Elizabeth Soukhotine- Who is Mel Ferrer’s wife?

Elizabeth Soukhotine is the wife of Mel Ferrer. Elizabeth Soukhotine’s husband was an American actor, director, and producer of stage, film, and television. He achieved prominence on Broadway before scoring notable film hits with Scaramouche, Lili, and Knights of the Round Table. He also acted extensively in European films and appeared in several cult hits, including The Antichrist (1974), The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975), The Black Corsair (1976), and Nightmare City (1980).

Elizabeth Soukhotine: Profile Summary

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Elizabeth Soukhotine was born on July 06, 1936, and died on June 28, 2013, per Geni. Elizabeth was 76 years old at the time of death. She was notable because of her marriage to famous actor Mel Ferrer. Born in Belgium, her father was a Russian émigré whose parents fled Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution. Soukhotine was of Russian origin and Belgian citizenship.

Elizabeth Soukhotine was Mel’s 5th wife.

Elizabeth Soukhotine (known as Lisa) was Mel Ferrer`s 5th and final wife. She was living in London and an editor of children`s books when she met her future husband Mel Ferrer. Their wedding took place at Caxton Hall, London on February 18, 1971 – about two years after Mel`s divorce from Audrey Hepburn was finalized.

She was age 34 when they got married. It is the first marriage for the bride. Before his marriage to Elizabeth Soukhotine in 1971, Ferrer had a relationship with 29-year-old interior designer Tessa Kennedy. Frances Gunby Pilchard, Mel’s first and third wife, was an actress who became a sculptor. He also married Barbara C. Tripp. There is no record of the couple having any children, however, Mel had six children from all his marriages.

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The marriage proved to be his most successful and continued until Mel Ferrer’s death in Santa Barbara on June 2, 2008. The couple were married for 37 years before Mel Ferrer died aged 90.

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Elizabeth Soukhotine’s husband, Ferrer married five times, to four women, with whom he had six children. His wives were:

1. Frances Gunby Pilchard, his first and third wife, an actress who became a sculptor. They married in 1937, and divorced in 1939 after having one child together, who died before their divorce. Barbara C. Tripp, whom Ferrer married in 1940 and later divorced. They had two children: daughter Mela Ferrer (born 1943) and son Christopher Ferrer (born 1944).
2. Frances Gunby Pilchard, for the 2nd time; they remarried in 1944, and divorced in 1953, after having two more children together: Pepa Philippa Ferrer (born 1941, conceived during his marriage with Tripp) and Mark Young Ferrer (born 1944).
3. Audrey Hepburn, to whom he was married from 1954 until 1968. They had one son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer (born 1960).
4. Elizabeth Soukhotine, from Belgium, to whom he was married from 1971 to his death in 2008.