Michael made history last year when the star college football player came out as gay ahead of the NFL draft, making him the first openly LGBT player to be drafted in any major American sport. As a college player at the University of Missouri, Sam was named a first-team All-American and Co-SEC Defensive Player of the Year. Sam's bravery earned him the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2014 ESPY Awards. In 2014, he was named one of GQ Magazine's Men of the Year and was a finalist for Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year. He recently became engaged to his boyfriend, Vito Cammisano. Michael is partnered with
Willow Shields&is most notably recognized for her role as Primrose Everdeen in&the&The Hunger Games&franchise. The New Mexico native&began acting at the age of seven when she followed her brother to an audition and booked&a&role in USA Network&s&In Plain Sight. She was in the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie&Beyond the Blackboard, as well as R.L. Stine&s&The Haunting Hour. However,&it was her break-out role as Prim, the sensitive but strong younger sister to Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in the worldwide phenomenon&The Hunger Games&which bought her instantaneous international fame.&Willow&reprised her&role as&the caring, young healer&in&Catching Fire&and&Mockingjay Part 1. Fans around the globe&now&eagerly await the&franchise&s climatic finale,&Mockingjay Part 2, which will be released this fall. Shields has always been very passionate about fashion and, very early in her career,&caught the attention of&several&world-famous designers, including Marc Jacobs who was adamant about dressing the young starlet for a variety of events and award shows, even coining her as his muse in Nylon Magazine. Most recently,&Shields made headlines with a cutting edge, eclectic look&that turned critics& heads when she appeared&at NYC Fashion Week.
Shields'&shares a special connection with her young fan base&and&consciously tries to inspire them to&be positive role models in their communities.&Leading by example, she is a vocal advocate for Operation Smile, a charitable organization that provides free surgeries to repair facial deformities for children around the globe. She also serves food at various homeless shelters including the Manna Foodbank, she participates in the STOMP Out Bullying Campaign. When a tornado devastated the town of Moore, Oklahoma in May, 2013, Willow traveled to the community to help with the rebuilding efforts.&When she isn&t working,&Willow loves immersing&herself in books and indulging in photography, exploring&it as a&powerful art form for self-expression. Willow is partnered with&.
--&A trusted health advocate, very successful entrepreneur, and star of two hit TV series,&Suzanne Somers&has written 25 books, including 13&New York Times&bestsellers, five of which were #1&New York Times&bestsellers. Her last book,&I&m Too Young for This!: The Natural Hormone Solution to Enjoy Menopause&was an instant&New York Times&bestseller. Her new book,&TOX-SICK: From Toxic to Not Sick, will be published by Harmony in April 2015. There are currently more than 25 million copies of Suzanne&s books in print. Her sizzling, sexy, sophisticated show&Suzanne's Nightclub&and her residency at the Westgate Hotel Las Vegas begins May 23, 2015. She received an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Host for&The Suzanne Show, her weekly series of one-hour health specials on Lifetime. She is a founder , an online resource to connect patients with doctors specializing in natural hormone therapy. Suzanne is partnered with&.
--&Millions of single women had mixed emotions when Chris Soules, the stylish farmer from Iowa, was sent home by&&on&. One of the final three men, Chris was dismissed after he had emotionally confessed his love to Andi, but that meant the handsome bachelor was back on the market. Now, he is ready to put his heartache behind him to search for the one missing piece in his life - true love - when he stars in the 19th edition of ABC's hit romance reality series,&.
The 33-year-old Midwestern bachelor and self-proclaimed romantic has been engaged once before. Heartbroken, Chris ended that seven-year relationship just months before he expected to walk down the aisle. Although his relationship with his fianc&e was good, he didn't want to settle for "good." He wanted "great." While the humble but enormously successful farmer from tiny Arlington, Iowa (pop. 427) has found it difficult to date, that hasn't stopped him from having faith that one day he will find the perfect woman for him. His experience on&The Bachelorette&made him realize that love really is out there, and he is confident that he will find it this time on&The Bachelor.
A family man through and through, Chris counts his father, who is a farmer, too, as his role model. His all-American mom immediately made Andi feel like a part of their family on Chris' hometown date. And Chris' three older sisters originally submitted him for the show. When Chris starts his own family, he is hoping for a big one like his own: four to six children.
Chris, who actually could drive a tractor before he could drive a car, grew up on a farm in nearby Lamont, Iowa, and attended Iowa State University, where he studied agronomy and agriculture. He brought his skills back to the family farm where he expanded the business and helped make it the multi-million dollar enterprise it is today.
This 6'1", blue-eyed bachelor loves football, camping and country music. He epitomizes what women look for in a man: successful, sensitive and sexy. He has almost everything he needs -- except his dream woman, who will be smart, motivated and confident. Oh, and she will need to know or learn how to drive a tractor!
&--&Rumer Willis&began her acting career as a child starring with her mother Demi Moore in the major motion pictures&Striptease&and&Now and Then. She is thrilled to be continuing her For the Record journey playing the Basket Case in&Dear John Hughes.& Most recently she wowed LA audiences as Fran in the Baz Luhrmann production at DBA, having portrayed Juliet in its prior incarnation at Rockwell Table and Stage. She won acclaim as Mia Wallace/Beatrix Kiddo in&FTR: Tarantino, which she also starred in at the Montreal Jazz Festival last summer. Ms. Willis is currently recording her debut album under the guidance of legendary music icon Linda Perry. Last year she starred in the pilot of&Songbyrd&for E! Network (based on the life of iconic songwriter Diane Warren). Known around Hollywood for her sultry vocals, Rumer and her band enjoyed a nearly 2 year Artist Residency at Hollywood hot-spot The Sayer&s Club. Her recent television credits include&Workaholics,&Pretty Little Liars&and&Hawaii 5-0, while her film credits include&House Bunny,&Sorority&Row, Diary of Preston Plummer&and many more. She wants to thank her family and friends for their continual support. Rumer is partnered with&.
Hosted by Emmy& Award-winning host
(sports host & Dancing with the Stars&Season 10 finalist), Dancing with the Stars&is the hit series in which celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by renowned ballroom judge , two-time Mirrorball champ and actress , and dancer/choreographers