Mel Ferrer
| Mel Ferrer | |
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Ferrer in 1960
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| Born |
Melchor Gastón Ferrer August 25, 1917 Elberon, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | June 2, 2008 (aged 90) Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart failure |
| Occupation | Actor, director, producer |
| Years active | 1937–1998 |
| Spouse(s) |
Frances Pilchard (m. 1937; div. 1939) Barbara C. Tripp (m. 1940; div. 1944) Frances Pilchard (m. 1944; div. 1954) Audrey Hepburn (m. 1954; div. 1968) Elizabeth Soukhotine (m. 1971; his death 2008) |
| Children | 6 |
| Awards |
Walk of Fame 6240 Hollywood Blvd |
Melchor Gastón "Mel" Ferrer (August 25, 1917 – June 2, 2008) was an American actor, film director, and film producer.
Ferrer was born in the Elberon section of Long Branch, New Jersey, of Cuban and Irish descent. His father, Dr. José María Ferrer (1857–1920), was born in Cuba, of Spanish ancestry, and was an authority on pneumonia and served as chief of staff of St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City. His American mother, the former Mary Matilda Irene (née; O'Donohue; 1878–1967), was a daughter of coffee broker Joseph J. O'Donohue, New York's City Commissioner of Parks, a founder of the Coffee Exchange, and a founder of the Brooklyn-New York Ferry. An ardent opponent of Prohibition, Irene Ferrer was named, in 1934, the New York State chairman of the Citizens Committee for Sane Liquor Laws.
Ferrer had three siblings. His elder sister was Dr. M. Irené Ferrer, a cardiologist and educator, who helped refine the cardiac catheter and electrocardiogram. She died in 2004 in Manhattan, New York at age 89 due to pneumonia and congestive heart failure.
His brother, Dr. Jose M. Ferrer, born 1912, was a surgeon; he died in 1982 at age 70 after an abdominal surgery complication. His other sister, Teresa (Terry) Ferrer, was the religion editor of The New York Herald Tribune and education editor of Newsweek. The family is not related to actors José or Miguel Ferrer.
His mother's family, the O'Donohues, were prominent Roman Catholics. Mel Ferrer's aunt, Marie Louise O'Donohue (Mrs. Joseph J. O'Donohue, Jr.) was named a papal countess, and his mother's sister, Teresa Riley O'Donohue, a leading figure in American Catholic charities and welfare organizations, was granted permission by Pope Pius XI to install a private chapel in her New York City apartment.
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