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Mel Ferrer (Melchior Gaston Ferrer) was born on 25 August, 1917 in Elberon, New Jersey, USA, is an actor,director,miscellaneous. Discover Mel Ferrer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

Popular As Melchior Gaston Ferrer
Occupation actor,director,miscellaneous
Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 25 August 1917
Birthday 25 August
Birthplace Elberon, New Jersey, USA
Date of death 2 June, 2008
Died Place Santa Barbara, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Mel Ferrer Height, Weight & Measurements

At 91 years old, Mel Ferrer height is 6' 3" (1.91 m) .

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Height 6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Who Is Mel Ferrer's Wife?

His wife is Elizabeth Soukhotine (19 February 1971 - 2 June 2008) ( his death), Audrey Hepburn (25 September 1954 - 5 December 1968) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Frances Gunby Pilchard (1943 - 1953) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Barbara C. Tripp (1940 - ?) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Frances Gunby Pilchard (23 October 1937 - 1939) ( divorced) ( 1 child)

Family
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Wife Elizabeth Soukhotine (19 February 1971 - 2 June 2008) ( his death), Audrey Hepburn (25 September 1954 - 5 December 1968) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Frances Gunby Pilchard (1943 - 1953) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Barbara C. Tripp (1940 - ?) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Frances Gunby Pilchard (23 October 1937 - 1939) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
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Mel Ferrer Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mel Ferrer worth at the age of 91 years old? Mel Ferrer’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Mel Ferrer's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Lost Boundaries (1949)$7,500
War and Peace (1956)$100,000

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Timeline

1917

Actor/director/producer Mel Ferrer was born Melchor Gaston Ferrer on August 25, 1917, in Elberon, New Jersey. The son of a Cuban-born surgeon and a Manhattan socialite, he went to prep school and attended Princeton University. From the age of 15 he worked in summer stock. After Princeton he became an editor on a small Vermont newspaper and wrote a children's book, "Tito's Hats.

1938

" He became a chorus dancer on Broadway in 1938 in two musicals and made his New York debut as an actor two years later. After a bout with polio he started in radio as a disc jockey in Texas and Arkansas and rose to producer-director of top-rated shows for NBC in New York.

1941

Father of five children: Pepa Phillippa (born on 19 August 1941) and Mark Young Ferrer (born on 19 June 1944) with Frances Pilchard, Mela (born on 22 January 1943) and Christopher Ferrer (born on 4 February 1944) with Barbara C. Tripp, and Sean Hepburn Ferrer (born on 17 July 1960) with Audrey Hepburn.

1945

He made a modest debut as a director at Columbia with the low-budget The Girl of the Limberlost (1945), then returned to acting on Broadway to star in Lillian Smith's "Strange Fruit.

1947

" He was John Ford's assistant on The Fugitive (1947).

1949

Ferrer made his screen acting debut in Lost Boundaries (1949).

1950

He directed Claudette Colbert in The Secret Fury (1950) and Audrey Hepburn - his wife at the time - in Green Mansions (1959).

1953

He is best remembered for the role of the lame puppeteer in Lili (1953) and as Prince Andrei in War and Peace (1956).

1957

Wife Audrey Hepburn did not want to be separated from her husband while filming Funny Face (1957), so filming of the Paris scenes was timed to coincide with Ferrer's filming of Elena and Her Men (1956).

1962

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1962.

1967

Ferrer produced the hit Wait Until Dark (1967), also with Hepburn. In the following year, the couple separated and ultimately divorced.

1976

Appears in two films called Eaten Alive: Eaten Alive (1976) and Eaten Alive! (1980).

1981

Not related to José Ferrer, or José's son Miguel Ferrer. However, his son with Audrey Hepburn, Sean Hepburn Ferrer, had only one acting role, with Audrey in They All Laughed (1981), portraying a man named "Jose," meant to be a Hollywood inside joke.

1997

Officialy retired from acting on his 80th birthday in 1997 and took up residence in Lausanne, Switzerland.